My yellow H. Malu finally moved and looks limp-ish

[jacobzking]

my H Malu that I've had for 2 weeks or so, finally moved out of the sand last night and is now just kinda laying on top of the substrate. any opinions? water params are good. my LTA is doing great. is my malu just trying to find a better spot. if my metal halides are on 10 hours a day, is that too much light?

 

[OrionN]

The yellow column make me think it is dyed

 

[jacobzking]

the picture is sideways if that matters at all, here it is now a couple hours later...

 

[SkullV]

Let it be and see what happens. My RBTA would completely deflate and look dead and the next day be completely open again. Someone on here made a comment once that couldn't be more true. "we kill more anemones thinking they are dead and flushing them then leaving them in the tank"

 

[ocellaris123]

Yes that animal appears to be dyed to me also, something I thought when I first saw your thread about it. Just leave it be, providing good parameters. Other than that its just really a waiting game to see if it recovers. It may just be doing an internal water change.

 

[jacobzking]

skull, what are your thoughts on it being dyed or not? any way to really tell?

 

[hmello@bermexin]

I call dyed too. It looks okay. Probably expended some energy getting to the new spot and is recovering. Leave it alone and see how it goes.

 

[SkullV]

skull, what are your thoughts on it being dyed or not? any way to really tell?

I'm no expert on anemones but the fact that 100% of the flesh is the same color (not a natural color for ANY anemone) would lead me to believe that it is dyed.

Just give it what it needs and RUN CARBON since it may be dying/releasing toxins and you have 2 anemones and want to prevent any "chemical warfare."

 

[SwampyBill]

The yellow column make me think it is dyed

+1 on your nem looking dyed. The column should be a beige color, not same or darker color than the anemone (esp. not that yellow). A healthy h. malu would usually become chestnut brown (possibly with purple tips). & yes, 10 hrs. is too long for halides to be on. When you added the halides recently, did you acclimate your nems to the brighter light? Toddrtrex has a great thread on here about proper acclimation of anemones to lighting.
As others have said, too, it may just be expending water & 'recharging it's batteries', so to speak. Mine deflates all the time (much to the chagrin of my b/w occi's that it's hosting). But the fact that yours released from sandbed & is moving around sounds like it's not happy for some reason or other...What & how often are you feeding it? & what are your water parameters in numbers? Good luck!

 

[syrinx]

I will step out and say-I don`t think its dyed. I know of one long term that has a collum exactly like that colorwise. I do think it is moving to a suitable spot and flushing. Whether your halides are on too long depends on how close they are to the nem- as I recall you got 150s, which on a nano tank would be overkill to be on 10 hours- in a 125 maybe not. The point where light becomes to much, is when the algae in the tissues is overilluminated, so there is not a "halides should be on x# of hours" there are too many variables.

 

[t4zalews]

i believe that is an aurora, another type of sebae, which is indeed yellow

 

[SwampyBill]

i believe that is an aurora, another type of sebae, which is indeed yellow

Thanks for the info...I'd never heard of or seen one of these beautiful creatures. GAWD I love this hobby--learn something new every day. :reading:

 

[Nebthet]

I think we would need better pictures (closer and more in focus) to determine if it is an aurora. It looks like a dyed Malu to me by the tentacle structure.

 

[bruce 1]

Will it stay yellow? That is a good looking color. What kind is it?

 

[jacobzking]

I think we would need better pictures (closer and more in focus) to determine if it is an aurora. It looks like a dyed Malu to me by the tentacle structure.

water params:

1.0225sg
8.2ph
79-80°
0 ammo
0 nitrite
5-10ppm nitrate
dkh9
calcium 440
phosphate 0
150x3 HQI metal halide 72"
72x21" tall
150lbs of carribean sand
80-90lbs live rock

here's a photo from the first day I got it. also, at the LFS where I bought it, the guy referred to it as a flower or floral anemone i think; he also mentioned that it would NOT host clowns. i've been trying to feed it mini mysis and krill

 

[jacobzking]

after looking at other examples of H. Aurora I would definitely have to say that this is one of those, and not a Malu. the tentacles are sparse like the aurora.

 

[Nebthet]

Sorry, still having a hard time seeing the pictures... they are too small when I click on them to get a close view of the tentacles and side of the anemone.

Here are a couple pics I got from the Internet from other people.
Take a look at the tentacles.

Do they look like this one: Relatively fat tapering into a point, but have rings around them.

or does it look more like this, in terms of tentacles and structure of the anemone when it is inflated?

or like this one when fully inflated, but all yellow?

 

[SwampyBill]

water params:

1.0225sg
8.2ph
79-80°
0 ammo
0 nitrite
5-10ppm nitrate
dkh9
calcium 440
phosphate 0
150x3 HQI metal halide 72"
72x21" tall
150lbs of carribean sand
80-90lbs live rock

SG is a bit low; you might bump it up to 1.025.
A 15-20% water change would help lower your nitrates closer to 0.
IMO, add at least 40 more lbs of LR in your 125gal tank.
What's your magnesium level?
How's your LTA doing?

All else looks good. & that's a beautiful anemone (whatever kind it is). Good luck with it!

 

[jacobzking]

my LTA is freaking HUGE and looks as healthy as possible. eats well. poops well.

now, my little yellow guy (which resembles nebthets last photo; the purple one) is currently laying upside down on the sand... all closed up. looks like a tellow cork in my tank.

 

[SkullV]

No matter what Nem the yellow one is I still think it is dyed. Maybe it bleached out and in an effort to make a sale it was dyed. The entire thing is the same color yellow. That would be like seeing a GBTA be all green.