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Rock Anemone Breeding?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Derek, May 7, 2016.

  1. Derek

    Derek

    Has anybody here ever successfully had rock anemone's mate in their tank? Over the last few months I've accumulated a few Rock Nems and read they can mate in captivity but haven't heard of anybody on GIRs talk about it.

    It sounds like it's rare because you never know if you have a male or female rock nem and you have to feed them regularly to get them to mate (2-3 times per week or more).
     
  2. chromess 01

    chromess 01

    Yes. I guess where should I start?
     
  3. chromess 01

    chromess 01

    After writing a book figured Id shorten it. I had one have 8 babies shortly after I got it, when I got it- it squirted out eggs when removed from the holding tank. Then in my other tank I had 1 spawn, several weeks later about 9 spawn at the same time. Month or so later which was a few weeks ago I noticed 2 babies. Then about 5 of them spawned last night.
     
  4. Bud

    Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

    Fixed the title...I figured you weren't trying to deep fry nems :lol::lol::roflmao:
     
  5. Derek

    Derek

    Hahaha thanks!

    @chromess 01@chromess 01 , Do you feed your Rock Nems regularly or do you not feed them at all?
     
  6. chromess 01

    chromess 01

    Some of them I dont feed at all, 2 particular ones Ive had a year this month and see no ill effects, still amazing color, their size is the same but they are a larger size than most I usually see. I wanted to do a nem only tank so when I saw ones I liked Id buy them and put them in one of my other tanks, that tank has quite a few. Ive read higher population and heavy feeding. I wanted to give that a try. Normally I was feeding that tank each nem by hand about once a week. I was working towards every other day, alternating between cod, mysis and brine. I didnt get to every other but maybe 3 times a week, then I didnt feed for about a week, then I fed one day and that night was when the mass spawning was. I also moved my known female into that tank and I saw a video of a guys female dropping eggs. The other night when they spawned one of my larger ones had its mouth in the shape of the one from the video so I guess Ill see what comes of this round.

    How many do you have?
     
  7. Derek

    Derek

    I currently only have 3. They are all on the same rock in the center of my tank. I'm going to buy more but I'm picky with what I want so I've passed up on a few also. How close are all of yours to each other? Mine are currently 3 or 4 inches apart. Not sure how close they need to be to spawn, and I'm not sure if I have males or females. I'll be adding at least 3 or 4 more over time.
     
  8. chromess 01

    chromess 01

    Umm, last I counted I had around 60. Ive got 1 in a 21g cube, over a dozen in my 73 and over 40 in the "spawning" tank. They range from being on the other side of the tank to touching each other.
     
  9. Bill Liebbe

    Bill Liebbe

    Where do you get them from?

    I would love to pick some up
     
  10. chromess 01

    chromess 01

    Ive gotten them from probably 20 different places. Ebay, frag shows, lfs, various online places.
     
  11. Smith11

    Smith11

  12. blackx-runner

    blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

    I'm sure there will be several vendors with them at spring fest. They are a pretty common item now. Most LFS that I have been to also carry them pretty regularly.
     
  13. chromess 01

    chromess 01

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    13177158_1174240535927993_2360147717068742216_n.jpg Hard to see but theres a couple of babies.
     
  14. chromess 01

    chromess 01

    Like blackx-runner said there getting more popular now. When I got my first one close to 2 years ago there wasnt alot of places that had them. I havent seen too many lfs that have them, or if they do they are the more common colors. But Ive seen them range from $20 to $400 for one about the size of a quarter. Heard of a super rare half and half sell for $1,500.
     

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