Shanspau
New Member
I have a 10 gallon aquarium (I know that's small) with 1 clown, 2 turbo snails, 6 hermit crabs, 1 cleaner shrimp, Torch, Frogspawn, Zoanthids corals and a Sebae. My Sebae has moved himself from a medium current, medium light area to a high current low light area.(In a small cave) I've had him now for 1 week and had the aquarium for 4 months with next to perfect water parameters and bi-weekly 2.5 gallon water changes.
Salinity=1.025-26
PH=8.5
Nitrates=0
Nitrites=less than 2.5
Ammonia=0 to 1ppm
With that being said, my problem is with the Sebae moving to a location near my Frogspawn. His closest tentacle is touching the skeleton of the Frogspawn base about 2 inches from the actual live portion of the coral. I'm wondering if the two will be okay there together or should I move the Frogspawn to another area? I'm afraid if I move him that the Sebae will pack his bags and move again and probably to an area close to my LPS
Is it common for the Sebae to move into a darkened location? I don't have particularly strong lighting, they are 50/50 compacts packing a whopping 3 watts per gallon so I'm on the lower end of the spectrum for lighting wattage per-gallon.
Another issue is the Clown has burrowed out a hole in the back corner of the aquarium near the inlet of the filter. After reading a few posts I see that he is doing this because he's (for lack of a better description) making his home. I'm not sure why he hasn't tried to pair up with the Sebae yet but I'll give him time. The cleaner shrimp has made a home very close to the Sebae for what I'm sure would be called a protection measure. When the Sebae moves, so does the cleaner. Will the clown eventually kick the cleaner out and make his home with the Sebae or will he find that to be too big a chore considering the current resident? When the cleaner was first introduced, the Clown took a couple nips at him but has backed off since. The antenna of the cleaner is almost always touching the Clown when in close proximity of each other. I would appreciate any and all advice on this subject. Thanks in advance.......
Salinity=1.025-26
PH=8.5
Nitrates=0
Nitrites=less than 2.5
Ammonia=0 to 1ppm
With that being said, my problem is with the Sebae moving to a location near my Frogspawn. His closest tentacle is touching the skeleton of the Frogspawn base about 2 inches from the actual live portion of the coral. I'm wondering if the two will be okay there together or should I move the Frogspawn to another area? I'm afraid if I move him that the Sebae will pack his bags and move again and probably to an area close to my LPS
Is it common for the Sebae to move into a darkened location? I don't have particularly strong lighting, they are 50/50 compacts packing a whopping 3 watts per gallon so I'm on the lower end of the spectrum for lighting wattage per-gallon.
Another issue is the Clown has burrowed out a hole in the back corner of the aquarium near the inlet of the filter. After reading a few posts I see that he is doing this because he's (for lack of a better description) making his home. I'm not sure why he hasn't tried to pair up with the Sebae yet but I'll give him time. The cleaner shrimp has made a home very close to the Sebae for what I'm sure would be called a protection measure. When the Sebae moves, so does the cleaner. Will the clown eventually kick the cleaner out and make his home with the Sebae or will he find that to be too big a chore considering the current resident? When the cleaner was first introduced, the Clown took a couple nips at him but has backed off since. The antenna of the cleaner is almost always touching the Clown when in close proximity of each other. I would appreciate any and all advice on this subject. Thanks in advance.......
