Moonrock
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Seems I have a busy week in the tank this week. Had 3 anemones split, 1 of those split into 3, that's a first for me. but anyway, back to the point. About 4-5 days ago I found these eggs behind one of my Gyres, but I am not entirely sure what could have laid them. The only "culprits" that constantly stay in that area are my carpenter & cleaner wrasse.. which doesn't make much sense to me if they did the thang thang... I also have a pair of purple dottybacks that stay on that wall, but down near the bottom, this pump is up high, so I'm not entirely convinced, but I could be wrong. My Anthias school stays in that area as well, but if I'm not mistaken, they give birth right into the water column (unless I am wrong). My white cheek and hybrid Achilles were doing a weird "dance" all last week, swimming in circles, but from my research, they disperse eggs right into the water column. I did notice what seemed like my pair of mandarins getting it on a week or so ago, and I also have a pair of red scooter dragonets. Honestly, so much stuff happens in the tank that I'm not entirely sure what they could be from. At first, I thought they could be clownfish eggs since I have 2 gold lightning maroon's, but they are not a pair, and I feel like they would have hatched already if they were. One maroon stays on one side of the tank and the other in the complete opposite corner. They've met in the middle sometimes, but just to fight. Do clowns lay eggs just to lay them even if they don't have a partner? If anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. Here's the picture. I can probably pull out the DSLR and take a much better picture if needed.
This picture I just took.
This picture is from 2 days ago.
Then yesterday, I found 3 more sets of eggs but my guess is that these are damsel eggs since they are aggressively protecting them. The third batch is in an extremely hard-to-get spot. I have rocks forming a circle to cover a closed loop pipe sticking out of the bottom and she laid them in that space which only gives you about an inch of room between the pipe and the rock. I did notice what seems to be the mail (he has black stripes on him) fertilizing the eggs. He basically swam upside down with his belly against the eggs and did a "shaking" maneuver for about 10 minutes. At least my guess is that he was fertilizing them.
Any help would be appreciated!!!
This picture I just took.
This picture is from 2 days ago.
Then yesterday, I found 3 more sets of eggs but my guess is that these are damsel eggs since they are aggressively protecting them. The third batch is in an extremely hard-to-get spot. I have rocks forming a circle to cover a closed loop pipe sticking out of the bottom and she laid them in that space which only gives you about an inch of room between the pipe and the rock. I did notice what seems to be the mail (he has black stripes on him) fertilizing the eggs. He basically swam upside down with his belly against the eggs and did a "shaking" maneuver for about 10 minutes. At least my guess is that he was fertilizing them.
Any help would be appreciated!!!
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