Sebae anemone

[Playdope]

I like Rose BTA's, but my favorite anemones are the white sebae anemones with purple tips. Here is a picture of the one I am talking about. Can I get more info on their care, how large they get, their requirements, etc..

I have 432 watts of t5 lighting, which I know is enough for the rose, but i'm not sure what that species of sebae requires.

Also wondering if a pair of false percs will host a sebae.

If the sebae is not a good choice .. are there any other white anemones that look like it it will host some false percs.

Many thanks.

 

[Playdope]

whoops just found some reading on it, and the rose bta seems like a much better choice. seems like these sebaes are much more finicky.

 

[Anonymous]

Heres my new little rose happily munching down a mysid shrimp fed to it just before lights out. (Its actually a good 3" in front of that sponge..)

 

[Anonymous]

Sebaes are notoriously difficult to keep, and healthy ones have a very tan color, almost brown. The white ones (like the one pictured) have very little to no zooxanthellae, and will likely soon die.

 

[EmilyB]

I have a sebae 18" across. You do not want a sebae, and they are not white.

 

[R_S_C]

sebae tend to get a little big :lol: , does anyone know if they split or just keep growing?

 

[Anonymous]

They get real big. Rob Toonen had a 7 year old one that took up pretty much half of a 55 gallon tank until he donated it to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.