Smoking COCO worm

[DeepBlue]

Was looking at my coco worm just now, aitah, oh pai liaoz...(turn bad in hokkien), learning to smoke...

anybody know what's happening??

[BarraCudaTM]

making new worms

[madmax]

Looks as if the worm is spawning. You must have good water parameters to induce it to spawn. Else it must be the lunar phase.

[DeepBlue]

I wonder....hmmmm.....both mu coco did the same thing..they are about 5 cm apart...mating call????

[Golden Tooth]

Spawn? Congrats..

[blacknails]

Yeah.. congrats.. Maybe you'll see baby coco worms all over the place soon..

[FuEl]

Yea..it feels horny alright...

Just like this...... =x

[ben]

wow! congrats! Happy to hear that too

[Tanky®]

I got this too..

Anyone confirm wat is happenin?

[Achilles Tang]

Huh? It's the same thing happening. Spawning.

[Jun Hong]

What a coincident!!! My Coco worm is also spawning during Chinese New Year.

Is Lunar New Year spawning season for Coco worm ???

[Jun Hong]

BTW, I read some reefers said that Spawning of Coco worm will pollute the water. So do I need to do any water change?

[ervine]

No need to change lah... a little bit of protein in the water only....

[Jun Hong]

Is the white stuff eggs or sperm??

[Golf]

Hey Bros !

Both of my CoCo worms "smokes - spawning" once a week, for the last 4~5 weeks liao. But dun see any baby Coco worms leh....anyone know how long does it take a "hatch" ?

Best regards, Golf

[Nickel]

Congrats....just in time for the 'baby bonus' to be announced shortly.

BTW, how did the 2 worms get into the same tube ? Were they there all the while ?

Maybe must put my 2 closer and the 'hum-sap' (cantonese for horny) one will creep into the other's tube after lights off. Wonder got male/female or not ?

[triggerpuff]

I witnessed the same thing on CNY 2nd day! except that it came from a spot from the rock which houses my colony of hairy mushrooms. Dun think it is the mushroom itself - still couldnt figure out where exactly it came from.

Same phenomenon - continuous release of sperm (since u guys said it is spawning) for close to 10 min. Got me worried for a while for fear that it was poisonous and will kill all LS in the tank. Was on the edge of calling for some immediate professional help on the SRC - something like dialing 995 !!

Of course the squirting subsided and I continued with my dinner. LS still ok.....

[dradttg]

Did anyone of you turn off your skimmer or filter??

Could the whatever been skimmed or filtered away? Hence, you do not see new generation of coco.

[DeepBlue]

its OK....not that keen about spawning stuffs in my tank, most prob kana skim away liaoz...veri close to my overflow

[blacknails]

Ahh.. So we discovered that this is the time of the year that Coco Worms spawn...

Congrats to all the owners of horny worms in here.. whether or not you see new babies..

[blueheaven]

maybe can go sell when the spawn are big enough.$$$$$$$

[Golf]

Aiyah......I didn't switch-off my skimmer and filters. Cos' I was worried when my water turn very cloudy due to CoCo worms "smoking"...didn;t know it was spawning leh.

Next time, I will switch off all my skimmer and filters for at least one hour. Is it long enough ?

Thanks, Golf

[eprouve]

Mine was in the refugium, post skimming. Only some hitched onto rocks... the baby cocos are still very small...

[eprouve]

and here are the babies, taken recently. they are still in the refugium.

They take forever to get big. Sigh... so no hope of big $ anytime soon.

[kschew1498]

wow so interesting.....must get one....but must find a place first!!! Mine is a 2 footer....