Wandering Sebea Nem

Im now on my 2nd White (blue-tipped) sebae nem. The first never attached itself and i found him partially in the intake on my koralia ...UGH. Luckily I got him out before he expired completely. I bought another and have had him for 2 weeks, and hes doing the same thing ....wandering around, not attaching ...not at all. My parameters are right on, he loves the krill i give him once per week, my lighting is great...what to do?

 

It is looking for the perfect flow and lighting. It will wander until it finds it.

 

Really? Perhaps different nems do different things. I had 2 LT nems in the past and they wandered up to 4 days and found their spot. This guy is just floating with the current, getting stuck behind things ....sometimes just laying mouth/ tentacles down on the open sand with his foot in the air.....water acrobatics?. The 2 clowns must be amused or perplexed!

 

If it's not attaching to anything, it's not a good sign. The fact that you describe it as being white tells me that it wasn't a healthy animal to begin with as they're supposed to be brown.

 

The first sebae was snow white, this one is more of a brownish white.... seems to have more plankton in there than the former. Its odd, and consistant among the 2. Ive blocked off the sides because both nems would be carried, by current, into the back corner and just stay there, unattached, and seemingly stuck.

 

Sebaes need to be a dark brown, otherwise they pretty much are already doomed. What is your flow and lighting situation?

 

I have a koralia 1 (400gph) for surface movement and a korlia 4 (1200gph) for tank flow. The 4 is hidden in the rock, but has 2", 4" and 6" openings around it. The flow is ideal, offering high, moderate and low in different areas of the tank.

I have high output 55w (x2) Solarmax T5s (w/ 6 blue leds).

All corals and ls are thriving and growing.