rose anemone question

[joelb]

i am not near a camera but my rbta has what looks like thousands of small yellow eggs hanging out of its mouth. do rbta lay eggs or if it was the maroon clowns is it normal for them to be trying to sweep them off??

[joelb]

now there is tons of those eggs (or whatever they are) floating around my tank with the current. help! is this bad??

[ErikH]

It's probably little fish eggs. I wouldn't be too worried. Anemones usually split...

[joelb]

i don't think that amount of eggs would fit in my clown....plus they were in the center of the anemone (in its mouth) and the clowns were pulling them out and faning them into circulation. well, if they are eggs, can anyone tell me how long the whole process should take? and should i do something special? they are in a 175gallon tank full to the top with live rock, coral, and 10 fish and a huge clam.

[tg1119]

I am pretty sure it is just expelling waste. I notice my GBTA spitting out long yellow and brown slime/string stuff after I feed it more that normally.

[barderer]

That does not sound like waste at all. Snap a photo.

[MissT]

i don't think that amount of eggs would fit in my clown....

You'd be amazed at the number of eggs fish can pack. Pics would certainly help, but now that they're floating around the tank instead of all in one place would probably make it difficult...
IME, when in doubt, do a water change...

[joelb]

this picture was with my phone so its terrible


that was just one sac of whatever but there was about 3 before that.

[Texreefer]

From what I know Anemones can spawn and many times the result is not good for the tank,, do a water change and remove as much as possible