Anemone opinion

[jallard]

So my sebae was doing great but all of aa sudden it began looking different. It appears like some of the tentacles are withering away. My tank is about 8 months old. I have had the anemone for about 4 months. It is firmly attached and i fed it 3 days ago.

Did a water test and all params are good. I pland to do a water change in the morning... im due.

Thoughts?

 

[James M]

How long has it been like that ?

 

[jallard]

How long has it been like that ?

Less than a week

 

[James M]

Sometimes tentacle loss is due to high of a flow
What are your parameters ?

 

[jallard]

Am 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Po 0
Calcium 375
DKH 9
PH 8.2
Sal 1.025

 

[davocean]

How much and what are you feeding?
Lights?

Has it always laid low in sand like that, how big was it when you got it?

Sebae covers 2 very different species of anemone, H. crispa, and H. malu which it may be a malu just going off that one pic and it's size and posture.
Malu are much smaller than crispa

 

[jallard]

Its a malu.... it was in a spot less than 4 inches from its current location. Prior to that it was in its spot for over a month. I fed it a small piece of raw shrimp 3 days ago

 

[jallard]

Light is an AI prime in a 34 g nano

 

[Gonebad395]

Nothing in the tank irritating it live stock wise? Just asking I don’t deal with these nems so following along.

 

[davocean]

Keep in mind malu are less light needy, not sure if that's an issue or not.
Skip feeding for a bit and see how it responds.
Any clowns for it?

 

[jallard]

I do have a large colony of palys right next to it... but other than that not really

 

[jallard]

No clowns ...

 

[davocean]

No clowns ...

They do benefit from hosting clowns, feeding, grooming, even fish waste filtered.
Clarki are natural to malu but you're not limited to that.

 

[jallard]

unfortunately i lost my clowns... however they never hosted the nem

 

[reef lover]

Just my opinion...i think you should raise nitrate and phos...a little and see how it responds.

 

[mta_morrow]

They do benefit from hosting clowns, feeding, grooming, even fish waste filtered.
Clarki are natural to malu but you're not limited to that.

Will ocellaris be hosted by a malu?

 

[davocean]

Will ocellaris be hosted by a malu?

Not natural match, but seems occs and percs still usually take to them pretty fast compared to BTA