A real smoke show. This is what coral spawning looks like for some coral species, not the classic pink bundles, but a hazy mist that drifts off like smoke. This one also chose to spawn the following early morning during first light, timing its release just after the big night time event. Some corals stagger their spawning to avoid the chaos of the mass spawn, giving their gametes a better chance by releasing them when the water is calmer and fewer other species are doing the same. A quiet little