Hello,
I am new to this whole thing, specially the reef part. About two weeks ago I went to the store and couldn't resist on buying a sebae anemone (H. Malu)together with two ocellaris clownfish (big mistake). The seller gave me an excellent price and included a Harlequin crab with it. He told me I wouldn't have any problems with the anemone and explained me a lil' about its care. I wish I hadn't bought it without doing further research first.
My problem is that the anemone isn't attaching anywere. It continues to float around the substrate. I was told she would pick her own spot and get attached there but she hasn't. Then I was told she might prefer a higher place on the tank to get more light, so I put her on top of the rock to see if she would attach there but she didn't, she went back to the substrate and 'til now continues unattached.
Other than that the anemone is feeding well. I have given her shrimp twice besides feeding her with CombiSan.
Is there anything I need to do to get her attached? is her not being attached a sign of disease or illness? what else can you tell me about the anomene's care?
BTW The harlequin crab has taken the anemone as its territory and hardly leaves her.
My aquarium specs are the following:
60 L (16 gal) Reef Tank
Equipt.-
Filtration: Dolphin 500H cascade filter, counter-current Oddisey Skimmer, Sunny 1200 Power Filter
Lighting: 10 W 12,000 K white light, 10 W Blue Moon Actinic
Other: 150W heater with thermostat, 11 kg of assorted live rock, 4 kg of coral sand and 2.5 kg of live sand from an established aquarium.
Added elements:CombiSan
Food:
Fish; MarineGrow granules, AntiBacterial granules
Corals & Inverts; chopped fish, chopped shrimp
Inhabitants:
Fish: 2 Chrysiptera Parasema (Blue Yellowtail Damselfish)
Inverts: Starfish (unidentified species), Sebae Anemone (H. Malu), Harlequin Crab, 3 turbo snails, 1 hermit crab
Corals: Polips
My levels have remained quite stable over the last couple of weeks. Friday's are the following:
Ammonia mg/l 0
Nitrite mg/l 0
Nitrate mg/l 2.5
pH 8.5
kH mg/l 170
Phosphate mg/l 1
Calcium mg/l 400
SG 1.026
Temp 24-25ºC
I am new to this whole thing, specially the reef part. About two weeks ago I went to the store and couldn't resist on buying a sebae anemone (H. Malu)together with two ocellaris clownfish (big mistake). The seller gave me an excellent price and included a Harlequin crab with it. He told me I wouldn't have any problems with the anemone and explained me a lil' about its care. I wish I hadn't bought it without doing further research first.
My problem is that the anemone isn't attaching anywere. It continues to float around the substrate. I was told she would pick her own spot and get attached there but she hasn't. Then I was told she might prefer a higher place on the tank to get more light, so I put her on top of the rock to see if she would attach there but she didn't, she went back to the substrate and 'til now continues unattached.
Other than that the anemone is feeding well. I have given her shrimp twice besides feeding her with CombiSan.
Is there anything I need to do to get her attached? is her not being attached a sign of disease or illness? what else can you tell me about the anomene's care?
BTW The harlequin crab has taken the anemone as its territory and hardly leaves her.
My aquarium specs are the following:
60 L (16 gal) Reef Tank
Equipt.-
Filtration: Dolphin 500H cascade filter, counter-current Oddisey Skimmer, Sunny 1200 Power Filter
Lighting: 10 W 12,000 K white light, 10 W Blue Moon Actinic
Other: 150W heater with thermostat, 11 kg of assorted live rock, 4 kg of coral sand and 2.5 kg of live sand from an established aquarium.
Added elements:CombiSan
Food:
Fish; MarineGrow granules, AntiBacterial granules
Corals & Inverts; chopped fish, chopped shrimp
Inhabitants:
Fish: 2 Chrysiptera Parasema (Blue Yellowtail Damselfish)
Inverts: Starfish (unidentified species), Sebae Anemone (H. Malu), Harlequin Crab, 3 turbo snails, 1 hermit crab
Corals: Polips
My levels have remained quite stable over the last couple of weeks. Friday's are the following:
Ammonia mg/l 0
Nitrite mg/l 0
Nitrate mg/l 2.5
pH 8.5
kH mg/l 170
Phosphate mg/l 1
Calcium mg/l 400
SG 1.026
Temp 24-25ºC