Rock flower anemone, gestation period...

[NanoReefer16]

One of my rock flower anemones turned out to be male and spawned the other night! I have 2 total in my tank and was wondering how long generally does it take for babies to come out of the female??? It spawned around a week ago and I haven't seen anything under the tentacles of my other nem. I'm not sure if the other one is male or female and would love if someone could give me a time frame of when I should start seeing babies or if I need to go buy another one and wait until my large male spawns again.

 

[NanoReefer16]

Sorry for the poor quality on the video, it was taken on my cell phone.

 

[NanoReefer16]

Ok so after finally finding some literature on the gestation period of flower nems, it seems to be about 2-3 months before they will start spitting out babies. Also as per the article in reef hobbyist magazine, second qtr 2015 issue, my male nem spawned during the September Equinox just like if it were in the wild. Isn't it crazy how these captive inverts still know time of year and lunar cycles?!

Well I guess I answered my own question but would still love feedback if anyone has any! Or pics of successful breeds and what I should be looking for.

 

[Bayou City Reefer]

Are rock flower anemones easy to spit like you do a mushroom? Slice it down the mouth or cut it's foot off ?

 

[NanoReefer16]

From my understanding, you cannot split rock anemones. They only breed through the male releasing sperm into the water column and the female opening up and impregnating itself.

 

[kfd]

anyway to tell male and female?

 

[oneyedfish]

I had a rock nem split in my tank a few months ago.

 

[DiverGirl82]

I had a rock nem split in my tank a few months ago.

It just split in half on its own? Cool I didn't know they could do that.

 

[oneyedfish]

It just split in half on its own? Cool I didn't know they could do that.

Yeah, just split on it's own. I never knew they did it either