Anemone ???

[tomtom01]

Hi
First, I would just like to say how helpful some of the posts are on here. Now, I brought an anemone the other day, the lfs assured me this is a healthy, eating and active animal. Reading up later, found that white is defiantly not the colour to have. Is this true of all breeds. It has little cream coloured tips to the tentacles can anyone decipher what breed this is? (I think it may be a sebae) it won't eat at the moment. Is this due to stress of the new tank and will it start? Clowns already host it after 1 day. Do they host a sick anemone? I feel a bit of a fool for buying on hearsay from some Saturday girl at a garden centre but we all do it. I don't want to stress it any more by taking it back any help (or criticisms welcome)
:sad2:
Thanks in advance

Tom

P.s water conditions

no2 <.01
Phosphate 0.05
Lighting - 2 18000k blue/white and 2 10000k blue/white
s.g 1.023
cant remember what ph is off the top of my head

 

[demonnite57]

Do you have any pictures of the Anenome? I'm sure that'll help with the id of the anenome. As for Clowns and the anenome, in my experience I've had a Clown "love" an anenome to death, and I've had one Clown stay with the hosted anenome, even though the anenome wasn't doing so good.

Also, has the Anenome planted its foot?

 

[bradleym]

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I agree, a picture will help. I have an anemone with white tips that I believe is a sebae also. But while trying to get an ID I learned that H. Crispa (sebae) H. Magnifica (ritteri) and M. Doreensis (LTA) can all be nearly identical when sick, and I have seen pictures of all 3 with white tips.

Also, yes a clown will host a sick anemone.

*EDIT* With really good conditions, a sick anemone may well recover and begin eating. But there is no guarantee when they are sick. They sometimes are already too far gone to recover under any circumstances.

 

[tomtom01]

Yes the foot is planted. and when i got it, it climbed up the rock to be near the lights. i think my ph may be low at 7.7 and my phosphates are at 0.25 (tested last night). going to do a 10% change as i do every tuesday. noticed after i waved some brine shrimp at it that an hour or so later some was by its mouth and the mouth looked more puffy? dont know if this is good or not. will post pictures tonight when i get home from work. alos dont know if this is of any relivance but when i turned the light off last night it curled up into a ball then flattened out. so it is reacting to light which i hope is good.

many thanks

Tom

 

[bradleym]

The whole thing with it's mouth puffing usually means it's hungry. Next time try some mysis and set them so they settle directly on the mouth if you can. I found IME that a sick anemone may not grab food but if it is placed directly over the mouth they will still eat sometimes.

And curling up at night is very common, nothing to worry about there.

 

[Toddrtrex]

What size tank is this?
What type/wattage of lights?

If it is actually an H. Crispa, I would be concerned that it climbed up on the rocks.

Your SG is low, and should be at/near 1.026

 

[tomtom01]

Lighting - 2 18000k blue/white and 2 10000k blue/white

tank is 20g

it has moved today it was more in the centre

many thanks

Tom

 

[Toddrtrex]

What type (( PC, T5, etc )) are they, and what wattage.

Your tank is way too small.

It appears that you have a very very bleached H. Magnifica -- one of the more difficult anemones to keep -- even healthy ones are difficult. Honestly, if you can, I would return it. First, it is in very poor shape, then factor in your tank size/lights and the odds of it recovering are pretty slim.

 

[tomtom01]

there t5's 20w, i just dont want to stress it any more, i diddn't get it from my usual place.

regards

Tom

 

[tomtom01]

 

[2Addicted]

I agree with trying to return it.

 

[bradleym]

I would say it might actually be a sebae. It looks a lot like mine did at first. That said, I still say try to return it. It's REALLY bad off. If you do keep it plan for a bigger tank at least. Mine went from 6" to 10" in a month and it's still growing and recovering.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I would say it might actually be a sebae. It looks a lot like mine did at first. That said, I still say try to return it. It's REALLY bad off. If you do keep it plan for a bigger tank at least. Mine went from 6" to 10" in a month and it's still growing and recovering.

The way the mouth is pointed out, it being on the glass and the lack of verrucae on the underside of the oral disc is what make me think it is a Mag. H. Crispas have very prominent verrucae -- which the anemone pictured lacks.

 

[bradleym]

Oops. Ok I opened the thread when OP had only posted the first 4 pics. I got busy and then replied without refreshing it. Now that I've seen the other pics of the side and foot I totally agree with H. Magnifica.

 

[Winwood]

Definetely magnifica.

 

[tomtom01]

update

update

after feeding and keeping the water conditions correct the anemone is starting to look a brownish red on the tenticles? (dont know if thats what there called) is this a sign that the algie is returning to the animal and that it is starting to photosynthesise. its feeding well although not too sticky and often lets go of food. i will post pictures later, but what do you think?

 

[grinner30]

That is one rough looking Magnifica.

If color is starting to return it might make it. However most anemone that I have seen that badly bleached have withered and died. it can take a long time to die off. Be careful with that in your tank, I would dread to see what would happen if it died in there.

I wish you and the anemone best of luck and post pictures on the progress! I wanna see that one color up and survive.

 

[bradleym]

I would also like to see new pics please.

The reddish brown sounds like it is the right color so you may be headed in the right direction. The color should appear to be inside the tentacles. If the color is on the outside only then that's something else, but that's probably not the case.

 

[tomtom01]

here are a couple of pictures sorry for the delay. the colour is not as vibrant on the camera as in reality it looks pink now.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Mags are light hogs,I am with Todd ,I would take it back to the lfs.You need more light and a bigger tank.They like high flow and like to set on top near the light.It would take a couple of weeks or a month to start seeing any color comeing back to a bleached anemone.The lfs was wrong about it being healthy.