What type of anemone
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SuperNerd
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Looks like a bleached sebae to me too. All the ones in the pic look bleached. Get good lighting or place in a shallow tank if your lighting is not so strong. I think their colors will start to come back if the water is good (alk, SG, Ammonia, etc) and the lighting is sufficient.
reefman13
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First, it seems you have 3 anemones in that picture. A nearly dead Condy on the top of the rock (in the crevice), a BLEACHED BTA wedged in between the rocks on the right, and the one you are trying to find out about, is a BLEACHED sebae anemone. I am thinking H. Crispa.
Both of those anemones need to be fed ASAP. They are not happy. If you are talking about a florescent fixture for lighting, that sebae will only get worse. They need metal halides or VERY high out put T5 fixture, and all of them NEED stable water parameters, and a tank that has been established for more than 6 months....
HTH but, I think an upgrade in lighting is needed, and you need to feed them...
Both of those anemones need to be fed ASAP. They are not happy. If you are talking about a florescent fixture for lighting, that sebae will only get worse. They need metal halides or VERY high out put T5 fixture, and all of them NEED stable water parameters, and a tank that has been established for more than 6 months....
HTH but, I think an upgrade in lighting is needed, and you need to feed them...
SuperNerd
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The lighting you need can be influenced by the depth of the tank.
I have two bubble anemones in my fuge underneath a single floodlight (65 K, 65 watt) and then I have another in the main under overdriven 250s (10K, somewhere over 300 watts per bulb I think). The anemones under the floodlight look a little better, IMO.
A fellow reefer here(Phender?) has also been successful (longterm) keeping a certain anemone(sebae?) using NO, I think, in a shallow tank .
In any event anemones are not nearly as hardy as some LFSs claim. If they die, it's because of something wrong in their environment. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know they will live indefinitely in the wild if they don't get eaten or get killed by something in the water.
In the future, if you want to try anemones I would stick with BTAs-those can clone in the aquarium and some are even aquacultured. I don't think sebaes or carpets clone as frequently outside of the wild.
But like I said some people have had success with them using less than halide and T5s. It all depends on depth of the tank and how well you maintain your tank.
Try to maintain these values: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php
I have two bubble anemones in my fuge underneath a single floodlight (65 K, 65 watt) and then I have another in the main under overdriven 250s (10K, somewhere over 300 watts per bulb I think). The anemones under the floodlight look a little better, IMO.
A fellow reefer here(Phender?) has also been successful (longterm) keeping a certain anemone(sebae?) using NO, I think, in a shallow tank .
In any event anemones are not nearly as hardy as some LFSs claim. If they die, it's because of something wrong in their environment. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know they will live indefinitely in the wild if they don't get eaten or get killed by something in the water.
In the future, if you want to try anemones I would stick with BTAs-those can clone in the aquarium and some are even aquacultured. I don't think sebaes or carpets clone as frequently outside of the wild.
But like I said some people have had success with them using less than halide and T5s. It all depends on depth of the tank and how well you maintain your tank.
Try to maintain these values: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php
georgie1
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yes it is a Heteractis Crispa. Mine did very well for years under PC . My tank is 65 gal and it had a 396 wtts. I do feed it occasionally..... Yours is defineately Bleached out but when I got mine it was to. How long have you had it? Have you tried feeding silversides? Is it moving around in your tank?
Thank you very much for your responses.
I adjusted the flow, it's doing fine now...
The aquarium is !6" deep, it's a 30gal tank. Currently I am using 2x Coralife 30" Double Linear Aqualight T-5 Fixture >>
http://www.amazon.com/Coralife-Double-Linear-Aqualight-Fixture/dp/B000F5M2JW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1203112618&sr=1-11
Looking at some of your posts seems like i am completely underpowered. Can anyone recommend a good lighting source for 30gal tank?
I don't have any coral yet, but I would like to as I will get more experience.
I adjusted the flow, it's doing fine now...
The aquarium is !6" deep, it's a 30gal tank. Currently I am using 2x Coralife 30" Double Linear Aqualight T-5 Fixture >>
http://www.amazon.com/Coralife-Double-Linear-Aqualight-Fixture/dp/B000F5M2JW/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1203112618&sr=1-11
Looking at some of your posts seems like i am completely underpowered. Can anyone recommend a good lighting source for 30gal tank?
I don't have any coral yet, but I would like to as I will get more experience.
sarahkucera
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No one here can say anything is fine in your tank for nems without you providing your parameters.
Additionally, it is not recommended to keep anemones in a tank that is less than 6 months old unless you are an expert reefkeeper and an experienced nem keeper.
