Mini Maxi spawning happening in my tank ...anybody else had that same experience???

[nata]

i have like 80 minis in my tank ..and it is an incredible spectacle to watch ...some minis will puff out sperm others throw out white eggs connected in strands ..there are thousands ..and most minis participate in intervalls..who else had experience with that ? Any chance that there will be babies ? My bangais are having a major feast...How cool is that ...So does that mean some carpets are female some male? anybody????

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Can you get some video of it?

 

[nata]

i took a short video with my iphone but am to stupid to post it ...it is really hard to see too cause only moonlights were on..

 

[Alpha Aquaculture]

Very cool! Could you please tell us more about how you care for them and how long you've been collecting them for? Maybe some details about your aquarium systems? Imagine the possibilities of all the babies.

 

[nata]

If anybody wants to see a short video send me your email adress and I send it via iphone

 

[nata]

Aubout my tank ...it is a 180 mixed reef ..I am trying to keep my minis to to one side ..they are everywhere in rocks in sand , high and low and always on the move . Some stay but sometimes after staying at the same place for months they will move..they are unpredictable...I started collecting about two years ago and I got obsessed with it and wanted to have every color...I have different hosts for them...one anemone shrimp, 3 anemone crabs and one sexy shrimp..I cannot feed them by day as I have three large naughty fish that have fun to take food from the minis so I have to feed at night ..pieces of shrimp work best for me..the rest of my tank is mostly zoas , Rbta, and a few lps and sticks..yes it is full to the rim..minis are my favourite though ...besides that I have a deep sea nano for acans, brains and chalices

 

[BlazinNano]

Now we need at least pics of the mini world you have.

 

[woogiekids]

Mine spawn every few days. I have about 12 in a 28jbj, so it gets very concentrated, but so far...no babies.

 

[nata]

When yours spawns do you have a lot of eggs flying around???

 

[woogiekids]

Yep, eggs and sperm.

 

[DrTerro]

Pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nata]

Send me your email
I send you pics

 

[saltwaterfishes]

Pics nata took with her iphone. I knew she has a lot of mini carpets, but this is amazing!!

 

[nata]

Thanks for posting for me!!!!

 

[Reef lvr]

Good lord!! Nice collection:tongue:

 

[ladyreefer1983]

wow all the carpets are showing off!!!they are so happy and fully open than the last time i went there!the gorgonian is very pretty:)

 

[SeeingGreen]

Nata, that tank is just awesome. Congrats on the focused dedication!

 

[nata]

thank you for your kind words ! Minis are only one of my obsessions...

 

[zoous]

Whoa that's amazing. You really do look like you have every mini colors possible. Nice.

 

[woogiekids]

Awesome Nata! Here's the best pics of the spawning I could get. They went at it again last night. :)