Rock flower anemone breeding

[xxkenny90xx]

Who out there has had them breed? I'm confused, I always heard that they produce many babies at a time (but most are lost in our tanks), but mine seem to only have one baby at a time (they are a different species then what most people keep)... I started with 3 of this type of rock nem, and two weeks later a bleached nickel sized baby poked its head out (its 3" and healthy now). Now this week (maybe a year later) I have 2 new babies. Anyone out there experience rock nems giving birth one or two babies at a time?

 

[xxkenny90xx]

The baby in the second picture is hiding in the bottom left corner

 

[reef lover]

Thats not your typical rfa Epicystis crucifer ...ill.do some digging and see if i can find what he is....;Bookworm

 

[cvrle1]

Lots of info on RFAs and spawning here

Ron Reefman's Rock Flower experience

Good eye @Ron Reefman ! I didn't even see the Mangroves popping out. Initially I thought the overflow might have been a simple closed system where the overflow lead to a chamber in the table between the glass tops and just used for circulation and surface skimming. Based on your observations...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Thanks for the link, I've actually read that post before (maybe a year ago) but it's nice to read again. Even in that post Ron describes multiple babies at a time though, mine seem to have one at a time. But i'm not complaining, just seems odd is all

 

[reef lover]

That looks like a phymanthus spp sand anemone. The secondary branches along the tentacles give it away.
Not sure on how many they brood at once but seem very close in care to the rfa we know .