Gorgeous Coral!

[markw]

I found this on google while searching "swimming anemone" and this came up, with TONS of different types that were all clearly not swimming anemones. But this is one spectacular coral though.

 

[rockette]

Wow... that is incredible. I have never seen anything like that even in a reef dive before. What is this/where is it found?

 

[coral keeper]

It looks like a dyed bubble coral.

 

[the egregious]

either dyed or photo manipulated.

 

[mx#28]

I think it's Phlyctenactis tuberculosa.

 

[spanko]

Yes google Phlyctenactis tuberculosa and you will see many different colors. Amazing anemone it is.

 

[mx#28]

A few more photos of Phlyctenactis tuberculosa.
One of the largest anemone species in southern Australia, they attach themselves to plants at night to catch drifting food particles. They can move by crawling along the seafloor or by rolling and drifting with the current and and are therefore often called 'The Swimming Anemone'

 

[mx#28]

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[keri]

I've never seen anything like that before! Beautiful.

 

[rebelprettyboy]

those are beautiful. Those will be aboujt 2000 a piece when they are introduced and kept in capitvy into the hobby lol

 

[markw]

If this is a swimming anemone, I was reading about someone in the New Hobbiest forum and they say they have one. No pics, but they say so. Id do a search. they might already be in circulation?

 

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