Sweet seabae anenome and a pair of percs

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gkimble

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I went to Phishey Business in Columbus, Ohio this past weekned and I saw this amazing pair of lare true Percs hosting in a very large sebae anemone. I have been looking for something like this for years. So I bought the pair and the anemone. The anem looks very happy and all of its' tenticles are extended. It is an offwhite with purple tips.

Now I don't go and pick up the anem and clowns for a couple of weeks. I have read more on sebae and am a little discouraged. I hear they don't last longer than 6 to 8 months in captivity. I don't want to spend $79 if it isn't going to live.

I am an experienced reefkeeper and have kept anems in the past. The reason I didn't go with a bubbletip was because I wasn't happy on how much the anem moved around.

My setup is a 72 bow.
Lighting is 2X250 MH and 2X54 T5'(lighting shouldn't be a issue)
Flow. (3 maxi jet 2100 mods)(1000GPH return)
0 nitrates
Tank is 8 months old and is mainly SPS

I wanted an anem that stays in the the sand.

Should I pass on the anem and go for a really nice green with purple tips LTA? Or go with another rose? Or just stick witht the sebae?
 
If you are experienced and if the anemone appears healthy and is firmly attached, you should be fine. Some people have had sebae anemones for many years. Their track record is better than some other host species. My concern is whether the anemone is being maintained in proper conditions at the fish store. Does it have adequate lighting and water parameters?
 
Re: Sweet seabae anenome and a pair of percs

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14084336#post14084336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gkimble


Should I pass on the anem and go for a really nice green with purple tips LTA? Or go with another rose? Or just stick witht the sebae?
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I'm pretty sure LTAs do not have purple tips. Its probably a bta with long tentacles.

As for the sebae its colors need to be a light brown. Off white sound like it is still slightly bleached.
 
I will have to call the store. It is a reputable store. It is a really nice looking anemone, but it is more white than brown. It is firmly attached though.
 
You should be fine, weak and dying specimens usually don't seem to make it but if it's healthy and thriving as it is and your tank conditions are optimal, it should do no differently. I bought a sebae from someone who had it in his tank for 4 years and I've had mine for a bit over a year now. It was extremely healthy when I bought it and it hasn't sulked once since I've had it in my tank.

Sebaes have purple tips, during the day mine even starts to develop red dots on the tips
 
I guess I will take a shot at it. Can't help getting discouraged when you type sebae anemone in google it brings up a lot of info on how hard sebae's are to keep alive.
Anyone else chime in?
 
i've always found sebaes to be very hardy provided you pick a healthy specimen. I recently sold my largest that I'd had for a little over a year, was about 16-18" expanded.

and I've seen many LTAs with a purple hue tips/tentacles, they sell for a lot more than the common mettalic ones.
 
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I have had this one for over 6 years. Your lighting and flow sound fine, mine is under a single 250w MH and I have 2 modded MJ's for flow in a 58 gal. Mine will take whole siversides or krill, but I rarely feed it large foods like that. It snags small pieces of a frozen mix of food when I feed the fish and corals. It has been no trouble at all and has only moved once, and then just a little. I think his foot is in the sand, but he is wedged in a large crevice between 2 rocks.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14088661#post14088661 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NCSUsalt
i've always found sebaes to be very hardy provided you pick a healthy specimen. I recently sold my largest that I'd had for a little over a year, was about 16-18" expanded.

and I've seen many LTAs with a purple hue tips/tentacles, they sell for a lot more than the common mettalic ones.
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+1 I have a sebae anemone which was my first anemone...before I *really* knew what I was doing. haha It was a healthy one when I bought it. And it's still doing great and has doubled in size in the year or so I've had it.

But I agree picking a healthy H. crispa is the trick. There are a LOT of stark white ones with purple tips...or even dyed yellow. Best to avoid those. But mine is grayish/brownish with purple striations and has given me less trouble that my btas in another tank.
 
There is a LFS in Orlando, FL that had the oldest ORA pair of Maroons (32 years old, paired the whole time apparently), and they had been piared with the same Sebae for over 30 of those years. The owner actually sold the anemone (over 20" in diameter) without the pair while I was in there about 6 weeks ago - kinda sad actually. The clowns looked so lost.

Moral of the story - Sebae's can be kept for a VERY long time in the right conditions. I am trying to save one I picked up from the LFS for very cheap that was stark white with the purple tips about a month ago. It has started to darken some, so hopefully it will pull through. It is firmly wedged in the sand (has been since the night I put it in the tank) and eats most of the times I feed it. Loves mysis, but will take a piece of sardine as well.

Good Luck!
 
I just reread my last post - the store owner knew it was the oldest pair of Maroons because it was the first pair from the first clutch they ever sold (to the owner of the LFS).
 
Why would an owner sell an anemone that a pair of clowns have been hosting for 30 years?! I guess if it was like 5 grand I would do it. Seems a shame to mess up such a long streak of success.
 
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Too bad though. I would've put something under the tank saying how old the inhabitants were. Great way to convince people that you know your fish
 
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