Purple Tipped Sebae Anemone

[dmStewy]

I got this Purple Tipped Sebae Anemone (I believe, that is what it was labeled as) about 2 months ago it was about twice this size then. It has been getting steadily smaller since then. Just wondering if anyone can give me some information on the proper care for this anemone, water parameters and where the best placement would be. Right now it is in moderately high light and very little flow, also how much, how often, and what should I feed it?

Thanks

 

[Toddrtrex]

H. Crispas prefer to be on/in the sand bed.

Yours is very bleached and judging from the tentacle length is starting to consume itself for food/energy.

What lights do you have?
What size tank?
What are your water parameters?

 

[dmStewy]

Lighting 6x96w pc
Tank size 125
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 10 ppm
Temperature 77 degrees F

 

[Toddrtrex]

Lighting 6x96w pc
Tank size 125
Ammonia 0 ppm
Nitrite 0 ppm
Nitrate 10 ppm
Temperature 77 degrees F

What color temp are those bulbs? (( 50/50's, actinics, daylight.... )) That is on the lower end of the lights for this anemone, might be able to work if you had all daylight bulbs, but even then it is low.

What is your salinity/SG ?

 

[dmStewy]

lights are 50/50's
SG is 1.025

 

[Toddrtrex]

IMO, that isn't going to be enough lights for an H. Crispa, and might be part of the issue of why it is getting smaller. However, I think the main issue is because it wasn't healthy to begin with --- avoid white ones, and their tentacles should be a good deal longer then yours.

 

[dmStewy]

any suggestions on what i should do at this point?

 

[garygb]

I would try feeding small pieces of fresh seafood, such as shrimp from the supermarket seafood counter, mysis, or squid. A piece the size of a pea would be about right for starters. Because the anemone is bleached, the addition of seafood will supply some of the nutritional needs of the anemone and will also help re-establish the zooxanthellae. As suggested before, all daylight bulbs (6700 or 10000K) would be preferable to the 50/50s you have now.

 

[blownz281]

So all sebae anemones are bleached if they are white?

 

[Toddrtrex]

So all sebae anemones are bleached if they are white?

Yes. And a yellow Sebae (( H. Crispa )) is dyed.

 

[dmStewy]

it is expanding at night and shrinking up in day time when the lights are on, what does this mean?

 

[brycerb]

I rescued one in close to the same shape a month or two ago. I have been feeding him clams and shrimp from the grocery store every other day, to build up strength. He has regained some of his color and my clown has started hosting him. I am taking pictures every couple weeks to show progress. I will post when I have enough so show something decent.

 

[a-T-m]

I rescued one in close to the same shape a month or two ago. I have been feeding him clams and shrimp from the grocery store every other day, to build up strength. He has regained some of his color and my clown has started hosting him. I am taking pictures every couple weeks to show progress. I will post when I have enough so show something decent.

What clown do you have hosting him? I was thinking about rescuing one later today, and maybe down the road my percula would take to him.

I hope yours pulls through dmStewy

 

[What The?]

Yes. And a yellow Sebae (( H. Crispa )) is dyed.

So all sebae anemones are bleached if they are white?

I know there are 2 natural colors for a sebae, Brown/tan and purple.
But i swear white sebae's are natural to if they have a tan color foot or a tan tint in the oral disk.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I know there are 2 natural colors for a sebae, Brown/tan and purple.
But i swear white sebae's are natural to if they have a tan color foot or a tan tint in the oral disk.

For a white H. Crispa, it isn't an issue of being natural or not --- it is an issue of them being bleached.

 

[pandarider007]

Yes. And a yellow Sebae (( H. Crispa )) is dyed.

well then what color should a sebae be if white is bleached and yellow is dyed?

 

[Toddrtrex]

well then what color should a sebae be if white is bleached and yellow is dyed?

For an H. Crispa either tan/brown or purple. (( there might be other colors, but I haven't seen them )).

 

[canes52]

then why do they sell all white sebaes?

 

[Toddrtrex]

then why do they sell all white sebaes?

That is a good question. I am assuming because they get them that way from their wholesalers, and people are willing to purchase them. If people stopped buying them, they wouldn't be offered as often.

 

[rhdoug]

I got this Purple Tipped Sebae Anemone (I believe, that is what it was labeled as) about 2 months ago it was about twice this size then. It has been getting steadily smaller since then. Just wondering if anyone can give me some information on the proper care for this anemone, water parameters and where the best placement would be. Right now it is in moderately high light and very little flow, also how much, how often, and what should I feed it?

Thanks

I have had a sebae for almost 8 years. Mine does live in the rockwork but its foot reaches down to or possibly into the sand. I would increase the flow to the point you can see some movement in the tentacles. As far as feeding you can very gently blow some thawed frozen food like mysis through a turkey baster onto the anemone. Feed it every day, at least until it looks like it did when you got it. Then you can feed it once or twice a week. Your tank temp seems low to me as well, I run mine at 80F. You are using RO water in the tank, correct?