Just got a sabae anemone, couple of qustions for experts

[jhuntington12]

I'm new to anemones, did a lot of reading and decided to go with this sabae albeit they are considered one of the harder ones to keep according to people.

Acclimated the guy, settled him under my LEDs on a nice rock and it attached pretty quickly. Has a decent current running across and for the last 3 days has stayed put.

I have noticed that it has been digesting some stringy substance from the mouth, and this is without it being fed...or at least that I have been able to feed. Is this pretty normal?

Doesn't look deflated at all, but heck what do I know if its inflated or deflated, right?

 

[DasCamel]

He looks really good under that light. Is the white part tanned under normal light? Not deflated, that' normal. Try feeding him a small piece of something. That stringy substance is discharge. Is he at all sticky?

 

[jhuntington12]

He looks really good under that light. Is the white part tanned under normal light? Not deflated, that' normal. Try feeding him a small piece of something. That stringy substance is discharge. Is he at all sticky?

Its more of an off white, some brown under the blue tips maybe? Hard to really tell, but surely not as white as when I first got it....

I hope that's a good sign, lol?

 

[DasCamel]

Its more of an off white, some brown under the blue tips maybe? Hard to really tell, but surely not as white as when I first got it....

I hope that's a good sign, lol?

Yeah it is, completely white is bad. It'll darken more over time with good lights, thats healthy.

 

[pbft_90]

Years ago when I had my Lta it did the same thing. But yea it looks good, the good thing about anemones is they'll just move if conditions aren't right. The bad thing is it might move right next to your sps colony or clam haha. Keep us updated I always liked sebaes, won't mind giving a crack at one myself.

 

[jhuntington12]

of course, as soon as I post that he hasn't moved in 3 days, tonight I noticed he's on the move under the rock he was on....sort of an overhang.

Could be because I had a blood red shrimp under there playing footsie with him now and them?

Could be trying to get out of the light? Or maybe out of direct path of my powerheads?

He's kind of like half under half over...

I thought these guys liked lots of light and flow, am I correct?

 

[DasCamel]

All of the above?

All of the above?

of course, as soon as I post that he hasn't moved in 3 days, tonight I noticed he's on the move under the rock he was on....sort of an overhang.

Could be because I had a blood red shrimp under there playing footsie with him now and them?

Could be trying to get out of the light? Or maybe out of direct path of my powerheads?

He's kind of like half under half over...

I thought these guys liked lots of light and flow, am I correct?

My Nems also hid after a few days then slowly came back out for more light. They like good,random flow, if it's constant and too much they'll move. It takes a few weeks to adapt to leds, I have haddoni that's slowly exposing more of itself to light everyday, been three weeks I think.

 

[jhuntington12]

So he's officially attached under a rock, comes out to the light in the day and like half under at night. Sometimes I have caught him shriveled up to the size of a golf ball, and other times during the day at full size. Is it common for them to do this?

Seems to be taking Mysis very well, everything is sticking to it...just curious about his growing and shrinking behavior. I assume its just a part of their daily grind?

 

[Enrico Rj]

Just a simple question , the sebea anemone dosen't prefer to be between the rock and sand ?!

 

[jhuntington12]

I never put it on the sand, I just initially found a rock in the picture above and it stayed for a while then moved underneath.

it comes out like so every day.



Anyways, just an update. Got a few new clowns coming so hopefully they take to it eventually. True Sabae clowns, although I know they don't go hand in hand just because of the name....I thought it looked cool. We'll see.

 

[DasCamel]

I never put it on the sand, I just initially found a rock in the picture above and it stayed for a while then moved underneath.

it comes out like so every day.



Anyways, just an update. Got a few new clowns coming so hopefully they take to it eventually. True Sabae clowns, although I know they don't go hand in hand just because of the name....I thought it looked cool. We'll see.

Interesting, that's what mine does. I hangs in between two vertical rocks. It extends out during the day for light, retracts a bit at night to rest.

 

[garygb]

Your crispa looks good other than being somewhat bleached. It should color up to a nice tan color. The fact it is attached is good. They prefer to attach to rock, though sometimes will attach to the bottom of the tank through the sand. The place it's attached looks like a good and typical site for this species. After it's settled in for a week or two you can feed it a small piece of fresh food or shrimp (seafood dept (for human consumption) is a good place to find it. Try a piece the size of a pea and see if it eats. Sometimes you have to try a few times before the anemone gets in the hang of eating again. I would try, watch to see if it eats. If not, wait an hour or so and try again. Fresh food is definitely more likely to get a feeding response compared to something frozen.

 

[Mynx]

Looks very healthy, and if he's happy on the rocks he'll acclimate himself to the light. Beautiful specimen too, nice job!