Against my better judgement I picked up a sebae and two true percs that were hosting in it at the LFS on Saturday. I would not normally purchase any inverts or corals from this store, but the clowns looked healthy. The sebae did not look that healthy at the store, but I did not want to separate the set, so I brought it home.
I am at work so I will give what tank parameters I can tell you:
55 RR tank w/ 30 sump/fuge, Octopus skimmer, 4 T-5 HO lights w/ individual reflectors, 4 Koralia 3's in tank, Temp is 79 +-1 throughout the day, PH is 8.1-8.3 throughout the day, 2" sandbed in the DT, and deep sand bed in the fuge w/ cheato. I do weekly 5 gallon water changes using RODI water. All other parameters I will have to post later when I get home.
I found a spot with moderate flow and dug an area out in the sand at the base of one of the rocks. I put the sebae in the tank w/ only actinics on and the koralias off. Its mouth opened up for a long time, but its tentacles were still inflated. Occasionally the clowns would pick at the tentacles. The mouth finally closed toward the end of the day, but its foot had not attached to the bottom glass or the rock yet. It seemed to be secreting some kind of mucus from around the foot, not a lot though. I tried feeding some mysis, but its tentacles are not sticky at all, and it would not take anything. The next day it was shriveled up but somewhat attached to the rock, so I turned on the power heads to see if it needed the flow for O2. It seemed to like the flow, but later that day it detached and floated around until it landed in a corner of the tank. I have tried to place it in a couple of other spots, but still no success. It opens up and closes constantly, and it still wont take any food. I was hoping that if it did not like the spot I placed it in that it would move, but I have not seen it try to move on its on yet.
My wife just called to tell my that it does not look very good, that it is all shriveled up. Through all of this I have never seen it expel anything out of its mouth.
I did not get a chance to perform a water change this Sunday, so i will do that when I get home and check parameters.
Should I take it out of the tank? Was thinking of putting it in the quarantine tank and trying to get it to attach to something and watching it for a few days.
I will take a picture tonight and post it.
I am at work so I will give what tank parameters I can tell you:
55 RR tank w/ 30 sump/fuge, Octopus skimmer, 4 T-5 HO lights w/ individual reflectors, 4 Koralia 3's in tank, Temp is 79 +-1 throughout the day, PH is 8.1-8.3 throughout the day, 2" sandbed in the DT, and deep sand bed in the fuge w/ cheato. I do weekly 5 gallon water changes using RODI water. All other parameters I will have to post later when I get home.
I found a spot with moderate flow and dug an area out in the sand at the base of one of the rocks. I put the sebae in the tank w/ only actinics on and the koralias off. Its mouth opened up for a long time, but its tentacles were still inflated. Occasionally the clowns would pick at the tentacles. The mouth finally closed toward the end of the day, but its foot had not attached to the bottom glass or the rock yet. It seemed to be secreting some kind of mucus from around the foot, not a lot though. I tried feeding some mysis, but its tentacles are not sticky at all, and it would not take anything. The next day it was shriveled up but somewhat attached to the rock, so I turned on the power heads to see if it needed the flow for O2. It seemed to like the flow, but later that day it detached and floated around until it landed in a corner of the tank. I have tried to place it in a couple of other spots, but still no success. It opens up and closes constantly, and it still wont take any food. I was hoping that if it did not like the spot I placed it in that it would move, but I have not seen it try to move on its on yet.
My wife just called to tell my that it does not look very good, that it is all shriveled up. Through all of this I have never seen it expel anything out of its mouth.
I did not get a chance to perform a water change this Sunday, so i will do that when I get home and check parameters.
Should I take it out of the tank? Was thinking of putting it in the quarantine tank and trying to get it to attach to something and watching it for a few days.
I will take a picture tonight and post it.
