Seabae Anemone IOTM feb. 09

I also don't have any wonderful lighting. As you can see by my signature link I only have some PC's, T12's & a T8.

I got both of my seabe's when my tanks were only a couple months old and I was only in the hobby for 2 months when I got the first one. I believe you don't have to be an expert to care for these, all you have to do is get them healthy, maintain your water quality and you're good to go.

 

ok im new to saltwater tanks.. and i been readin alot on the critters in my tank... i have 2 long tenticle purpletip anemone's... one's body looks cloudy kinda small brownish color but stillhas the purple tips... and the other one looks almost see threw... i have twin halid lights with moderate flow in the tank...when i turn my lights off they shrink down to almost nothing but when the lights come on the bloom up so beautiful.. i feed mine live/dead guppies about every 2-3 days 2 or 3.. ive read in many places that some say they easy to care for but this article sayin they difficult.... HELP PLEASE.. i dont wanna loose them they are pretty creatures

 

sound like you have condylactus and it also sounds like you have a good start. you have the lighting and you also have a moderate flow and you feed. I think you are on the right path.

 

I think the diffucult part is having all the right paramiters and maintaining them. I also stumbled on to the good paramiters but there are some seabeas out there that are more testi then the one I have. I also agree you don't have to be an expert but you just have to know what you are doing.

 

This is a beautiful Sebae!!! It's really big.. I hope to some day have one of these beautiful creatures, but I need to get better with everything first, don't want it to die. Just makes me smile to see that it can be done and that one day I too will have one thriving!! Thanks for the encouragement!

 

BC, that's a lovely anemone.

 

ok its been a few since i posted here. just wanted to update with what i have...im sorry the lights i have are not metal halid(sp) like i thought at first.. they are just pc's 55w twin lights and im running a t-8 as well. i know when i first posted here i sed one turned brown wich it did... looks dirty lol.the other is no longer transparent like but has now color... white.... i dont know if this is good or not... it had stayed in one place for nearly a month... then... i had goten bad case of red slime...and it moved..2 days ago. when the brown one ''blooms'' as i call it. it expands very large long tenticles. no longer can i see threw the tips. purple dots still there. assuming its healthy. the other ''blooms'' very large as well and i swear they come out at least 8-12 inches. the base''foot'' of each swell up good as well. i guess my question here is going from transparent to white... im talkin paper white. is that a good thing. i keep feedin them the same that hasn't changed..

Macrodactyla doreensis, Long-tentacled anemone
These anemones have very long (up to 5-6 in.), smooth, thick tentacles sometimes with longitudinal stripes extending into the oral disk. The tentacles originate from a round flat oral disk, distinguishing it from the condylactis anemone. The foot of the base is almost always bright red or orange.
although i took that from the anemone post on the thread my foot on both are white. is that bad as well.

 

Here is a picture of my 1 month old Sebae. As you can see the Fire Clown is loving it. I have it in my 110 Gal, I have 2x250W HQI 20K with 4x54W T5 HO Actinic. It has finally found its "sweet spot" in the tank.

 

Not real sure where I was in Feb. but I just saw this Good Job 10! Nice article! K+

 

thanks cuttin