Spawning Heteractis aurora (photos)

[SpektralerSpeer]

Hi everyone,

It looks as if one of my Heteractis aurora is spawning. It is expelling clusters of what looks like green eggs. Does anyone else have experience of this?

 

[Hormigaquatica]

No experience with it, but H. aurora is very high on my 'want' list. I was going to ask where you got yours, as Ive never seen one for sale around here.. then saw that you are in Munich... darn. Great specimins though!

 

[SpektralerSpeer]

I got mine in Meeresaquaristik München, where the owner thought they were Phymanthus sp.! In fact, I have seen quite a lot of them around, but people tend to mis-indentify them as either Phymanthus or other Heteractis. I don't know why, they are quite distinctive with their beaded tentacles. So if you want one you should just look for mis-indentified anemones! I would really like to find the yellow colour morph, like this one:

http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/de/48/1207/Heteractis/aurora.htm

Paul