Need more help on aneome

[airwtcher]

I too have a reeftank (2months old, with live rock, crushed coral sand, wet/dry trickle filter, protein skimmer) I started slowly with water then sand, then live rock, then package deal of crabs, shrimp and snails. snails have all been eaten. After one week I added two damsels. After a couple weeks, I added aa blue tang, yellow tang, three common clowns and a seabae anenome. When the girl took it out of the store tank, it took her forever to get it loose. It also had a huge clown fish nested in it. Now it is acting sickly, shriveling up and wandering all over the tank. It ate one time since I got it, (5 days ago), but spits all the rest I try to give it out. Do you think I am loosing it??

 

[kass]

What kind of lighting do you have and how big of a tank? and what ate your snails?
Sebae anemones are one of the hardest clownfish anemones to keep. They usually end up dying in the first year. I had one for a couple of years until I tried to move it.
You also did't say what you tried to feed it. I personally think you don't have to feed them real often if you have enough light. I fed mine prime reef or brine shrimp plus frozen foods with vitamins added. Maybe once or twice a month. A more hardier anemone would be a bulb or bubble tip.

 

[halide]

It's definetly not happy from the sound of it .What type of lighting do you have, carpets need intense lighting also how are your nitrates ,high nitrates can also stress them and anenomes need a descent amount of current it brings them oxygen and carrys away there wastes.there are a couple of anenomes under the common name sebae(I have two)but the good thing is they pertty much the same requirements, mine buryed in the substrat next to the live rock but this can vary depending were it came.But if your trying to keep it on the rock and dos'nt want to stay try it on the sand next one in a spot with good water flow and lighting and if this one dies(I hope not)theres a really good book on anenomes called THE REEF AQARIUM Volume 2 it has a great section on anenomes before you try another.