Definition of continuance for English Language Learners. : 1  the act of continuing for a long period of time. : 2  the period of time when something continues. 3  law : a legal decision that a court case will continue at a later date.
Some years they spawn once or twice in spring. Some years they spawn on and off all summer. One year none of them spawned that we know of. I think that was the year 2002. My koi do not eat their fry and now that they're getting large they ignore most of the eggs as well.
Colonies release huge numbers of eggs and sperm that are often glued into bundles (one bundle per polyp) that float towards the surface. Spawning often occurs just once a year and in some places is synchronized for all individuals of the same species in an area. This type of mass spawning usually occurs at night and is quite a spectacle. Some corals brood their eggs in the body of the polyp and release sperm into the water. As the sperm sink, polyps containing eggs take them in and fertilization occurs inside the body (internal fertilization).