sebae anemone

[xxseawolf]

i am currently having camera/computer issue. i have had my sebae for almost a year now. i bought him from a wholesale store and he was a light to medium brown. right now he is snow white. i dont know the "proper" name for this nem but i do know it came from tonga. he seems to be healthy, has sticky tenticles, and eats 1 full shrimp(cut up) 2 times a week. he is at least 6" in diameter. my LFS said when asked if he was bleached that he has never seen a brown sebae. i had a hard time believing this seeing i bought the nem wholesale straight from the diver. question is if it is bleached how do i correct it? thanks for any reply.

todd

 

[JetCat USA]

H crispa more then likely and it's white because it has expelled its zoox. if it was tan when you got it (tan is healthy) and you've had it a year you likely have insufficient lighting and/or poor water quality.

 

[NirvanaFan]

I agree with JetCat. What lighting do you have it under?

 

[xxseawolf]

4 10K T-5'S AND 4 ACTINIC T-5'S. THE SEBAE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TANK UNDERNEATH THE CENTERGLASS SUPPORT WOULD THE GLASS RESTICT TOO MUCH LIGHT? I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH MY MUSHROOMS, POLYPS, AND ZOANTHIDS. THANKS FOR THE REPLY.

 

[rssjsb]

How deep is your tank, and what wattage are your T5s? Do you have individual reflectors, and are your lights overdriven?

I don't think that actinics really benefit anemones and corals, so you've really only got half of your lights putting out energy that's of use to your anemone. If your tank is 30 inches deep, that's probably not enough for H. Crispa.

It makes sense that you wouldn't see much of a deficit in the corals you've mentioned - zoanthids and mushrooms do much better with low light than anemones. By contrast, H. Crispa is very light-demanding.

 

[PmPrepGuy]

atinic lighting brings out the color in your corals, and i had an sebae anemone one time i bought him white. but i was able to soak his food in ZOE and Zoecon. about 2-3 weeks later he started getting his brown color back and started doing really well. Its made by Kent if you want to look it up. I bought mine from my LFS

 

[rssjsb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10814565#post10814565 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PmPrepGuy
atinic lighting brings out the color in your corals

There's no doubt that actinic light causes the corals to look more pleasing to our eyes, but my point is that it's not really a spectrum that's useful to anemones in terms of providing them with energy to grow/thrive.

 

[PmPrepGuy]

No not attinics for anemones i was just referring to what u said
about attinics and corals, and im pretty sure the pure blue attinic lighting does have a major affect on the color you will get from your corals, especially sps.

 

[xxseawolf]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10814030#post10814030 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rssjsb
How deep is your tank, and what wattage are your T5s? Do you have individual reflectors, and are your lights overdriven?

I don't think that actinics really benefit anemones and corals, so you've really only got half of your lights putting out energy that's of use to your anemone. If your tank is 30 inches deep, that's probably not enough for H. Crispa.

It makes sense that you wouldn't see much of a deficit in the corals you've mentioned - zoanthids and mushrooms do much better with low light than anemones. By contrast, H. Crispa is very light-demanding.

my tank is 24" deep, the t5's are 54w each and about 6" above tank, the anemone is about 18" from the top of tank or 24" from t5's.

todd