male haddoni help

[danreefs]

So my male haddoni is spawning and making one big mess in the tank. Im sure my fish and corals will be fine but my skimmer whent nuts and i had to unplug it. Is that normal?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

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I'd leave the skimmer on. Let it skim out water and replace with new saltwater.

At the very least.... leave your skimmer on and drop the water level inside it while preparing new water for a water change.

 

[Toddrtrex]

When my male spawned (( stress induced )) it clouded the heck out of my tank, and my skimmer went nuts too. I just "turned down" the skimmer and changed the carbon. I wasn't able to do a water change for about 5 days (( I had just gotten home from the hospital for back surgery )), and didn't have any issues; beyond the issues that already happened that caused the spawn.

 

[ousnakebyte]

With the amount of spawns I have read about (I have a female and have had a number of spawns as well), it really seems these are good candidates for ex situ sexual reproduction experiments and propagation.

Hmmmm.... Cryopreserve the sperms from the males, wait for the females to release eggs, take sperm out of cryo and fertilize... it could work. Just need a little liquid nitrogen. And boys and girls...

Cheers
Mike

 

[BonsaiNut]

Hmmmm.... Cryopreserve the sperms from the males, wait for the females to release eggs, take sperm out of cryo and fertilize... it could work. Just need a little liquid nitrogen. And boys and girls...

Though there is no specific info out there about S. haddoni spawning, the odds are pretty good that they are synchronous spawners - i.e. the presence of sperm in the water will cause females to spawn at the same time (as well as trigger other males to start spawning).

So you might not have to cryo anything Just need males and females in the same water - and the ability to capture the eggs and raise the offspring. It's already been done with H. crispa and E. quadricolor - just not yet with S. haddoni.

 

[ousnakebyte]

That was more or less a little joke about the cryo, but I know my mentor would love to do it - that's what she does, freeze stuff. She has been able to take coral sperm out of cryo, have it still be viable and then produce viable larvae after fertilization. I'm guessing 'nem sperm would work as well.

Cheers
Mike

 

[BonsaiNut]

Yeah I was joking too At least I didn't THINK you were serious about freezing anything.

The great news is that many anemones are synchronous spawners. It certainly makes a mess of your tank if you have several at the same time. However it simplifies things a lot if you are trying to breed them.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Though there is no specific info out there about S. haddoni spawning, the odds are pretty good that they are synchronous spawners - i.e. the presence of sperm in the water will cause females to spawn at the same time (as well as trigger other males to start spawning).

So you might not have to cryo anything Just need males and females in the same water - and the ability to capture the eggs and raise the offspring. It's already been done with H. crispa and E. quadricolor - just not yet with S. haddoni.

Granted mine was a stress induced spawning, but when the male one spawned I saw zero reaction from the other S. Haddoni that was in the tank -- have no idea if it is male or female.

 

[BonsaiNut]

Granted mine was a stress induced spawning, but when the male one spawned I saw zero reaction from the other S. Haddoni that was in the tank

Did he buy her dinner first? (j/k)

 

[Toddrtrex]

Heck no, I am cheap.

 

[MarineBioHSU]

Please please please please record any data you can regarding lighting schedules, water changes, feeding...anything that you think may have caused this. And congrats on the spawning, you are obviously caring for it very well!

Toddtrex: stress induced..? (I am just playing around...actually, instead of jacking another thread I am starting another one about nem reproduction and I would love it if you guys could stop by and contribute)

 

[danreefs]

Please please please please record any data you can regarding lighting schedules, water changes, feeding...anything that you think may have caused this. And congrats on the spawning, you are obviously caring for it very well!

Toddtrex: stress induced..? (I am just playing around...actually, instead of jacking another thread I am starting another one about nem reproduction and I would love it if you guys could stop by and contribute)

I did a W/C right befor he spawned. Not sure if that started it or not. I feed him shrimp 2 times a week (buy it at Wal-Mart) Lights run 9hrs for blues and 8hrs for the others. 4blue+ 1 purple+ and 1 12k

 

[danreefs]

Here are some pics not the best