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Hi everyone,I bought one abalone about a month ago and yesterday my daughter asked me if the abalone had a baby?And yes she was right and today i found another baby so thats two babies and a mommy abalone.Does anyone know where i can find out more on abalones as i have done a search and come up empty or has this happened to anybody else? Thanks again Paul

Are these babies little specs on the glass like baby snails? I would suspect that they hitchhiked over fromthe big one you bought, rather than 'mommy' giving birth two 2 abalones.
Quoted from a website:

"Sexes are separate and fertilization is external. The eggs and sperm broadcast into the water through the pores with the respiratory current. A 1.5 inch abalone may spawn 10,000 eggs or more at a time, while an 8 inch abalone may spawn 11 million or more eggs."

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Hi the large abalone is about 3" and the babies are about 1/2"-3/4" long and are definately abalones not snails they look exactly like the large one. Paul

Awesome Paul. Hmmmm. That's one thing I don't have, an abalone <wink>. Hope they survive & do well for you.

Anthony

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Do you have any pics? I admit I don't know what an abalone is. :redface:

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They're yummy. :lol:


Inspector,
Since you're sure that they are small abalones, I would guess they were stuck to the big one when you bought it. You need 2 to make babies as fertilization is in the water column, so that strikes out the 'buying a pregnant abalone' idea. Other than this, I have no clue. :confused:

they sell abalone at t&t supermarket for over a 100 bucks for 2 pieces. you could start raising some cash in your tank :razz:

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Hi all,well you won't believe it i found another baby abalone so that makes three alltogether.All the babies are doing great they are eating lots and are not shy. just thought i'd let you know Paul

My LFS has started a 180 strictly for the breeding of these guys. Kinda ugly looking fish.

Me thinks you don't know what an abalone is do you? :lol:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...cfm?pCatId=561

Nope I thought wrong. I thought it was a cichlid. Now that I look though it is in reef. and now it is time to put my foot in my mouth.

My guess would be stomatella!

Stomatella is the most likely answer. They come in on live rock and reproduce in your aquarium. They look like miniature Abalone.

They are an excellent algae grazer. If you try to pick them up they will leave behind the end of their"foot" like a gecko drops it's tail. The biggest ones I've ever seen is about 2cm.