Sebae Anemone for Ocellaris

[prior20]

My LFS has a sebae in and I am very interested in getting it but I'm not sure if it will host my Ocellaris. Also heard these are hard to keep. I have a 60g cube with 150w MH.

 

[WaffleWalffle22]

Your tank and light should be great for it as long as your tank has been set up for over 6 months. Anemones won't live long in an unestablished aquarium. I had a Seabae to host my Occys once, but they were used to anemones. It might take a few weeks if your clowns haven't seen anemones in their lifetime.

 

[prior20]

They are tank raised and were with a green BTA for a short time before I upgraded but never hosted it. My tank is a few weeks short of 6 months old closer to 5.

 

[polskp]

My ocellaris pair hosted in my sebae about a month after I introduced it..... they even prefer it over the rose BTA I also house in the tank. Of course, the female first hosted in another BTA which is no longer with me. But I'd say go for it.... Sebaes are not so difficult as long as you've got decent light 150W halide over a 60ish gallon should be fine.

 

[prior20]

I think I'll go for it I'm gonna see how it does in the LFS for a few days because they just got it. The tank is 24x24x24, where do your sebae's like to stay? I hear some people say on the rocks and some people say in the sand bed.

 

[demonnite57]

My sebae's stay low near/on the sandbed with their foot wedged in some crevice. Both of mine I got they were bleached and only about 3-4" in diameter....now both are of a brownish color and extending out to about 10-12" (hard to measure when I'm at work and tank is at home =D).

 

[prior20]

I really like the Sebae, but I can't decide between that or a rose BTA for the same price but about half the size. I am really more worried about which one would more easily host my clownfish.

 

[rhdoug]

I have a sebae that has hosted a pair of gold stripe maroons and now is hosting a pair of ocellaris. It hosted the maroons for 4 yrs until they died from a broken heater electrocution (the anemone survived). It has been hosting the ocellaris for 4 yrs now. Both pairs were/are breeding.

 

[fishslime]

I have had my h. crispa with a pair or ocellaris for over a year and they have never gone anywhere close to it. Guess it can be hit or miss with them. It is the only nem in the tank.

 

[Toddrtrex]

What color is the anemone? If it is white it is bleached and will be difficult to get it to recover. If it is yellow it is dyed -- I have yet to see of a dyed one recovering.

 

[prior20]

It was like a light yellow/green color with purple tips.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Would like to see a picture to be sure, but from the description I would lean towards passing on it.