Rock flower spawning

[Sticker shock]

I shared this in another thread, but thought I should add these here. Whats the likely hood of babies if I have at least 1 female in the tank?

 

[LiLinka]

The probability of rock flower anemones spawning and giving birth to offspring in your tank hinges on various elements. Maintaining consistent water parameters, providing appropriate lighting, and ensuring the presence of both male and female anemones are factors for successful reproduction. However, the precise stimuli that prompt spawning can not completely understood. Changes in lighting intensity, temperature fluctuations, and lunar cycles may all contribute.

While you can create favorable conditions for rock flower anemone spawning, it's important to acknowledge that the outcome remains uncertain. Breeding these anemones entails a degree of unpredictability. Even with ideal circumstances, there's no guarantee of witnessing this in your aquarium. Hope this helps!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I don't think you should hold your breath. I've had about 8 of them in my tank for 1.5 years, no spawning activity hear yet.

 

[Boehmtown]

Both mine and my friends did on the same day, we each got like 10-15 babies, most made it . The male spawns much more often than the female, just like in real life . If you have an auto feeder that dumps on them daily or you feed frozen over them so they get a skirt full will help

 

[Narideth]

Thank you for this video! I've been tying to find an example of what people have described as them 'cupping' while/before they spawn, and this is a really clear example of what that looks like. Hope you get lucky with babies.

 

[exnisstech]

I've never witnessed spawning but I do find babies in my tank.

 

[Sticker shock]

I was just kind of curious how potent the spawning would be. Do the anemones need to be right next to each other or will the water flow carry enough around to the female anemones?

Also I did see a couple of the anemones make a cup like shape while the males did their thing. I was guessing those may be receptive females? Or it could have been completely unrelated.

 

[Boehmtown]

I was just kind of curious how potent the spawning would be. Do the anemones need to be right next to each other or will the water flow carry enough around to the female anemones?

Also I did see a couple of the anemones make a cup like shape while the males did their thing. I was guessing those may be receptive females? Or it could have been completely unrelated.

The radar dish is the male, they do it before......

 

[Boehmtown]

Oddly enough my male spawned last night
The first picture is how I know he's gonna do it. Starts just as the lights dim down for the day.

After that the female lets out small like sand ball looking things if she is also in the mood

 

[Sticker shock]

So I just spotted a couple baby rockflowers. How many babies do you typically manage to get from a spawn?

 

[Boehmtown]

So I just spotted a couple baby rockflowers. How many babies do you typically manage to get from a spawn?

My tank about 12 my buddies is like 20 his best guess