My haddoni is a girl!!! Cigars for everyone!!!

[elegance coral]

Came home from work to find my haddoni acting weird. She was shaped like a bowl, you couldn't see her mouth, and the crab was parked right where her mouth is. I thought this was odd, so I took some pics.

Then I noticed the female clown venturing much further away from her anemone than normal. I started looking a little closer, and noticed she was eating something. I figured the shrimp were spawning. Then this happened.

Naturally, when you really need your batteries to work, they don't. I did manage to snap this short video before they died though.

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[k.tran]

That is awsome!!!!

 

[doylef4i]

congrats.

 

[Toddrtrex]

That is really great -- would be interesting to have it with a male one.

 

[elegance coral]

Thanks yawl.

That is really great -- would be interesting to have it with a male one.

Ya, we need to get your male and my female together.:love1:

 

[Doni]

Super cool! Congrats!

 

[LesMartin]

Excellent ! It must be so satisfying knowing that the conditions you've provided are good enough for it to spawn. How large is it ?

 

[Reefvette]

Egss

Egss

I hope you saved some of the eggs. I beleive anemones can hold fertilized eggs inside of them for long periods of time and release.

I had a bubbletip release orange colored eggs in my tank, not sure if they were fertilized but the ones that landed stuck on.

 

[FLMantis]

That's awesome, free buffet for everyone... LOL...

 

[deangelr]

Awesome documentation

 

[velvetelvis]

It's at times like this that I absolutely love this forum. Congratulations!

 

[Toddrtrex]

Thanks yawl.



Ya, we need to get your male and my female together.:love1:

That would have been interesting - a blue male and green female -- too bad I lost it to a bio-active salt experiment.

But, even though my spawned due to stress, it showed the same trumpeting behavior.

 

[evsalty]

Very cool

 

[Conrad25]

That is sweet! I like to see this happening in a aquarium. I think that this could be a great thing in the future for us all if we could get them reproducing hehe

PS>Is there a way to figure out if yours is a male or female before seeing this actually happen with any of our carpet anemones? I am just curious if anyone has figured out that uncharted area yet

 

[OrionN]

Great looking anemones. I keep multiple species of anemones in my tank too but I run carbon all the time. I don't change it too often. Best of luck with getting a boy to go with your girl.

 

[elegance coral]

Excellent ! It must be so satisfying knowing that the conditions you've provided are good enough for it to spawn. How large is it ?

Thanks. She maxes out at about 16 inches.

 

[elegance coral]

I hope you saved some of the eggs. I beleive anemones can hold fertilized eggs inside of them for long periods of time and release.

Thanks.

I tried to collect some of the eggs from the filter sock this morning, but it didn't work. I've had this anemone for years, so I don't think they could remain fertile that long anyway.

 

[elegance coral]

Super cool! Congrats!

That's awesome, free buffet for everyone... LOL...

Awesome documentation

It's at times like this that I absolutely love this forum. Congratulations!

Thank you all.
Everyone did eat well. I was actually worried about my female percula. She's normally back and forth between the gigantea and magnifica, but today she just laid in the gigantea like a fat man after Thanks Giving dinner. LOL

 

[elegance coral]

That would have been interesting - a blue male and green female -- too bad I lost it to a bio-active salt experiment.

But, even though my spawned due to stress, it showed the same trumpeting behavior.

Awww Dude that sucks. He was a beautiful animal. It does make you wonder what the little ones would have looked like.

 

[elegance coral]

Very cool

Thank you.

That is sweet! I like to see this happening in a aquarium. I think that this could be a great thing in the future for us all if we could get them reproducing hehe

PS>Is there a way to figure out if yours is a male or female before seeing this actually happen with any of our carpet anemones? I am just curious if anyone has figured out that uncharted area yet

We have nothing concrete. I had no idea what mine was until after she spawned. I honestly don't think there is any outward signs that determine sex.