Flower Anemones Spawning - I think.

[acurro]

I have had flower anemones for the past four or five years. I think their scientific name is Phymanthus Cruciferus but I could be wrong.

Recently on two consecutive Monday evenings at about 7:00 p.m. one of them was releasing sperm (I think). I don't have a microscope so I couldn't check but they haven't since.

The other anemones did not seem to react very much (unless they released gametes before I got home from work).

Any thoughts or similar experiences on this?

 

[Toddrtrex]

When my Haddoni spawned, it was for only one night, and lasted about 45 minutes.

Mine was more of a single stream, then a mass like yours. But, they are different species.

My skimmer went nuts, and the tank was very cloudy. I change the carbon the next morning, and then did a water change. The anemone looked pretty bad for about 3 weeks after that. Though I think the spawn (( or the looking bad )) was due to a main pump failure - it happened sometime while I was in the hospital, so the water was all out of whack.

Anyways, here is a couple of pictures.

Cloudy tank, also the anemone is usually flat, like the green one on the right.

 

[acurro]

How did the other anemones react when it was spawning?

 

[Toddrtrex]

The green one didn't act any differently.

 

[acurro]

It's interesting. One of my other anemones was "flopping around" while it was going on. It didn't really do anything though.

 

[Anemone]

Some anemones are brooders - meaning if you had females, they'd absorb the sperm, but not release eggs. I have no idea if this is the case with your species, but you might have a surprise somewhere down the line.

Kevin

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14851985#post14851985 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Anemone
Some anemones are brooders - meaning if you had females, they'd absorb the sperm, but not release eggs. I have no idea if this is the case with your species, but you might have a surprise somewhere down the line.

Kevin

Do you know how long the brooding takes? It has been 30 days since my blue haddoni spawned, and haven't noticed anything different with my green one.

 

[elegance coral]

Sounds like you have a male and female. I have actually had them successfully reproduce in my system, and I know of at least one other person that has as well. The female usually distorts their body, sometimes extending their mouth until you think they're going to turn inside out. Then she will discharge very well developed offspring. They quickly settle and begin growing.

BTW, you are correct with the ID. Although Epicystis crucifer is the more widely excepted name.

Here's one of my males having a good time.

 

[acurro]

It's funny. One of my flower anemones looks literally just like yours with the green on the outside and the pink on the inside.

I think there is Pacific and Caribbean species that look very similar but really are in different genuses. I could be wrong. I have wanted to set up a seagrass tank to put these in for awhile. Maybe I will one of these days. . . .