seabane anemone questions

[ATVRACER142]

Just picked up a seabane anomone and was wondering if he will eat my coral banned shirmp and if I should move the shirmp also will he eat my six line wrase - I am putting himm in a 12 gallon nano for my 2 clown fish - the anomone is fairly large. Anyone have any ideas?

Oh yeah by the way I just went out and bought a bag of sand

 

[nahtanoj]

do you mean seabae anemone? it is unlikely he will eat either the shrimp or the sixline. seabaes get pretty big, and will outgrow that 12g, it will sting any other corals you have as well. keep up on your waterchanges, anemones aren't the cleanest of critters. best off if you are running a skimmer, and they need pretty high lighting as well.

 

[ATVRACER142]

Yeah thats what I meant - I moved the wrasse and left the shrimp - I have a few frags in there should I move them?? I have a xenia, star poloyps, cabbage carl, and a few zoos. so far it is just hanging out in the bootom of the tank - are the stock PC lighting enough for the anenome??

 

[nahtanoj]

i kept a bulb tip under 12g pc lights, a seabae requires a little more light than bta, i would monitor it closely, if it starts too fade in color, or is spreading out a lot, and tentacles are shrinking, you need more light. i would look at upgrading anyway, you are definitely pushing the envelope on minimum lighting.

 

[ATVRACER142]

What would you recommend as far as upgrade?? MH or just add some PC??

 

[dfladermaus]

I kept a S hadoni in a 25gallon with a 250w MH on it. It did really well until my heater boiled the tank. People tend to underestimate the areas where anemones come from. Most come from pretty high light areas. They typically take lots of light and moderate to heavier flows.

Good luck.

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[ASommers]

From the reading I've done anemones are a very hard thing to keep and should be kept in a tank made just for their needs, mainly the BTA is the only real good option for good survivability.

 

[nahtanoj]

at least t5's, or MH. pc's just won't cut it. and adam is correct, seabaes rarely survive long in captivity, BTA's would be a much better option.

 

[ATVRACER142]

Ummm help or something - LOL - I think its dead already - this sucks - let me know if its loks dead to you????

 

[ATVRACER142]

looks like it fliped it self over and turned inside out??? What should I do - its only in a 12 gallon and if its dead isnt it going to trash my water??

 

[nahtanoj]

it doesn't look good, and yes it will trash your water with a quickness. watch for it to deflate, it is still inflated so there is hope.

 

[ATVRACER142]

well it has deflated - now what do I do throw it away???

 

[nahtanoj]

if you've given up hope, flush it.

 

[ATVRACER142]

I dont have any fish in the tank and just a few frags and a shrimp - if I leave it overnight will it be ok?? - IS IT DEAD or is there still hope???

 

[ATVRACER142]

Yeah I think it is done for - the shrimp is eating the insides of the anemoe - it turned itself inside out???

 

[nahtanoj]

if the shrimp is eating it, its dead.

 

[ATVRACER142]

Well I flushed it when i got home - should I do a some what of a large water change??

 

[nahtanoj]

i'd do at least a 25% change, maybe 50% if the water is cloudy.

 

[ATVRACER142]

yeah its cloudy - that sucks - 50% it is - Oh yeah thanks a million Jon!!! I didnt reserch this one bit live and learn - there goes $30 down the drain

 

[nahtanoj]

yeah, go for a bubble tip anemone, they are easier to keep, demand less light.