Seabae Anemone looks like its dying! help!

I will post a picture later on but I am concerned about my seabae anemone. I got it about a week or so ago and it was fine moving around the tank and trying to find a spot to hang out. He finally found one and was great until about 2 days ago. Now it looks like he is dying? One side of it is out and normal looking and the other side is sorta shriveled up. I thought maybe the water quality had spiked so I checked it and everything looked decent. My other anemone (pink tip condy) is doing just fine along with the other inhabitants of the tank (3 scarlet hermits, 1 lrg turbo, 2 small turbos, 1 percula clown, 1 diamond back blenny) I have the JBJ Nano Cube 12 gallon that I set up about 5 weeks ago with 15 lbs of live rock. I monitor the water twice daily and have done serveral small water changes throughout the cycling process to reduce the nitrite/nitrate levels. I add essential elements and kent reef products every so often. I have ordered a better pump because the one I have does not have enough g/ph.

What is going on with my little friend!?

ps. My clown fish doesn't like him either.

 

Probably to early for nems, specially in that small of a tank. I am no expert on nems, but I would keep a close eye on him. There are some good folks here that have nems. Hopefully they can provide more info for ya.

 

ok first off it is WAY too early to add a nem. im 6 months in and still wont add one to my tank.

Twleve gallons is also very small for any anemone. they tend to move a little.

Everything looked "decent"? what are the specifics? they need to be spot on for this nem. all at zero.

why did you do a water change in the cycling process? there need to be those nitrates and nitrites for the cycle. five weeks in and you still may have a cycle going.

good luck

 

Wow where to start.

First some info about the sebae Anemone. This is one of the harder to keep species. A lot of times when you get one from the store it will be a pretty bright white. This is bad. Many companies will bleach them white on purpose by killing off the photosynthetic cells in the anemone. If yours is bleached white I recommend feeding it brine of silversides twice a week until it gets a nice tan color. These are also one of the more light requiring nems out there.

Now for your tank. It is hard to keep a nem in a newer tank. Your tank needs to mature before you should ad any nems. Bio-cubes also do not have good enough lighting stock to support a sebae. You would need to upgrade your lighting before it would be an easy task to keep one.


As for your situation I would guess its one of the following causing the problem: not enough light, unstable water, poor specimen that came to you bleached or it may be nothing. My sebae shrivels up some of its tentacles and leaves others out at least once a week. The turn a dark blue when shriveled.

Try touching your nem's tentacles. Are they still sticky? Does your nem feel unusually squishy?

Your clown will take some time to get to know it. It could be anywhere from a few days to months or even never. It's pretty hit and miss with clown nem combos. If this is something very important for you to see in your tank consider taking your perc back to the store and trading for a clarkii, skunk clown, or a wild caught perc. My wild caught perc jumped in the nem two days after being in the tank. My tank raised was in there for months and didn't learn until seeing the wild caught get in.

When you get some pictures up it will be easier to tell whats going on. Keep us posted.