Spawning Bubble Tip Anemone
One night I noticed that the demo tank from The Reef Aquarium DVD, A Set Up and Maintenance Guide had very cloudy water. Upon looking further, I saw that one of the Bubble Tip Anemones was spawning, sending out a milky white substance into the tank water. It almost looked like it was smoking. I quickly checked
Spawning Bubble Tip
the parameters of the water: Ph, Nitrite, Nitrate, Amonia,
Phosphate and dkh. Everything was in a good range. The Nitrite and Amonia were each zero, Nitrate was one, Ph was 8.3, dkh was 8 and Phospahte was zero. The fish were swimming around happily and there seemed to be no ill effects other than the cloudy water.
The demo tank from The Reef Aquarium DVD, A Set Up & Maintenance Guide is a large tank, 210 gallons with a 35 gallon sump. This is a perfect example why sometimes it is easier to keep a large tank than a small tank. When an amemome spawns,
clowdy water from spawning
it uses a lot of oxygen in the water. I have heard stories of the fish being killed in a small tank because of lack of oxygen. If you have a small tank, I recommend an immediate water change. However, in our large tank, we could easily handle the spawning just by the size of the tank. Also, we run ozone into the tank, thus increasing the oxygen in the tank.
spawning
After the spawning the Bubble Tip Anemone was noticeably smaller and a little shriveled. However, the next day he was at full size and the tank looked fine. Also by then, the protein skimmer had pulled out all the milkiness from the water.
