The Demise Of The Sebae Anemone

[Magickiwi]

Originally Posted by ponokareefer

If it's a really white sebae anemone, it likely spewed all of its zooxanthellae before you got it. Typically this type of anemone does not recover from this and dies within a year of captivity.

Do you know which type of sebae it is, malu or cripa? Are you able to take a picture?

I certainly can, just as soon as I get home that is. It is/was very white, as have all the sebaes I've seen in LFS.

[ponokareefer]

Originally Posted by Magickiwi

I certainly can, just as soon as I get home that is. It is/was very white, as have all the sebaes I've seen in LFS.

Unfortunately that is primarily comes in to LFS's for what they call Sebae's, which are usually heteractis crispa's.

Here is a link to a tank with a healthy "Sebae" in the middle of the tank.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=54093

Very brown.

Here is what most LFS's bring in that are very unhealthy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5PQj1OVJmE

Keep trying to feed it, but if it has been continously wandering around, it hasn't been happy.

[ponokareefer]

J & L Aquatics has some decent looking ones right now on their news and noteworthy page:

http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...noteworthy.php

The main thing is that there needs to be some hue of color in there other than just white. That indicates there is some zooxanthellae left.

[Proteus]

+1

A healthy sebae will have a dirty look. As in brownish. They are from my understanding a lower flow nem. The tank should be held at 80f with minimal swings.

[daniella3d]

The first one I had was very white and did not survive. It would not eat either. The second one was kind of light tan in color and it's been eating from day one what ever amount of PE mysis I give it. It has grow from a tiny 3'' to a 12'' in a year...and now it's dark brown except some part of it that does not receive much light and those are kind of light beige.

This is what mine looked like when I got it. Try to find one that at least has some trace of beige like mine and that is also eating: Also water quality is very important. 25 gallons is way too small for a sebae, as it will become 12'' and more. I feed mine each day, I rarely skip days.



And now here is the beauty, when it's fully inflated it's 12'' and more.

[nerdz]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

The first one I had was very white and did not survive. It would not eat either. The second one was kind of light tan in color and it's been eating from day one what ever amount of PE mysis I give it. It has grow from a tiny 3'' to a 12'' in a year...and now it's dark brown except some part of it that does not receive much light and those are kind of light beige.

This is what mine looked like when I got it. Try to find one that at least has some trace of beige like mine and that is also eating: Also water quality is very important. 25 gallons is way too small for a sebae, as it will become 12'' and more. I feed mine each day, I rarely skip days.



And now here is the beauty, when it's fully inflated it's 12'' and more.

Sorry to pull off topic, but your tank looks amazing!