anemones

[ksteliou]

What is your opinion for adding a sebae anemone in a reef aquarium? Is it dangerous for other corals and fish?

 

[afboundguy]

Sebae anemone's are some of the hardest to keep IMO... Anything against getting a BTA? Much easier to keep in a tank...

And anemone's move around a lot until they find a place they like and they don't care what corals get in the way and they will kill corals when they touch them...

Also how old is the tank? IMO a tank needs to be mature (6+ months) in order to house an anemone...

 

[ShareReef]

Some disagree with anemones in reef tanks. I, on the other hand, house a beautiful carpet anemone in my reef tank. It has grown from smaller than a salad plate to about 22-inches in diameter. I am careful to keep my corals away from it. I have had several different anemones and like the carpet the best. In my experience they tend to move around less. Once settled they are there. When I got my new tank about a year ago, I dug a hole in the sand and put my carpet anemone's foot in it and he has been there every since.

 

[Anemonebuff]

I had to get rid of my carpet. It kept eating all my nice fish.

 

[Rich D]

i don't know anything about sebae anenomes but you could keep most anenomes in a reef tank, carpets and some other anenomes will try to eat anything that touches them so beware! it would be a good idea to cover your overflow if you have one just in case it decides to let go of a rock or migrates into one.

 

[ShareReef]

Yes, that they will do....gotta be quick. About two months ago mine ate my yellow tang. I was mad, but I love "Sticky" (Carpet anemone) more I replaced my yellow tang with a Sailfin and I'll be darned the first couple times the Sailfin swam around the anemone I thought he wass going to be a goner, but the Sailfin must have had a flashback from the sea to stay clear of those things, so it has and all is well! I wish it would eat some of my damsels. I hate those things. That is ok, I got a lion fish to take care of them some day

 

[noahm]

If you want a nice smaller nem, the rock/flower nems E. crucifer, come in all sorts of color morphs and are pretty hardy, cheap too. I have several and love em.

 

[NCSUsalt]

the sebaes are hardy provided you get a healthy specimen. pass on any bleached ones and you should be fine. they also tend to move less than some of the other anems. I had a large one in my reef for a little over a year before I sold it when I moved

 

[Forge77]

I have a Sabae in my reef. Dosen't eat anything but what I give it. My 2 clowns are hosting it too. I have Zoa's that have grown right up to it and they don't seem to mind.

Seems to be industructible too. Been sucked up in the filter screen twice, then a poorly placed powerhead chopped off alittle bit. When I first got it was dyed and about the size of a tennis ball. Now its like the size of a soccer ball.

once it found a home on a rock it hasen't moved.

 

[Anemonebuff]

Sebae anemones are not bad when it comes to catching and eating fish, they are often sold either dyed or bleached and they do not survive. They tend to find a spot they like and stay put.

 

[jenglish]

my issue with "sebae" anemones is that I have seen like 4 or 5 different species sold as sebae. I think some places label any nem they can't identify as sebae. Heteractis crispa is the one most people mean but I have seen H. Crispa, H. Malu, M. doreensis,and H. Aurora labeled sebae. just look at some pics to make sure what you have is what you think you have

 

[djcoralife]

be carefull they move around