Sun Polyp spawned? survival rate??

[dadummy]

hello there,
the sun polyps must have spawned, one day all these little orange spots appeared all over the LR. Many of the spots have since vanished. Last night I was looking in tank with a flashlight. It appears that these little orange spots are baby sun polyps. I could see that the polyps were open with the flashlight, so I put some cyclopeeze in the tank.
What's the odds of any of these making it? I know they will have to be fed, is it a waste of time. there is one spot on the LR with a bunch of small polyps close together, maybe I can try targeting that spot at night with cyclopeeze.
has anyone any experience with raising corals from a spawn.
thanks for your time

 

[phoenixfla]

I have heard of sun corals spawning in the tank. I think I may have read about on WWM. I would spot feed cyclopese like you mentioned. Take some pictures.

 

[dadummy]

here's a couple of pics. polyps are very small, they are big enough now to make out that they are sun polyps

 

[phoenixfla]

Fantastic! I wish mine would do that. Surely a sign of a properly maintained tank if your corals spawn and SURVIVE!

 

[clown52]

Wow that is kewl!

 

[crox]

Are you sure that isn't coralline algae?

 

[dadummy]

Originally Posted by Crox
Are you sure that isn't coralline algae?
yup, i'm sure, it's hard to see from the picks, the polyps are very small , when they are fully extended you can tell that they are sun polyps. Still have some survivors and they have doubled in size.