Something has spawned in my 65 gallon tank. My wife came to me a few minutes ago and said my tank looks cloudy. I'm thinking it's just that algal film I didn't clean off the glass last weekend - WRONG. I can't see the back of the tank. What I can see are literally thousands of small, light green spheres, many in a stringy mucous (before hitting the spray-bar current), all suspended in a cloudy haze. It happened within 1/2 hour of my main lights going off (actinic dusk light still on - a 15 watt NO).
I'm trying to get pictures, but not having much luck. My only two candidates for spawning would be mt Rose BTAs (10 clones - but they should all be the same sex, right?), or my red serpent stars. I've had a large (18+") red serpent in the tank for several years, I just moved a small, 6" red serpent into the tank a week ago. I find it hard to believe that the thousands of eggs in my tank came from a serpent star, but I guess it's a possibility.
Anyone with any guesses?
I hope the tank doesn't suffer from the spawn occurring in such a confined space.
Kevin
I'm trying to get pictures, but not having much luck. My only two candidates for spawning would be mt Rose BTAs (10 clones - but they should all be the same sex, right?), or my red serpent stars. I've had a large (18+") red serpent in the tank for several years, I just moved a small, 6" red serpent into the tank a week ago. I find it hard to believe that the thousands of eggs in my tank came from a serpent star, but I guess it's a possibility.
Anyone with any guesses?
I hope the tank doesn't suffer from the spawn occurring in such a confined space.
Kevin