Purple Sebae Part Two

[Scrandrew]

My purple sebae, after five days, will not put its foot down. It simply sits in the gravel, and, has for the last 24 hours, laid face first into the gravel. It appears to open and has sticky tentacle to the touch. Otherwise, it does nothing. Thoughts? Is he going to die?

A~

 

[marc price]

could take a few more days. will help if you can corner it on the sand (gravel grain size?), with a rock. they usually like to dig in at a rock/sand interface.

any other anemones and or soft corals in the same system and if yes are you running activated carbon?

is the mouth closed, semi-closed or open and gaping?

how long has the tank been running?

 

[LiveRound69]

i have a sebae and he likes the rocks/sand zone as well. so i have to say +1 on what marc said in his post . Your water needs to be extremely clean with a decent amount of light to make an anemone truly happy.

 

[Scrandrew]

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Thanks for tasking the time to write...

In regards to the gravel size, I am not sure. But, it is not fine sand, it is larger. I suppose it is one of the smaller sized gravels. I purchased it as crushed aragonite.

In this tank, I have three other anemones, 2 green bubble tips, and, 1 rose bubble tip. The tank is fully stocked with some soft corals (some truly dominating xenia), ricordea and shrooms, and most notably, a large selection of sps.

I do run carbon and phosphate remover, but, because I am very busy with work/lazy, it has not been changed in a few months. I depositted a large filter bag of it in my sump (a 150 gallon rubber made horse trough) months ago. By the way, the tank is 210 gallons with t5 and 250 watt 10,000K metal halide lights.

The mouth does not appear to be gaping, at last glance, and I know what that looks like, as maybe 8 months ago I purchased online, a blue carpet who did just that.

This tank is well cycled and has been running for two years.

Lastly, when I purchased the purple sebae from That Fish Place in Lancaster PA, he was isolated by himself. Namely, they have anemone tanks at the store. Instead, this one was by itself in an approximate 5 gallon holding tank in their system. It was in the store, they said, for about 5 days prior to purchase. When the employee bagged it, he remarked that it stung him. I did note, however, that it was in a tank with no rock, i.e., only gravel. When he picked it up, it released from the sand instantly. I note this, as I am beginning to think that it was isolated from the other anemones because it would not put its foot down there either? Just a thought.

Any help? I will try to pin it, face up, in a corner, later when I get home from work.

A~