MrSexyShrimp December 27, 2014 Share December 27, 2014 Pretty cool that I happened to catch this on video. Unfortunately my blenny decided to investigate what all the fuss was about and interrupted the snail. I saw about 5 puffs of "smoke" (either eggs or sperm, I guess) before I grabbed my camera. The stomatella's entire body was inflated and only attached to the rock by the end of the foot... I had no idea it was even my stomatella snail until after it was all over. Here's the link to the video: https://vid.me/vfMh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L8 2 RISE December 27, 2014 Share December 27, 2014 cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishie89 December 27, 2014 Share December 27, 2014 It is so funny that despite selling stomatellas to locals because mine keep up a good population, I have yet to see them do their breeding business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerek2 December 28, 2014 Share December 28, 2014 (edited) I'm starting to see more and more now that I don't have a six line wrasse. Gosh that Blenny sure is a nosey photo bomber. Cool footage! Edited December 28, 2014 by gmerek2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctenophore December 28, 2014 Share December 28, 2014 I used to have thousands of these, and have seen the same spawning behavior. Now they are very rare in my system. Not sure what caused their decline, as I don't have any predators that I know of, especially in the frag tank & sump. I guess whatever algae they prefer must have disappeared. Hopefully that is cyclical, and they'll rebound when their algae comes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueTricia December 28, 2014 Share December 28, 2014 How cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDRDATA December 28, 2014 Share December 28, 2014 I used to have thousands of these, and have seen the same spawning behavior. Now they are very rare in my system. Not sure what caused their decline, as I don't have any predators that I know of, especially in the frag tank & sump. I guess whatever algae they prefer must have disappeared. Hopefully that is cyclical, and they'll rebound when their algae comes back. Same experience here - I used to give them away when people came for frags, and I've seen them putting eggs/sperm into the water column, but now I haven't seen one in my tank in what seems like a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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