Sebae Nem

Who here has experience with these things? any insight on feeding technique, and food type? Has anybody fixed a clown with this type of nem?

 

I would try a BTA or a LTA instead. Sebae have a tough time making it through acclimation and many are already so compromised at time of purchase that decreases their chance significantly.

Feeding is best done every 2 weeks IME, with small pieces of raw sea food you can get at the super market. Shrimp, clams, scallops, fish. Place sm. pieces on the tentacles, and allow the anemone some time to secure the pieces. Remove all uneaten pieces or expelled undigested pieces.

Anyones guess as to what a clown fish will reside in.

 

what do you mean by they are compromised at the store?

 

A lot of them are collected after storms. They break free from the rough weather and can be unhealthy to begin with. Add to that, they have to be shipped across the world and are then stored at an LFS, with less than optimal water quality and lighting. They are also very sensitive to begin with.

Your best bet for a nem is a bta clone from a fellow reefer. BTAs can split in captivity and their offspring (clones) tend to be fairly well adapted to our systems and are not put through the stress of collection and shipping.

Sabes have a very dismal survival rate in our systems BTA clones are have a reasonably high survival rate.

Also LTAs are good, but they reproduce sexually, they do not split, so it's tougher to find a captive raised one.

 

They have not been feed, deprived of sufficient lighting during shipping and transfer. This anemone just does not acclimate well. If you can get a good healthy specimen that is not bleached, sticky to the touch, fully inflated, footed properly, you have a much better chance at keeping it.

I have seen them making amazing recoveries in some tanks, but the majority end up not attaching, the oral opening begins to gap, bleached to some degree in appearance. Once that happens there is little hope for recovery.

You have an established system, just try to get the best specimen you can if you really want one.

 

I have one. I love it. It's been thriving for the last 6mths. I am a little nervous though, due to the experience of others and these nems not lasting past the 6mth date. But to answer your questions. From my experience, I feed it raw shrimp dipped in garlic. I have two Marron clowns that host it and they feed it flakes (formula 1 & 2) and krill. I am hoping that it continues to do well. ;D

 

I think this should move to the inverts thread, but anyway....

I had one for a little while, gave it away because it wasn't thriving. It took three weeks to settle. I think they are on the harder side of anemones to take care. This is only my opinion though.

 

sebae anemones are not as hard as some make them sound, i would feed it silversides once every two weeks but it really depends on your lighting. also most clownfish will host oin this nem it just depends on the clown. some are pickier than others

 

+1 they are not as hard as they sound IF you know how to pick a good one. Like was said before, if you are going to try one, be sure it is not bleached (should be a light tan base with colored tips), it should be attached well to a surface, it should be sticky and it's mouth should only open up for feeding. If you get one without these qualities, you will be taking a risk.

 

I have one, and it's been OK.. He went through some acclimating issues in the beginning (bleached a little) but now he's doing great and has tripled in size. But in my opinion.....they're ugly! I should have gone with a BTA..my sebae is just brown bluck...no color..just not really appealing to the eye..BTA's come in manyyyyy diverse colors and are much easier to care for!