Need help with new anenomie (pics)

[cp3823]

I just got this guy last week, and my maroon percs are hosting him. I only have a 14 gallon bio cube with 2x24 watt PC lighting. I ordered a 150 watt sunpod the other day. My anenomie keeps closing up and opening. He does eat and my percs even bring him flake food. Does he look ok? I feed him rods food every other day.

 

[cp3823]

My water params

ph 8.3
Nitrities 0
ammonia 0 - .1
nitrates 8 - 10
water temp is 80 degrees.

 

[GSMguy]

its is an H. Cripa, sebae anemone and it does look healthy. The sunpod will help but you will need to upgrade it to a larger tank in time as they grow up quite large.

 

[APISTOBORELLI]

Seabae anemones are not supposed to be that white in color. They are often "bleached" to make them more attractive to hobbyists. It looks ok but it won't be completely "healthy" until the white turns a greyish brownish color.

 

[cp3823]

any suggestions on what I should do? The sunpod wount be here for a week. I plan on settin up a 30 gallon after christmas.

 

[GSMguy]

it should be ok under 50wpc for a week, keep feeding it.

what i do is thaw my rods food in RoDi water and then pull out the big chunks of meat and feed them to my anemones then pour the rest in for the fish and corals.

 

[cp3823]

cool. I put a chunk of the rods food in the bulb of my turkey baster, then fill it with tank water, then let it sit for a few minutes, then just squirt it a the anemone. Is that ok? How do you feed the anemone? I mean, like the actual process? a turkey baster or forceps or what?

 

[cp3823]

oh and 10 ppm of nitrates wount kill it will it? Having a bio cube sucks with this high of a bioload.

 

[mikey3165]

i think your anemone looks great i just picked one up today so i hope it turns out like yours

 

[cp3823]

^^^ thank you! I actually got it from a memeber off of this site. I just wanna keep it as healthy as I can. Its my pride and joy (besides my maroon percs) and I will do whatever I can to take care of it. All thoughts and opinions are totally welcomed.

 

[APISTOBORELLI]

You should be ok. Feed it until the new light comes in.

 

[cp3823]

anything else I should know about this type of anemone ? are they hardy or pretty delicate?

 

[rssjsb]

They're considered more difficult than BTAs or LTAs, but the main reason they fail as far as I can tell is that it's hard to find a healthy one. The specimens that turn up in LFSs are usually usually bleached and starving. I don't think anyone bleaches them intentionally, it's just from poor handling.

Yours looks really healthy to me. It doesn't look bleached because i's not stark white, and the tentacles look opaque rather than milky or transparent.

EDIT: GSMGuy, are you sure that it isn't a condy? I can't really tell now.

 

[cp3823]

so I'm ok then? anything I should watch out for? sometimes like some of its tenticals "deflate" then the fish swim by with their tales and wiggle around then they "inflate" again. is this normal? its just like 2 or 3 tenticals that do this.

 

[cp3823]

bump

 

[GSMguy]

Still a crispa

 

[Jamie1210]

oh, and not sure if anyone brought this up, but there's no such thing as "maroon percs" .. your clowns are definitely just maroons not A. percula, but Premnas biaculeatus

 

[JamesJR]

nice anemone, albeit a little bleached. it is hard to find a crispa in that good of shape.

 

[rssjsb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11112191#post11112191 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GSMguy
Still a crispa

Lol - I guess I'm not used to seeing them look so healthy.

 

[Monstrigity]

It's H. crispa, and as far as I can tell it looks pretty healthy. Also, its not bleached. Its a nice cream color and very opaque. That's what color most healthy H. Crispa's are.