Ft/fs Sebae Anemone

[TheRealBigAL]

I originaly got this anemone for my clowns to host in but they decided not to and hosted in my frogspawn. It is a very heathly anemone 3-4 inches eats a silverside every second day VERY STICKY. I would like to trade for brightly colored zoos or a nice peice of live rock. If you really wanna buy it $20. If no one has responded to this add by 3pm on wednesday I am taking in to JL for trade.

Thanx Allan

[Whatigot]

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHA....

Stupid darwin clowns...lol
Too bad man, thats a really pretty anemone, guess it's not worth the risk to your mandarins if the clowns don't want to host in it.

Maybe someone here knows something you haven't tried to get them hosting??

[super7]

what colour is the base, what colour zoos do you want?
Thanks Super7

[Marlin65]

Sebae will host the following.
barrier reef, Two Band, Orange Fin, Clark's, Red Saddle back, White Band, White Bonnet, Red and Black, Oman, Percula, Pink Skunk, Saddelback, Orange Skunk, and the three band.
Do you have any of those if not chances are the will not host.
If you tell me what clowns you have I can tell you what anamone is best for them.

[TheRealBigAL]

I appreciate you tryin to help but I obviously checked out what anemone my clowns would like before I bought it. They hosted in a frogspawn anyways.


THANKS TO SEAHORSE FANATIC FOR GIVING THE ANEMONE A GOOD HOME.

[Marlin65]

Its better they host something else did you know anemones live to 300 + years in the wild.
In captivity 3-5 months best case for most. Sebae has an expected live span of only a year in captivity under pristine conditions.
Not wanting to sound negative or tell you what to do but knowledge in this hobby is important.
I think they should be left in the wild as if there are no anemone the clown fish will not survive only a mating pair makes it in the wild after laying eggs for their whole lives as few make it to maturity, and in the wild they need the anemone to survive as they are slow and easy pray. In captivity they don't need this as we take care of them.
My 2 cents

[Whatigot]

Marlin, I gotta say that therealbigal takes more care in fewer tank inhabitants rather than overwhelming himself with many...
That is to say, the sebae when he had it was fed a silverside every 2 days by hand and literally had the run of his tank...

I would bet his library of books on clownfish husbandry exceeds even your own as he buys a new one every week or so and reads them until I can't even stand how much he has to say about clowns...

I know we're all just trying to help each other out, but I wouldn't question his knowledge on something like this just because his darwins wouldn't host on his sebae as planned when he puchased it.
you guys might actually have much to discuss on the subject, given your own mutual interest and commitment to the better care of these animals

BTW, seahorse_fanatic has taken the anemone and so it has gone from one very good home to another.


mods....do as you will.

[Marlin65]

I was not intending to question anyone or say that he did something wrong was only trying to be helpful. Most people think they are easy to keep and most people can't keep them alive for more than a year.
They just do not have a good track record in captivity and for an animal that can live up to a century I feel they should not be in the trade.
This is just my opinion and by no means were my comments meant to offend anyone. Sorry if it came across this way.
PS your PM box is full.

[Whatigot]

just emptied it, and for the record, I had no idea that 'nems had bad tank track records...
so you definitely learned me
for the sake of discussion, are there cases you do know of where a nem has lived a longer fuller life in captivity than the time you mentioned above?

you see so many in the lfs, it's sort of dissapointing to learn this.

[Marlin65]

Not saying it is not possible but if you check polls you will see that maybe one out of 36 makes it to five years, and that is with hobbyist that have five plus years experience.
Most don't live long as the don't ship well. The consume them self to survive and are hard to bring back after they have started to expire.
Some are better than others. If you can get a clone your odds become much better. They are recommended for people that run reefs as they require the same care as SPS. Most inexperienced hobbyist don't know enough about them but buy them for their clown fish. That is why people always tell you they need MH light to keep alive as they need lots of light and need stable SG as they are sensitive to that as well. Never keep one lower than 1.024-1.025 if you don't they can't absorb the trace elements they need.
They need to be fed heavily as well and that does not go well in most nutrient poor environments.
The hobby has come a long way over the years, but we are still not sure as to what they need to survive ( for long term) maybe in a few more years.
The biggest problem I see is that most are taken from the wild and clown fish in the wild need them to survive as they are poor swimmers and easy prey for other fish.