Anemone Id Please

devaji108

devaji108

Member
I got a sebae last night it's a monster 12'when open 4 only $10

I posted a pic on in the photo thread about anemone and clown and someone said it was a LTA??
can any one help out?
thanks
~Deva~
PS remimber it only been in my tank for about 13-15 hours now.


 
clown123

clown123

Active Member
that looks like a LT for sure wothout a doubt thomas has a sebae maybe he can post it an u can see the diffrence
 
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thomas712

Guest
Would you say that the tips are a different color or not?
I say give it a few more days and then take another pic. For right now it doesn't look like any sebae, possibly not a Heteractis crispa either or the tentacles would be longer, but still densely packed like they appear to be. Instead the tentacles remind me of Heteractis magnifica. But hey its new in your water so lets give it some time to come out fully.
Let me know if it pulls its tenticals in and swells up its column into a ball.
Thomas
 
imaburch

imaburch

Member
Hello I am very very new to the hobby, however that looks like a sebae. I have one that looks similar except it is more white than yours. just a thought.
 
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thomas712

Guest
If it were a sebae then I hope that you all see the obvious problem, it should not have short stubby tentacles, that is a sign of a problem with the anemone itself, which may be caused by the conditions around it.
 
phender

phender

New Member
I'm 99% sure that is a H. crispa (sebae anemone). The verrucae(bumps on the under side) on M. doorensis(LTA) are not as random as on your anemone. In the second pic it looks like you can see the foot. If it were an LTA, the foot woud be red/pink. There are too many tentacles for an LTA. The length of the tentacles is a function of the animal being in captivity. It is not unusual for a H. crispa in poor health to have its tentacles shrink down to just bumps. In the wild, an LTA has tentacles that are nearly twice as long of H. crispa, so I don't quite get the reasoning that the tentacles are not long enough for a sebae so it might be an LTA. H. magnifica have verrucae, but they are not nearly that prominant and the column of a magnifica is not that leathery texture, nor is it that color white.
 
devaji108

devaji108

Member
update.. the Anenome has planted it foot in the CC...not on any rocks, however when I got it he was very hight in the tank on a pic of LR ( prop. 2 get more light and flow.) I have it under 2 X 175 W MH W/ a rio 50 PH pointed right at it. I seams happy
thanks for all the feed back everyone
Deva
 
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