My Sebae Anemonesis climbing…

[MelbaToasty]

I have had this Sebae for several months now. She was very fussy at first and did not want to plant her foot. She finally dug into the live sand and attached to the bottom of a live rock. She has been very content there for about 3 months.

Recently she has been climbing quite a bit. Her foot is probably 4 inches higher than her original positioning. Is this normal behavior? Should I be worried that something is bothering her? She eats ½ a silverside about twice a week without issue and my Sebae clown like to “feed” her also. Should I be worried? Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. I also attached a picture.

***Tried to edit the typo on the subject, but don't think this can be done. Sorry for the crappy title.***

 

[bradleym]

That guy's tentacles are way too small and sparse. Paired with climbing I'd say he needs more light and he's climbing up to get it. The feeding helps but it won't completely make up for insufficient lighting.

 

[jasonrp104]

What size tank and lighting?

Parameters?

 

[MelbaToasty]

Tank is a 72 BOW. I have two Coralife T5 dual bulb fixtures. One fixture has two 54w 10K's and the other has two actinics. I have been messing with light schedules. I am running the 10K's about 6 hours a day and the actinics about 9 hours. Any light schedule reccomendations for this setup will be greatly appreciated.

I have a new LED fixture on order which is supposed to be comparable to metal halide. They are on national backorder and was told it could be several weeks till it arrives. Thanks for the replies.

 

[MelbaToasty]

Parameters?

Parms

1.026 SG
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 10PPM
PH 8.2
Alk 2.3

 

[ulli]

6hr's??? ***

id go 10.000k on for minimum 10hr and Actinic 10-12 hr

 

[MelbaToasty]

ulli, thanks for the info. I will try more light.

 

[BonsaiNut]

Looks like a H. malu to me, personally. Sparse tentacles of variable length. Do you have a photo of the column?

 

[MelbaToasty]

Do you have a photo of the column?

I would have to force her out of the live rock to get a current photo. However, here is a pic I tokk of it in the LFS just before I bought it. I am pretty sure its a sebae.

 

[garygb]

Yes, in that last pic it does look like H. crispa.

 

[garygb]

I think your anemone needs more light. You have 2 10,000K t-5s, which is good and two actinic, which are not much in terms of photosynthetic boost to the anemone. I would switch to something like ATI brand Aqua Blue Plus, as they look blue, but still have a high PAR rating. Are the fixtures equipped with individual reflectors? For t-5s to really shine, so to speak, the fixture needs to have individual reflectors. Otherwise, it's not a lot different than having PCs. The individual reflectors direct the light of the bulb deep into the tank. It could be that your anemone is moving up to get more light. And, as far as photoperiod, over a span of a few weeks, I would move it up to 10-12 hours per day. 6 hours per day with 2 10K t-5s isn't enough (and I say 2 because the actinics are essentially zero as far meeting the photosynthetic needs of the zooxanthellae inside the anemone).

 

[MelbaToasty]

Thanks much for the feedback Gary. I already reset my timers for the new light schedule. Do you think I should replace one of the actinic bulbs with an additional 10k?

 

[bradleym]

Replacing one would help. The more white light there is the better your anemone will do. But it may affect the look of the tank, not sure how much you might miss the blue. That's why garygb suggested Aqua Blue Plus. Same color, more useful light.

And just as a fair warning, if your anemone is used to 6 hours a day, you might want to increase the amount of time gradually, like another hour every couple days. Doing it all at once can sometimes harm an anemone not used to all that lighting.

 

[garygb]

Yes, 10Ks provide lots of PAR. As Brad mentioned, there are blue bulbs that give a nice blue color and still provide high PAR. ATI Blue Plus is an example. Even with the 10Ks, different bulb manufactures have varying quality of bulbs. I'm hardly an expert, but I can tell you ATI and UVL make high quality t-5s. One of RCs sponsors, ReefGeeks has a complete line of t-5 bulbs, and in my experience, excellent customer service.

If you want to really learn about t-5s, go to a thread in the Lighting and Equipment Forum here on RC and look for the t-5 Q&A thread. TheGrimReefer provides all kinds of info. about the different brands and their PAR output, etc.

 

[MelbaToasty]

Gary thanks again for the feedback... I have been following some of the T5 and LED threads. Since you mentioned it I will focus on posts by TheGrimReefer as the information is all over the place. This is one of those topics that is difficult to ascertain a consensus amongst the posts.

 

[jasonrp104]

If it helps, I keep my crispa under 2 blue plus, 1 blue special, and a fiji purple. My tank is the same height as yours so I would think it would work for you also

edit: The nem looks like it's colored up quite a bit but I'd say you need to feed it to get it back 100%. Mine looked alot like the lfs pic when I first got it. Good light with a feeding twice a week got it in great shape after a few months.

 

[jeff@zina.com]

I have been messing with light schedules.

I think I see your issue...

Jeff