For anyone that ever wanted to know how Aiptasia spread so quickly. These are pics of aiptasia in my purpose aiptasia breeding tank.
The foot attaches to the rock or glass in this instance. The foot then moves and leaves a little bit of itself behind, this then grows into a new aiptasia.
This is important to know as many of the known predators of aiptasia including filefish and peppermint shrimp etc don't always eat all of the aiptasia.
Looking at the pics below you can see the new babies that have been created in the last week.
Just thought I would share and give people a better understanding of how they spread so quickly.
In my experience of breeding aiptasia I can get these babies to the size of their parent in about 6 weeks time.
The foot attaches to the rock or glass in this instance. The foot then moves and leaves a little bit of itself behind, this then grows into a new aiptasia.
This is important to know as many of the known predators of aiptasia including filefish and peppermint shrimp etc don't always eat all of the aiptasia.
Looking at the pics below you can see the new babies that have been created in the last week.
Just thought I would share and give people a better understanding of how they spread so quickly.
In my experience of breeding aiptasia I can get these babies to the size of their parent in about 6 weeks time.