BTA Spawning
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BTAs can reproduce sexually by broadcast spawning as well as splitting themselves.
robert, as things calm down, your water chemistry can go awry as the gametes break down. Keep your skimmer on to aerate and to clean up the water.
robert, as things calm down, your water chemistry can go awry as the gametes break down. Keep your skimmer on to aerate and to clean up the water.
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robert
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Thanks sazma - I went ahead and added 1ml of 36% - about the same as 12 mls of 3% - I'll wait and see if this helps out.
The corals in the tank are all fine - the fish weren't really too interested in dinner tonight though - who can blame em...
The corals in the tank are all fine - the fish weren't really too interested in dinner tonight though - who can blame em...
SeahorseKeeper
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It's interesting what is going on. Not too many people have that happen in their tanks. Have your anemones ever split?
Trex
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Need to figure it out why it is spawning.
This could be a good thing -- the anemone has extra "energy" to do this. Similar with my E. quadricolor about 10 years ago.
Or this could be a bad thing -- conditions are off, and this is a last ditch effort by the anemone. Similar to what happen to my S. haddoni after a main pump failure while I was in the hospital.
This could be a good thing -- the anemone has extra "energy" to do this. Similar with my E. quadricolor about 10 years ago.
Or this could be a bad thing -- conditions are off, and this is a last ditch effort by the anemone. Similar to what happen to my S. haddoni after a main pump failure while I was in the hospital.
seamonkey84
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I've had my maxi mini carpets (around 14 of them, yea, a total minefield) spawn several times in a 5 gallon, no real need to worry. just do a water change after clears up, and change carbon would be a good idea too.
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robert
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Everything is fine today. Water is clear - nitrates reading zero - alk/calcium fine. Nem is back to normal.
The H2O2 didn't seem to make anything mad -
This GBTA has split once in the past 4 years. I've seen a few spawning events, but nothing so dramatic.
I wish it would split again - it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I don't purposely feed it.
It's to the size now where spawning events are significant with respect to total water volume - not to mention the tank space it occupies. I use flow to keep it off my corals - with limited success. It doesn't appear to harm the clam, but it goes to war with the hammer and gonis and seems to erode montis but doesn't outright kill them.
I've been fairly content to just deal with the size issue, but if these spawnings can crash the system I may have to reconsider.
The H2O2 didn't seem to make anything mad -
This GBTA has split once in the past 4 years. I've seen a few spawning events, but nothing so dramatic.
I wish it would split again - it just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I don't purposely feed it.
It's to the size now where spawning events are significant with respect to total water volume - not to mention the tank space it occupies. I use flow to keep it off my corals - with limited success. It doesn't appear to harm the clam, but it goes to war with the hammer and gonis and seems to erode montis but doesn't outright kill them.
I've been fairly content to just deal with the size issue, but if these spawnings can crash the system I may have to reconsider.
kmaintl
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I had this happened once is why I am gunshy to start a clownfish/anemone tank again and doing it very cautiously right now. I had 8x large 12"+ BTAs in a 90g tank with 10x clownfishes. Tank was up for quite awhile and one of the anemones spawned and caused a chain reaction. I didn't recognize it as spawn material, just was wondering why the tank was so cloudy. Soon after all the corals in the tank died... then the fishes started to get sick and last, all the anemones killed themselves. It was a diaster. Not sure if everyone experiences the same. Everytime I put anything in that tank, it would died within months. What I ended up doing was sterilzing the tank and removed all the plumbing and sold it as a fish only tank. Future owners didn't have any problems. I never wish what happen to me happens to anyone else and it DOESN'T happen to everyone.
For more information, checkout Karen's Anemones:
karensroseanemones.net - INTRODUCTION
She's a wealth of experience and information. Hope your spawning is harmless.
For more information, checkout Karen's Anemones:
karensroseanemones.net - INTRODUCTION
She's a wealth of experience and information. Hope your spawning is harmless.
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