BTA Eggs??

[sam.basye]

Was just looking at the tank today and noticed my newish green bta with what appears to be eggs in some of the tentacles..

I thought they spawned by releasing a big egg mass (females), so is this a beginning stage or what? Kinda confused on what it is.

I bought my first rbta 3 months ago and it currently has 2 mouths, but no other signs of splitting or reproductive action.

I bought this gbta a 1 ½ months ago and moved it to a place with higher light as the green was fading (now coming back) 1 week ago up next to the rbta.

My two clowns have taken a liking to the gbta and regularly swim in and around it; no beating or aggressive dive bombing going on.

Here are the pics of said 'Eggs'...

They are only in the tentacle tips and only in the tentacles closest to the surface, none in the bottom half.











Thanks!

 

[DanDashO]

Those are eggs. I've had mine spawn a number of times, sometimes when she's happy, other times she's been stressed. Twice she spawned due to stress, and some of the eggs got caught inside the tentacles like yours did. They were slowly purged over the course of the next week.

Basically, when they are happy, they spawn normally. when they are p*ssed, they can do weird things; like eggs inside tentacles. My experience anyway...

 

[sam.basye]

Interesting.. Thanks Dan!

From some research, it doesn't look like I'll have little bta's popping up everywhere. I might set up a mini tank if I can catch an egg or two. Not sure the possibility of them being fertilized though.

I recall the tank looking extra cloudy one night last week and didn't know why. It went away over the next few hours. I'm now thinking the rose might be male..

Does anyone know how long the eggs can be carried prior to release?

 

[DanDashO]

Is far as I know, she already did spawn, but instead of the eggs going out of her mouth, the got trapped in her tentacles. She'll get rid of them within the next week.
That would be cool if you had a male and a female, they'll most likely spawn again.

 

[KSU_WILDCAT]

This is interesting b/c I have a RBTA that has the same white dots from time to time. I also have a pair of clowns in the tank but I have never seen them even close to the nem. I have always thought it was just food particles the nem caught.

 

[sam.basye]

Almost all of the eggs are gone.

Just a few left in a couple tentacles and never saw it expel any.