Sebae anemone's foot isn't sticky! Help!

[skylavaulter]

I got a yellow sebae anemone on Saturday. He was healthy looking in the LFS tank, and well attached to the rock there. The LFS man gently coaxed him off of his rock and I took him home. He was doing great, opening up, reacting to light, and even ate some plankton I squirted on him on Sunday. However, Monday night I noticed a membrane that seemed to be detaching from all around his foot. Last night (tuesday) I found the membrane still on the rock I had put him on, but the actual anemone was upside down on the sand next to it, like he'd fallen off. When I went to place him back on the rock, I noticed his foot wasn't sticky anymore!!!! It wasn't long before he'd fallen off again, but this time I left him overnight to see if he was just trying to find a more suitable rock. He was still upside down this morning, so I placed him on a different rock, sort of wedged in so that he won't fall over again. He's been there all day, and has opened up, but I can see that his foot isn't attached to the rock under him. Help! He's acting healthy but won't stick! His tentacles are sticky, but not his foot. It WAS sticky prior to this membrane shed thing. I think he somehow shed a vital membrane, and I don't know what to do. This is my first anemone and I wasn't aware that I'd picked one of the more difficult ones to care for! *The torch coral I purchased the same day is doing awesome*.

pH 8.3
sg 1.024 (working on bringing that up slowly)
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrate 0
temp 76

 

[clowns101]

Well as soon as I seen "yellow sebae" I knew it was dyed.The anemone you purchased was more than likely to have been bleached a then dyed yellow.Its not uncommon for them to look healthy then just perish over the course of a few days.All I can say is keep all params in line and make sure you dont disturb him much!Only thing that stumpsme is that you say his tentecls were/are sticky!So I think simply stress.I would be suprised if he lost stickyness in his tentcals over a few more days!

 

[skylavaulter]

He as at the LFS for a while, and seemed healthy. I just don't get it. Do they shed their sticky membrane?

 

[skylavaulter]

*he was at

 

[clowns101]

Ive never had them shed their "stick membrane" before.Ive have seen them shed off extra smile off of their foot before.But they were always sticky.

 

[jupiter]

As far as I remember, sebae anemones burrow, they don't stick to rocks. Maybe you should place it in a nice spot on your DSB.

It is probably dyed, as suggested, although that practice isn't as common any more but do you have pics?

 

[What The?]

As far as I remember, sebae anemones burrow, they don't stick to rocks. Maybe you should place it in a nice spot on your DSB.

It is probably dyed, as suggested, although that practice isn't as common any more but do you have pics?

+ 1 it is dyed, Because i have a yellow one. also they do burrow, mine moved off his rock and is now deep in the substrate.

 

[clowns101]

As far as I remember, sebae anemones burrow, they don't stick to rocks. Maybe you should place it in a nice spot on your DSB.

It is probably dyed, as suggested, although that practice isn't as common any more but do you have pics?

Dyed anemones are still very common.The practis of doing so is still done overseas where most of our anemones exept the ones propagated in the US.

Basiclly it is still done.Not over in the US very much but overseas it is dont a lot.