What's wrong with my sebae?

Gulfsurfer

Gulfsurfer

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Well first off let me introduce myself, as you can see from my name I'm from florida and I live in the Tampa Bay area and this is my first post! I purchased my 46 bow gallon off my buddy and currently have a yellow tang, blue tang, a blue devil damsel, a bowtie damsel, a chocolate chip starfish, and a clarkii which is currently hosting the sebae.. the problem is with the sebae is that he wont stick anywhere... I purchased him about 2 weeks ago and hes still sticky and there arent any wholes or wounds or anything of the nature... I dont know what to do because i dont want him to nuke my tank if he dies... Thanks!
 
What color is it?

How long has the tank been set up?

What are your current water parameters -- with numbers

And what lights do you have?

BTW --- chocolate chip stars aren't reef safe.
 
On topic- Is the clown still trying to host? The one time my sebae let go, I had to dig a hole in the sand next to the rocks and cover it with a strawberry basket so the clowns would leave it alone. After about a day, it dug in.

Also, try to keep the flow on it light, they don't seem to grab under flow.
 
he had the tank setup for about 3-4 months and I have had it for about a month now, its white with purple tips... I have dual 96 watt 10000 K daylight and dual 96 watt 6700 K atinics.

pH: 7.9-8.0

Ammonia: undetectable

Alkalinity: 3.5

Nitrate: 10

Nitrite: 0.5


The yellow tang was initially in the tank, and I added the blue tang when I added the sebae which was about 2 weeks ago
 
Here are some pics of my anemone and tangs



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Try the basket trick. It will help.

The 2 tangs will grow huge. They will outgrow your tank quickly and aggression will cause thier health to erode.

The blue grows to around a foot long
 
Yeah I know, i actually laid my large net over him a few days ago and it did keep the clown away but no stickage haha... Yeah I know the tangs will :(... I dont what to do with this tank then because I dont have the money to go bigger so I was thinking reef?
 
Sea baes in particular I have found love a lot of light and mine happens to like strong currents. Mine is right in front of my power head. Sometimes sea baes will travel thoughout your tank until they find somewhere they like I have heard of it takeing weeks. It truly is all about them. Really, look at the lighting. From your pics it doesn't look like you have a whole lot of light. I didn't have any luck with any sea bae until I got my 150 watt metal halide, now the thing is growing out of control. I hope this helps a little.
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Oh yea, Keep an eye on the anemone. If it looks like it is falling apart get rid of it. Don't let it decay in your tank. Look at the foot to see early signs of disease. I don't want to sound like a downer but I have had a lot of bad expirences with them until I got everything right, 2 years later. It also sounds like your tank is still cycleing. Amonia leads to nitrite and then to nitrate so if you have no amonia and a little nitrate and nitrite do a water change, add good clean ro or distilled water and Reef crystals. It may not like those levels. Good luck.
Mark
 
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That's why I think flow reccomendations are bad for nems. Mine hates anything more than just enough to wave it's arms slightly.
 
Do you have a total of 2*96 for lights?

To be honest, I don't see a good outcome for this anemone. The yellow tint makes me believe that it was dyed yellow, and is already losing that dye. I have yet to hear of any Sebae recovering from being dyed.

When it comes to Sebae's, avoid yellow ones, and (( this goes for all hosting anemones )) white ones.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14992061#post14992061 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
Do you have a total of 2*96 for lights?

To be honest, I don't see a good outcome for this anemone. The yellow tint makes me believe that it was dyed yellow, and is already losing that dye. I have yet to hear of any Sebae recovering from being dyed.

When it comes to Sebae's, avoid yellow ones, and (( this goes for all hosting anemones )) white ones.
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Yeah so its a total of 192 watts.... Idk what to do now
 
IMO, that wouldn't be enough light, long term, for a Sebae.

For now, I wouldn't pull it, but keep a close eye on it. You are going to have to fed it, ideally smaller pieces, easier to digest.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14992105#post14992105 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
IMO, that wouldn't be enough light, long term, for a Sebae.

For now, I wouldn't pull it, but keep a close eye on it. You are going to have to fed it, ideally smaller pieces, easier to digest.
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Okay, I dont understand because the guy at my LFS said that would be plenty and that it would also be fine for soft corals, im so confused haha because with my light its like 4.2 watts per gallon
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14994400#post14994400 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gulfsurfer
Okay, I dont understand because the guy at my LFS said that would be plenty and that it would also be fine for soft corals, im so confused haha
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But is that the same guy that sold you the Sebae? If that is the case, I would take what he says with a grain of salt --- no pun intended.
 
With those lights should be able to keep a BTA --- it is about as low as I would suggest for lights for one, but still should be fine.

Plus, BTAs, are a lot easier to keep then a Sebae, and might even be able to find a cloned one from a local reefer.
 
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