Sebea Anemone in trouble?

[Taylorann]

I purchased my 90 gallon tank a year ago. I have about 150 lbs of live rock in there. So when we first sat the tank up we didn't buy any fish for 8 months. We loved sitting there watching critters come out of the rock. My first but was a damsel. A few weeks after that I bought two clown fish from LFS. One was already hosting to an anemone so I didn't want to take him from his home so I bought it too. My husband does all of the aquarium stuff mainly so I can't tell you much about my lighting but I do know we have reef lights. We have over 2000$ worth of LED lights they're mainly blue. I had the anemone for a good two weeks and now he is shriveling up and his tentacles are shrinking and turning green ... I called the LFS and he said he is just purging. But it looks awful. I'm only worried because I don't want him suffering if it isn't normal!? I feed it this liquid stuff from a turkey Baster the guy at the LFS told me too. And also crab meat from a meat place down the road. All my levels are coming out great. And here recently we had more algae then ever and we use a RODI and a protein skimmer.. Is my anemone in trouble?

 

[MandM]

Yes sorry. Anemones need a LOT of light and it's probably not getting it. They have a dismal survival rate and your clownfish really doesn't require one. It will likely die and when it does it will quickly become toxic. Remove it fast (with gloves) if it does perish and don't replace it.

Frogspawn, carefully isolated anthelia or Xenia make good hosting spots for clowns without the problems of anemones.

 

[shifty51008]

Just because the lights say reef lights doesnt mean much, if you can get the make and model that would help greatly.

If you can post a pic that will help alot, you say it looks bad but it could just be pooping. When you say crab meat, how fresh is it and how big of a chunk do you feed it?

 

[davocean]

You should post a pic before doing anything rash, and if your husband does all the care for your tank maybe he should post info on the tank, or at least give that info to you, otherwise we are in the dark about as much as you.
Sometimes people buy a white sebae not knowing it is actually bleached, and then become concerned when it actually regains health and natural color, not sure if that may be the case, not w/out more info and or pics.

 

[Taylorann]

No, I guess he was purging. He's back to his normal self! Thanks guys!

 

[tehpineapple]

Glad to hear that he/she/it is doing better but the comment "they're mainly blue" has me worried for it's future. The blue lighting usually is not sufficient for an anemone or corals. The deep blue lights are great for viewing purposes but you will want some good white lighting to be successful.