Question: Spermatophore

[dodgy]

what colour are spermatophore's? i have 2 black melanoids & a gold albino in the same tank, starting yesterday i saw a patch of pinky stuff on the sand, at first i thought is was a clump of bloodworm they'd left & when i went to get it out it just dispersed like ??? well like a puff of pink dust, today there's 2 more in different places.
since housing them together 2 weeks ago 2 of them have got noticably fatter as well.
im hoping they were filling up with eggs & are now up the duff, i suppose i'll know in a day or so.
unless 1 of them had been sick :sad:
all of them have been eating fine on chopped up worms, frozen bloodworm & bits of raw king prawn.

 

[Jake]

Spermatophores are like a transparent gel pyramid with a white cap. They're normally about 1/2-3/4 inch I think, but I've never measured one. They shouldn't really break up into "dust" if you move them, they're more like a thick jelly.

I'm not entirely sure what you're describing here, but someone else may have experienced it so wait for other's opinions on that matter.

 

[Darkmaverick]

That is quite bizarre isn't it? Could it be bits of axie poo?

 

[dodgy]

well if its poo they've only done 1 each in 3 weeks, the 2 that were there yesterday have now vanished, it wasnt really like dust more like jelly thats melted in place but still retains some form untill its disturbed. they were about 1 inch in diameter.
very wierd.

 

[melfly]

Sometimes my axies poo is a bit jelly like and breaks up when disturbed. Sometimes its just all broken up and a bit dusty.