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[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13076770#post13076770 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
Here are some pics of my 12 (near 13) year-old female H. crispa. She does a lovely job of spawning at least twice per year .

Unfortunately, i have no new pics because the tank crashed due to her spawning activities. She is still alive, as are the fish, but her new location makes it next to impossible to photograph.

I'm a little confused. What does the spawn look like? If it is smoky or white looking, that is the sperm or male side of the spawning. The female side of things is usually the release of eggs or larvae. Female spawn usually doesn't have a huge impact on water quality. Many anemones may be hermaphrodites, so even if your anemone is releasing sperm, it may still have the ability to perform female duties as well.
Does the spawn look similar to this? Maybe a little more smoke like, and not as concentrated as this though.

 

[marc price]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13078633#post13078633 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by elegance coral
I'm a little confused. What does the spawn look like? If it is smoky or white looking, that is the sperm or male side of the spawning. The female side of things is usually the release of eggs or larvae. Female spawn usually doesn't have a huge impact on water quality. Many anemones may be hermaphrodites, so even if your anemone is releasing sperm, it may still have the ability to perform female duties as well.

what is the degree of impact on the aquarium from a male spawn?

 

[Amphiprion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13078633#post13078633 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by elegance coral
I'm a little confused. What does the spawn look like? If it is smoky or white looking, that is the sperm or male side of the spawning. The female side of things is usually the release of eggs or larvae. Female spawn usually doesn't have a huge impact on water quality. Many anemones may be hermaphrodites, so even if your anemone is releasing sperm, it may still have the ability to perform female duties as well.
Does the spawn look similar to this? Maybe a little more smoke like, and not as concentrated as this though.

Heteractis crispa is documented as being gonochoric (though mine spawned well before it was documented in the wild).

It is actually quite the opposite--males have much less impact and much less biomass released than females. When females spawn, the impact can easily be catastrophic. When mine spawns, it releases hundreds of thousands of greenish eggs, lots and lots of mucus, and millions of clouding follicle cells. She has been doing this on a regular basis for well over 10 years. To be honest, there are few things I have ever seen that release so much at one time (the only ones I'm aware of were multiple, not single animals, though) and on such a scale as this anemone (Edit: in home aquaria, that is).

I have a thread or two here in the anemone forum that shows her spawning. I didn't post every time she did it, because it is pretty much the same every time.

 

[vincent6396]

B&W with RBTA's and GBTA's

Maroons with RBTA's

True percs with Heteractis magnifica

 

[Amphiprion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13079459#post13079459 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
Heteractis crispa is documented as being gonochoric (though mine spawned well before it was documented in the wild).

It is actually quite the opposite--males have much less impact and much less biomass released than females. When females spawn, the impact can easily be catastrophic. When mine spawns, it releases hundreds of thousands of greenish eggs, lots and lots of mucus, and millions of clouding follicle cells. She has been doing this on a regular basis for well over 10 years. To be honest, there are few things I have ever seen that release so much at one time (the only ones I'm aware of were multiple, not single animals, though) and on such a scale as this anemone (Edit: in home aquaria, that is).

I have a thread or two here in the anemone forum that shows her spawning. I didn't post every time she did it, because it is pretty much the same every time.

Forgot I had these pics:

 

[CheckitOut]

Those brown pellets you have in a in the second photo what is that. My red carpet is doing that out its mouth.

 

[Amphiprion]

Those are eggs. It sounds like you have a female .

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13078903#post13078903 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by marc price
what is the degree of impact on the aquarium from a male spawn?

If a large male, or multiple males, spawn it can turn the water very milky. To the point that you can no longer see inside the aquarium. From what I have read, this depletes the O2 level and/or interferes with the inhabitants ability to extract O2 from the water.

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13079459#post13079459 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
Heteractis crispa is documented as being gonochoric (though mine spawned well before it was documented in the wild).

It is actually quite the opposite--males have much less impact and much less biomass released than females. When females spawn, the impact can easily be catastrophic. When mine spawns, it releases hundreds of thousands of greenish eggs, lots and lots of mucus, and millions of clouding follicle cells. She has been doing this on a regular basis for well over 10 years. To be honest, there are few things I have ever seen that release so much at one time (the only ones I'm aware of were multiple, not single animals, though) and on such a scale as this anemone (Edit: in home aquaria, that is).

I have a thread or two here in the anemone forum that shows her spawning. I didn't post every time she did it, because it is pretty much the same every time.

That is too cool. You should buy her a boyfriend. If I were in your shoes I couldn't resist the temptation to try raising the offspring. I know the odds of success are next to impossible, but I would have to give it a shot.

The only "female" side of things I have seen is from internal brooders. Like E. Crucifer where they simply release a steady stream of planulae. There's no visible byproduct to cloud the water, and they don't produce enough planulae at one time to cause a significant impact on water quality.