New anemone??

[sefrayser]

I bought a anemone for my clowns to host in. How long does it take for them to "Foot" themselves? I turned the powerheads off, hen they were on it floated around. Is there anything I need to do to help it foot? I dont know what kind it is but its white with purple dots on the ends of the tentacles. Funny note. My powerheads are off and my lawnmower blenny decided to make a new home in the Powerhead.

 

[elegance coral]

The salinity in most LFS water will be lower than our water. This makes the water inside the anemone lighter than the water in our tank, and the anemone floats. It may take several hours for the anemone to exchange the water inside it and sink to the bottom. It may only take a few minutes though.

It sounds like you have a bleached crispa or malu. Either way, your anemone is bleached, in trouble, and will have a long road to recovery, if it makes it.

 

[sefrayser]

What do you mean? I got him today from a local SW dealer. I brought him home and acclimated him. I dont understand he may be Bleached....what is that?

 

[elegance coral]

The anemone should have tiny algae living within its tissue called zooxanthellae. These algae are brown, tan, or golden colored. These algae show through the anemones tissue, causing the anemone to appear brownish. When the anemone is under great stress (many things can cause this), the anemone can discharge these algae. When they do, the anemone turns white, and we use the term "bleached" to describe this condition. The anemone needs these algae to provide carbohydrates for energy, and to absorb waist products. If the anemone is unable to regain a healthy population of zooxanthellae, it is very likely to die.

 

[Nebthet]

Research Bleached sebae anemone. You will get a lot of threads coming up showing how to care for them and what bleached is and that many of these don't survive.

Please do research on anemones before you purchase them in the future. They are not all easy to care for.

 

[elegance coral]

Here's an example.

A bleached anemone. The dirty, or tan looking areas are where a few zooxanthellae survive.

This is the same anemone after healing.

 

[sefrayser]

Here is a couple pics. What kind of current do they like? As you can see I have him on the bottom and its hard to regulate the flow and still have a little circulation down there.

 

[OrionN]

The picture is that of an H. crispa. It is a sand bed anemone and will need at least severl inches of sand to settle down. It is un-healthy in a sense that it is bleached. I hope it will recover for you. You sounds like a beginner. Anemones are not beginer animals for sure. Goodluck

 

[sefrayser]

Im learning that....Now. It is what it is and now I want to make the best of it. Whatever it takes to help him survive is what I will do.

 

[SwampyBill]

Impulse purchases usually don't end well. That's why it's best to do your research before buying livestock so you're prepared & understand what the animals care & requirements are. That being said, your h. crispa/sebae is quite bleached & will need to be acclimated to your lights & get fed small pieces of raw shrimp or krill every few days for weeks. & you'll need to stay up on your water changes to keep good water parameters to lessen it's stress. What are your water parameters in numbers now & what lighting do you have? You do have it in a good spot, on sandbed near rockwork that it will hopefully attach it's foot under. My sebae has grown from a 3" white ghost on death's door, to a golden brown monster about 12"s across & hosting my b/w clown pair. Survival then getting it to thrive can happen...Good luck!

 

[demonnite57]

I've currently had two Sebae's heal up from bleached status. I placed both on the sand bed and somewhat wedged their foot between rocks on that sandbed. Within a month each one had regained a good amount of color back and went from being all cramped up at about 3-4" to being fully out at about 12."

All I can say is, keep the water param's spot on. Make sure you have adequate lighting and watch your clowns. They might stress it out and cause problems. I wish you sefrayser!