zygote2k October 28, 2013 Share October 28, 2013 The big green Haddoni that has been at the greenhouse and more recently at Dan's house has been at my house for about 2 weeks. It lives happily in its' flowerpot and has been growing/expanding daily till this evening when it apparently reached its' goal. It has grown to nearly 20" across and just released a huge sperm/egg bundle which of course has clouded the water and made it kinda musky smelling. I got some video of it- I'll try to post some. I wonder what effect this will have on the other Haddoni- a nice blue one that's much smaller... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k October 28, 2013 Author Share October 28, 2013 30 mins later and it's still going. Tank water murky and skimmer going crazy- can't wait to see what it smells like tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattiejay6 October 28, 2013 Share October 28, 2013 I'd like to see the video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k October 28, 2013 Author Share October 28, 2013 http://youtu.be/8FwWYBHY38Y http://youtu.be/xsxYOWHDZNY http://youtu.be/9Bn25TpdoGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieGee October 28, 2013 Share October 28, 2013 Wow, in an earlier post I was like, wth are you posting jizz for but after watching the vids, i'm still saying gross but now it's pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Puckstable October 28, 2013 Share October 28, 2013 Very cool. I wish I had a haddoni to jizz up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUsnakebyte October 28, 2013 Share October 28, 2013 This hits at a project I'd like to run here at the zoo, if I could get my hands on enough haddoni's. I'd like to get at least 10 going in the same tank and try to induce spawning. Anecdotally, the blue one I've had for over 10 years will spawn if mildly stressed - say, just kept in a bag or bucket for a few hours, just so it thinks the world is ending and spawns... If you get enough, you'd likely have enough of a mix of males and females to get good fertilization, and as you have seen - there's no shortage of gametes to work with. I've had the coldwater tank of anemones start spawning after one begins, and I have been able to rear the larvae to three years old now. I'm assuming that these warm water anemones with internal symbionts would grow even faster than the coldwater counterparts. And, this would be a wonderful way to begin taking pressure off wild stocks. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wade October 29, 2013 Share October 29, 2013 The office tank @ ORA has had some clam and coral spawns that wreak havoc on the system. Its a staggering amount of organic 'debris' after a few hours and while the corals love that food, it will overwhelm most home systems. Be prepared to filter or water change! Awesome that they are spawning. Glad you posted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k October 30, 2013 Author Share October 30, 2013 The tank turned milky like when you dump in a bag of unrinsed sand. I got one skimmer cup full of gunk plus some gametes, then a cup full of liquid the next morning. When I got home from work, the water was clear again and all of the corals were at maximum polyp extension. Skimmer went back to normal. No water change yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcrazyjoker81 October 31, 2013 Share October 31, 2013 What kind of flower pot did you use? I have a 8-10 inch haddoni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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