sebae anenome behavior question

I'm returning to salt tanks now that we've discovered the secrets of
live rock, live sand, and skimming. My 34 hex reef tank is 1 month
old. The water is great.

My sebae anenome is white with purple tips. It wouldn't stay where I
put it, and settled on the bottom. Now, 2 weeks later, it has wedged
itself between 2 rocks, and seems to be withdrawn there. Its 80%
hidden, not out there waving in the wind any more. Otherwise, it looks
good. Color is good, tentacles are fat. My Tomato clown rubs in it.

Is this normal? I've never spcifically fed it. Should I? Should I
move it up into the light? Leave it alone?

Thanks.


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Give it a couple of days, and see what happens. It might be trying to get comfortable.

Marc


mrtorts wrote:

I'm returning to salt tanks now that we've discovered the secrets of
live rock, live sand, and skimming. My 34 hex reef tank is 1 month
old. The water is great.

My sebae anenome is white with purple tips. It wouldn't stay where I
put it, and settled on the bottom. Now, 2 weeks later, it has wedged
itself between 2 rocks, and seems to be withdrawn there. Its 80%
hidden, not out there waving in the wind any more. Otherwise, it looks
good. Color is good, tentacles are fat. My Tomato clown rubs in it.

Is this normal? I've never spcifically fed it. Should I? Should I
move it up into the light? Leave it alone?

Thanks.

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Several months ago, I purchased a Sabae Anemone with a Maroon Clown that
seemed to like it very much.

For a day or so, the anemone sat right out front digging in my aragonite
substrate. Looking like a pig in swill.

After that it started moving around (~day 3) and I let it go, even though i
wanted to grab him and stick him back out in front.

He found his way into the rock work, going into the cave network i have set
up. I mean come on, pay that money for such a magnificent creature and it
hides? Well I left him there for several months.

A while ago, I was moving the rock around for fear that the existing footing
of the rock was erroded away by the clown digging around the anemone in the
caves. At this point I decided to move the anemone back out front. I kind of
thought that it was really fond of he final placement, foot fixed against
the side of a rock. So I put him in a creavous between two rocks in the
front.

Well damn if he didn;t squeeze between rocks and back into the caves.

He seems very happy there, blowing up and deflating all the time.

It is my oppinion that the lighting, while moderate for a tank, is too much
for him.

This anemone was bought totally white from the LFS. Again, it is my oppinion
but without his symbiotic zoo, he is sensitive to the light, which is on 11
hours a day.

I had hoped that he would have started showing new zoo growth in the past
several months, but not yet.

Your anemone may be showing the same behaviour for the same speculations I
have mentioned. (White with purple tips) The sabae's i have seen in photos
have been solid colored (maybe some with varying degrees of color, but
colored none the less)

-Rick

Tank & Parameters:
46 gallon bow front
10 gallon sump
Prizm Pro HOT converted in sump
50 # live rock
60 # aragonite
4x55 watt 50/50 PC lighting 11 hours

Salinity: 36 ppt
Temp: 27 C
pH: 8.15 to 8.4
Ammonia: 0 ppm
NitrIte: 0 ppm
NitrAte: 20 ppm
Calcium: 445 ppm
Alk: 4.25 meq/L


"mrtorts" wrote in message
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I'm returning to salt tanks now that we've discovered the secrets of
live rock, live sand, and skimming. My 34 hex reef tank is 1 month
old. The water is great.

My sebae anenome is white with purple tips. It wouldn't stay where I
put it, and settled on the bottom. Now, 2 weeks later, it has wedged
itself between 2 rocks, and seems to be withdrawn there. Its 80%
hidden, not out there waving in the wind any more. Otherwise, it looks
good. Color is good, tentacles are fat. My Tomato clown rubs in it.

Is this normal? I've never spcifically fed it. Should I? Should I
move it up into the light? Leave it alone?

Thanks.


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Seabea anemones are sand dwelling anemones, meaning they live in the sand
with their foot buried in it and attached to something down in the sand.

they only climb up on rockwork when flow/light forces them to. when happy
they also wont be white, but very tan and the purple tips are hardly
noticeable at all.

hth
kc



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I'm returning to salt tanks now that we've discovered the secrets of
live rock, live sand, and skimming. My 34 hex reef tank is 1 month
old. The water is great.

My sebae anenome is white with purple tips. It wouldn't stay where I
put it, and settled on the bottom. Now, 2 weeks later, it has wedged
itself between 2 rocks, and seems to be withdrawn there. Its 80%
hidden, not out there waving in the wind any more. Otherwise, it looks
good. Color is good, tentacles are fat. My Tomato clown rubs in it.

Is this normal? I've never spcifically fed it. Should I? Should I
move it up into the light? Leave it alone?

Thanks.


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It is my oppinion that the lighting, while moderate for a tank, is too
much
for him.

Very doubtful, these are the more light demanding anemones. mine is about
12" below a 250w MH and loves it. from what you describe of it inflating
and deflating there is something it doesnt like about the tank, they normaly
do not delfate. mine hasnt in well over a year. the only time it has moved
location is when my carpet (which stays up on the glass in the corner of the
tank) started to shade him and block out some of the lighting

here are a few pics of mine.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/521/29872Nemo.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/512/29872sebae.JPG

he's now about 14" across when fully expanded.

kc

Nice shots, KC!

Marc


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http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/521/29872Nemo.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/512/29872sebae.JPG


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Thanks

kc

"Marc Levenson" wrote in message
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Nice shots, KC!

Marc


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http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/521/29872Nemo.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/512/29872sebae.JPG


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