Seabae anemone

[mandylv23]

My husband brought home two anemones yesterday, one for our 90G and one for my sons 40 breeder. The one in our 90 is doing wonderful but I'm not so sure about the one in the 40. It's still attached, and ate some krill last night but this is what it looks like today. Is this normal? Should I try to move in into my 90g?

 

[IndoReefer]

Not normal. How did you acclimate and what are water parameters?

 

[mandylv23]

Not sure how he acclimated it, I was at work when he put them in.
Ammo 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 5
Phosphate 0.25
PH 8.4
Na 1.026
Lighting 4 T-5's (2 white 2 blue)

 

[mandylv23]

Hubby said he let us sit in bag for 20 minutes then every 5 minutes he added 1/2 of water to bag for a total of 20 more minutes then placed him in a little cove at the bottom of the tank

 

[mandylv23]

Here is the other on in out 90g

 

[IndoReefer]

I recommend drip acclimation for a minimum 2 hours with anemones. Make sure water parameters are in check before purchasing, acclimating and intro and tank should be set up min 1 year before anemones.

 

[IndoReefer]

Slow acclimation is key along with a healthy specimen from the get go.

 

[mandylv23]

I'm going to try and move it into out big aquarium and see if it does better, thanks

 

[IndoReefer]

Most specimens purchased from LFS are doomed from the beginning unfortanetly. I've only had long term success with initial Cipro treatment in quarantine tank for a period of 7-10 days before intro. They tend to have bacterial infections from packaging and shipping procedures. If I can help let me know. Good luck.

 

[mandylv23]

I trust our LFS because he's small and old school....he's had these on hold for us for almost a month before we took them home....I'm guessing we just stressed it out....hopefully it does better once I get him in our 90g. Thanks for the info, this is our second time around with anemones. First time around we just started with SW and my hubby put one in a month old tank that was still cycling, he wanted to surprise me....needless to say I sat him down and schooled him right quick....

 

[mandylv23]

@Tahoe61 what do you suggest? It still has its green coloring it's just deflated and has its mouth protruding. I know the other one is bleached but that's why we took it home.

 

[Tahoe61]

If you begin to see string like material (mesenterial filaments) protruding from the oral opening or the column the anemone is a lost cause, remove it. One can always test ammonia as well as it would indicate decay, not always an indicator but it can be.

Sebae are consider pretty difficult to acclimate, BUT there are many that have recovered them from a bleached state. Try a fine particle food with a turkey baster and see if you the anemone responds.

Your basic chemistry looks good, if the phosphate if actually 0.25 (recheck that please) then you will have to intervene to avoid algae issues and water quality issue. Lighting looks good as well.

Good Luck.

 

[mandylv23]

I have a reef octopus going, we took the bleached one home to save it, go figure the "healthy" one is dying. The bleached one is eating, open, and bubbled at the tips. I have carbon also going in the sump, the tangs have been doing a good job at taking care of any algae

 

[Tahoe61]

Looks at a Cipro treatment if you think it might be worth it to you as alternative.

I have no experience with treating a Sebae with Cipro in an quarantine tank, but you might want to give it a google if you're so inclined.

 

[yarddoctor123]

You might consider increasing the dissolved oxygen in the 40g. What's your flow like? Is the room the tank is in getting any fresh air?