My bubble tip anemones are spawning….

[Ramses0314]

Milky water and a bunch of eggs?

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what to do?

 

[blaxsun]

No idea.

 

[reeferguy3303]

nothing or do a water change

 

[OrionN]

Too late now but suck the sperms ir eggs as it come out. Then do partial water

 

[Ramses0314]

Too late now but suck the sperms ir eggs as it come out. Then do partial water

When I initially saw it eggs and sperm where out already. My skimmer seems to have pulled out most of it. Some eggs fell on my refugium. Do you think they will hatch?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

It's possible they'll hatch. As long as they have a good enough light, you don't really need to do anything; larval survival to settlement for bubbletip anemones (Entacmaea quadricolor) with proper lighting is about 21.9%.* With proper lighting, "dissolved nutrients and particulate matter," and "Aquasonic liquid invertebrate food," survival rates increase to 50.3% by day 10. Settlement started on day 5 post hatching, and peaked at day 10.**

*Source:

http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14911/1/Entacmaea%20quadricolor.pdf

**Source:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/39729867_Larval_settlement_and_juvenile_development_of_sea_anemones_that_provide_habitat_for_anemonefish