anemone spawnning?

hey guys,
last night i was informed that my anemone looked like it was spawnning with white clouds of something coming from its mouth.. this went on for well over an hour and i was just wanting to know if it is a common thing to happen within an aquarium.
i have some pics but they arent the best due to them being taken from the tv screen.
with regarts to what it looks like in the picture it has gone back to looking normal with having tight bubble tips and looking healthy

 

am interested to see responses on this. I thought anemones reproduced by splitting but if corals spawn, I don't see why anemones wouldn't as well....

 

Anemones reproduce sexually or asexually.I would keep a close eye on parameters and use fresh carbon after a spawning event.A WC would also be a good idea.

 

why do you recommend a water change, out of curiosity......

 

I'm guessing possible chemical warfare. Could be toxic or cause an ammonia spike.

 

It's organic matter suddenly introduced into the system which could cause a mini cycle to occur or worse. If you are using mechanical filtration you will want to clean it thoroughly after a spawning event.

 

Yup.

Looks like your 'nem is a male, BTW.

 

i thought females can spawn also?

 

They can, but it's not a white cloud.

 

well the nem is still alive but! i found on of my fish dead this morning :O the pH was through the roof so i did a water change to bring the level down