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Posted by Crawl on May 5, 2005, 2:02 pm
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Well, I have to say, after reading all the posts on how hard a Sebae
Anemone is to keep alive, I am suprised. And yes, I have also battled
water quality issues (nitrate, cyano, and algae).
Some background...
This is my first (and only) tank. I have a 30 Gal Cube with 20lbs of
live rock and a 2 inch deep live sand bed. My lighting is a 96 watt
Coralife. (3.2 watts/gal.) My filtration is about to be upgraded to a
Fluval 404 cannister filter (yay me!). No protein skimmer. No UV
sterilizer. 1 AquaClear 50 powerhead for flow. My bio-load includes 1
sebae anemone, 2 tomato clowns (one hosting the sebae, the other
hosting the hammer coral), 1 lawnmower blenny, 1 cleaner shrimp, ~7
turbo snails, 2 red legged hermits, ~10 blue legged hermits, 1 sand
sifting starfish, 2 different kinds of button polyps, yellow gorgonian,
pink encrusting gorgonian, 3 blue and purple ricordia, branching hammer
coral with 5 heads, 1 yellow sea cucumber, and a variety of tube worms
(from the live rock).
When I bought my Sebae, it was pure white with purple tips. I thought
that it was supposed to look that way. But the more research I did,
the more it disproved this. After about 2 months, my sebae started
getting dark in color. That is when I found out that a white sebae is
an unhealthy sebae. Since my filtration was weak, my nitrates started
to climb. However, the sebae continued to thrive. After 4 months now,
it is now a dark brown color and even flourescent green at times. It
has only moved from its location once. Otherwise, it seems to be
happy. At first, while it was still white, I was feeding it krill
about 3 times/week. Now I am down to once/week with the same krill.
I guess the reason I am posting is because I feel that I can help with
anybody that has any questions about this "complicated" anemone. I am
willing to answer any questions about the sebae anemone and my
experiences with it because I think it is one of the more exotic and
unusual species. I may have just gotten lucky, but I hardly doubt it.
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Posted by Billy on May 5, 2005, 10:50 pm
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> I guess the reason I am posting is because I feel that I can help
> with
> anybody that has any questions about this "complicated" anemone. I
> am
> willing to answer any questions about the sebae anemone and my
> experiences with it because I think it is one of the more exotic
> and
> unusual species. I may have just gotten lucky, but I hardly doubt
> it.
I have not had any trouble with my sebae either. My false Perc is
madly in love with it, and the anemone has doubled in size in the 5
months since I bought it. I feed it very little other than occasional
shrimp pellets that the clown carries into it. I'm not sure what to
attribute this to. I heard it was a tough one to keep, as well, but
this one has been trouble-free.
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> with
> anybody that has any questions about this "complicated" anemone. I
> am
> willing to answer any questions about the sebae anemone and my
> experiences with it because I think it is one of the more exotic
> and
> unusual species. I may have just gotten lucky, but I hardly doubt
> it.