sebae anemone

[susieq262002]

Hi, i just bought a sebae anemone and it looks like its dying after 4 days. Background info i have my 33 gallon tank set up for 6 months , all the fish are doing fine dwarf bi-color angel, percula clown, manderin goby, 2 green chromis, cleaner shrimp, 2 blue damsels, bangi cardinal, hermits and snails. my featherduster , corals, mushrooms, and brown and yellow polyps are fine. I don't know what happened to the anemone but its gone downhill fast. anyone have any info????

 

[Anonymous]

Hi susieq, and welcome to Reefs.org.

I hope you don't mind, but I moved your topic to the general forum where it should get alot more looks than here in the DIY forum.

I don't keep anemones, so someone else will help you out there.

Louey

 

[Juck]

Hiya Susieq

Can you describe your setup & params? (lights, skimmer, sump etc.) Has the anemone moved around a lot? What does it look like? A pic would be great.

BTW,,,8 fish is a very heavy load for a 33,, most folk wouldn't put that many fish in a 75 reef.

 

[Unarce]

I agree with Juck. That's a pretty high bioload. I'd also be concerned about the mandarin, but that's another thread altogether.

Generally, anemones would need about a week to acclimate to new settings. Typically, you'll find them purging/shrinking about once or twice a day during this time. If it appears to be releasing brownish goo from it's mouth, than there's cause for concern as it might be releasing zooxanthellae.

More tank specs will help, as Juck suggested.

 

[Anonymous]

i personally think it was added too soon...how long did you acclimate it...it usually takes a few hours to get these guys acclimated to even put in a tank..if you only acclimated it for 30 min then it is probably in a state of shock...its chances of survival are pretty slim...this question is off the subject...how long have you had the mandarin in the tank??? you know the mandarins wont eat food you give them..they eat only copepods..if youve had your mandarin more than a couple months, chances are it will survive...

 

[Anonymous]

Also, "looks like it's dying" is very subjective. Anemones shrink up tight, they are mostly water. This doesn't necessarily mean it's dying. We would need to know exactly what you're observing to even begin making any guesses here.

 

[susieq262002]

thank you for your answers but the anemone didn't make it . I have had my manderin goby for over 3months and have watched him eat frozen brine shrimp. I have a protein skimmer, a hangon filter for 100 gallons and a smaller filter(hangon), I am thinking of changing to a canister filter. I have a pump for moving the water around.All the fish are doing well i don't have amonia or nitrites and very little nitrates as well, i change water every 1 1/2 - 2 weeks.

 

[Juck]

A mandarin can take a year to starve to death,, but if you've got him eating frozen brine then you're lucky,,most won't. I'd recommend soaking the brine in Selcon first though,,, frozen brine alone probably won't sustain him indefinitely.

I'll say what everyone else is thinking,,,, get some of those fish out of there,, these aren't Neon Tetras,,,, Marine fish need their space.

Good luck

 

[Anonymous]

no kidding on eatin brine shrimp..wow, mine never did...im questionable about a mandarin dying over a year..thats an awful long starvation period....is it like a camel or something and stores food..??? if it dies over a year from starvation, then its from its food source dimishing...

 

[Juck]

Well it was a guy at my local LFS who told me they had a big fat Mandarin in their Acro tank that went thinner and thinner and eventually died after about a year,,, I've read similar things online as well.

Mind you, this is the same tit that tried to sell me a mandarin for my 10g Nano when I was a NewB (oooh,, yeh, they eat flake,, it'll be fine).

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/mandarins.htm is a great little article about Mandarins that scared me off Dragonets permanently.

I do have 2 Scooter Dragonets, one in a 75 and one in a 90 that I bought nearly a year ago because they were labelled 'Blennies' ,, i never realized they were dragonets (should have researched that better, I know),,, they seem to be doing fine as both tanks have buzzing refugiums and they don't have much competition for pods.

I think the biggest problem with Mandarins is they are both staggeringly beautiful and amazingly cheap,, I've seen them online for less than $12,, I think it's just too tempting for some folk.

 

[Anonymous]

I think some reading on anemones, some more questions annswered, and a new stocking plan and then you can try again.

 

[fishstick]

not to be rude but lordnikon is that a picture of you or a picture of uday hussein

 

[Anonymous]

those are awesome pix and for the record..no thats not me...i am a former marine vet, caucasion male...not quite Uday like... I have to show Hwarang this one...

 

[susieq262002]

thank you again i will wait quite awile before buying another anemone. My manderin is eating things off the bottom of the tank and i feed frozen mix. I have watched him eat. You are right I don't think I climatized him long enough. I know better now.

 

[Kevin1000]

You selected one of the more difficult anemones to keep alive. Heres a link that you might find helpful - http://fins.actwin.com/species/anemone.html.

Anemones like pristine water conditions which will be next to impossible in your tank. No offence intended but your tank is significantly overstocked. The pigmy angel fish alone will get to be 5 inches which would be a tight fit in your tank.

You might want to reconsider the bio load you currently have in your tank.

Hope this helps.

 

[Anonymous]

i have read here and there that the sebae is the most likely anemone to be purchased as a damaged specimen.
IIRC, it is most often bleached through transit and has the poorest survival rate past the acclimation period in a home aquarium.
sorry, got no links right now, but this is how i recall a common held opinion.
this anemone may have been screwed from the get go.

 

[K9coral]

Hummm... those pics sure are close :mrgreen: