Rose Bubble Tip Anenome Spawning vs Splitting

TheGreekReefer

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I've had my RBTA for almost 10 yrs, has never split but spawned on a few occasions.

Here is a pic of what came out of him

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Has anyone else ever experienced this? My guess is he will never split just continue to spawn on occasion.
 
Grats!

I am curious - is that the only anemone in your tank?

A little info for you on BTA's:

1) Your anemone is female. E. quadricolor is a gonochoric anemone, which is a fancy way of saying that individuals have specific sex (versus other anemone species that are hermaphroditic).

2) Female E. quadricolors appear to be significantly more abundant in the wild than males, for reasons currently unknown.

3) E. quadricolor is a broadcast spawner, and typically spawns once (or sometimes twice) per year, with synchronous spawning occurring in the austral summer months between January - April. In the wild, it appears that they spawn shortly (1-7 days) after the full moon. They always spawn a few hours after dark.

4) Typically males begin to spawn about one hour prior to the females, which is why I asked if the female was the only anemone in your tank; in many cases female spawning can be triggered by the presence of male sperm in the water.

In the wild, E. quadricolor can reproduce via fission as well as spawning. I am not aware of any study that specifically states that some individuals only reproduce via one method or the other. However some people who post on this site have had experience where one "strain" of BTA will split frequently, while another (in the same system) will not split at all. Bottom line, I'm not sure you can know definitively. :(
 
This is the only anemone in the tank.

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Another time the anemone clouded the water with what I believe to be is sperm

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What do you think, is it still a female or a hermaphrodite
 
Are you sure it was the anemone and not the clam (or another broadcast spawner in your system at the time)? Did you see the anemone releasing sperm?
 
I did not see the sperm being released no, but due to the change I noticed in the anemone was exactly the same. The change I'm referring to is after the events (eggs released & sperm) the anemone gets much smaller and alot brighter. The rose color changes to a florescent hot pink and stays this way for a week or so. Any thoughts on the size and color change?
 
Its hard to see but the anemone was bright pink this time too almost glowing. These are the only two times I noticed a drastic color change and I had him now for 10 years....

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