xxkenny90xx Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 I posted this on another forum but I'd really like to see what you all have to say! Who out there has had them breed? I'm confused, I always heard that they produce many babies at a time (but most are lost in our tanks), but mine seem to only have one baby at a time (they are a different species then what most people keep)... I started with 3 of this type of rock nem, and two weeks later a bleached nickel sized baby poked its head out (its 3" and healthy now). Now this week (maybe a year later) I have 2 new babies. Anyone out there experience rock nems giving birth one or two babies at a time? In the second pic the baby is hiding in the bottom left 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse522 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 At least you get yours to breed. I have yet to get mines to breed. How often are you feeding them and what are you feeding them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 (edited) I don't really target feed them, but they catch some of my home-made fish food that I feed my fish. If I feel like it I'll give each of my anemones (11 total) a piece of shrimp or squid or something but that only happens like once a month. My regular rock nems have yet to breed, but these ones with the longer skirt seem to pop out a baby every now and then. Edited November 2, 2019 by xxkenny90xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxkenny90xx Posted November 2, 2019 Author Share Posted November 2, 2019 How many do you have eclipse? My original goal was to pile a bunch in close together in hopes that they'd breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse522 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 I have 12 of them and still have room for more. I purposely feed them 2 times a week. I really like them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 .I had a nuvo 20 years ago and had about 15 or so............had a spawn one night and babies a few weeks later.............ended up selling everyone to a member on here............moved them into a 10 gallon then sold them all with the rock..............somewhere I have a video of the spawn............ 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 2 hours ago, spectra said: .I had a nuvo 20 years ago and had about 15 or so............had a spawn one night and babies a few weeks later.............ended up selling everyone to a member on here............moved them into a 10 gallon then sold them all with the rock..............somewhere I have a video of the spawn............ Goals! Were you feeding yours? Any tips for keeping them happier in a small tank? My son has them in his 60 cube. They are way hardier than any corals and super colorful. But who doesn't want rock flower nem babies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash21 Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 Fed them Weekly and they will be fat and happy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 10 hours ago, TheClark said: Goals! Were you feeding yours? Any tips for keeping them happier in a small tank? My son has them in his 60 cube. They are way hardier than any corals and super colorful. But who doesn't want rock flower nem babies? Yes you can spot feed but most of the time I would just flood the tank with food and they would collect it in the flow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClark Posted November 3, 2019 Share Posted November 3, 2019 1 hour ago, spectra said: Yes you can spot feed but most of the time I would just flood the tank with food and they would collect it in the flow. Fish flakes ;-) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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