MrSexyShrimp December 27, 2014 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
Squishie89 December 27, 2014 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.
gmerek2 December 28, 2014 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
ctenophore December 28, 2014 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.
LCDRDATA December 28, 2014 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.
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