HELP! Need Anemone Identification
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thomas712
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Yes take it back to the LFS.
WHITE-SPOTTED ANEMONE
Urticina lofotensis
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Short, scarlet column covered in vertical rows of tiny white spots.
DESCRIPTION: Long yellow tentacles have pink-red tips. Tentacles appear banded with pink and yellow coloration.
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WHITE-SPOTTED ANEMONE
Urticina lofotensis
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Short, scarlet column covered in vertical rows of tiny white spots.
DESCRIPTION: Long yellow tentacles have pink-red tips. Tentacles appear banded with pink and yellow coloration.
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thomas712
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Originally posted by wocka
any thoughts?
Yes take it back to the LFS.
WHITE-SPOTTED ANEMONE
Urticina lofotensis
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: Short, scarlet column covered in vertical rows of tiny white spots.
DESCRIPTION: Long yellow tentacles have pink-red tips. Tentacles appear banded with pink and yellow coloration.
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thomas712
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Originally posted by wocka
my friend got me an anemone today and ive heard that 65w of pc lighting and 30w 50/50 lighting is not enough lighting in a 20g tank to keep an anemone. im not sure what kind it is but it has short tentacles ( 1" ) has a red foot with orange dots.
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wocka
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y such a negative attitude.. i think that is enough lighting, another person posted that his tank is 70g bowfront with the same amount of watts per gallon of pc lighting, maybe half a watt or a lil more. so what would be the diff. now im going to have to keep him. if i did take him to the LFS how much is that lil bugger worth?? 
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thomas712
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Not being negitive, just pesimistic
Its your tank do as you will, it's just my opinion that you don't have enough light. No need to take my opinion or be sorry for it and no need to get defensive. I'm only here to help if I can. I only hope that I identified it correctly.
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Thomas
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Its your tank do as you will, it's just my opinion that you don't have enough light. No need to take my opinion or be sorry for it and no need to get defensive. I'm only here to help if I can. I only hope that I identified it correctly.
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Thomas
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thomas712
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The good Dr. Ron says:
Numerous other fishes live in close proximity to sea anemones throughout the world's oceans, but until recently it was thought the Indo-Pacific host anemones harbored the only true "anemonefish" mutualism, where the fish was immune to the host's stinging capabilities. Recent work has shown that in the cool waters of the NE Pacific, there is another true anemonefish (Elliott, 1992). This fish is Oxylebius pictus, the convict fish or painted greenling, of the Pacific Coast of North America. The host anemones in this case are found in the genus Urticina . The fish is mostly found with the strawberry anemone, Urticina lofotensis, but occasionally with other species such as the fish-eating anemone, Urticina piscivora, as well. These anemones lack zooxanthellae altogether and are often predatory on fish, and they possess quite virulent stings. The sting of Urticina piscivora is sufficiently potent to cause long-lasting necrotic lesions on humans.
This association is facultative, as the fish may be found in areas lacking the anemones unlike the Indo-Pacific clownfish, which require a host anemone. If the anemones and fish are present together, however, most of the anemones harbor one or two fish. Larval Oxylebius pictus will metamorphose out of the plankton as juvenile fish directly on the oral disk of the anemone. The strawberry anemones are relatively small, generally no more than about 6 inches (15 cm) across the tentacle span, and the juvenile fishes are less than an inch long (2.5 cm) at metamorphosis. During their life on the oral disk of the anemone, the fish appear to feed on small ectoparasitic or commensal copepods that live on the anemone. If threatened, the fish may swim down through the anemone's mouth into its gut. The major predators on the small fish may be nocturnal octopuses and crustaceans as well as other fishes.
BTW I did a google search and came up with 183 pages of info. Try it.
And once again that informatin is good IF I correctly identified it.
Numerous other fishes live in close proximity to sea anemones throughout the world's oceans, but until recently it was thought the Indo-Pacific host anemones harbored the only true "anemonefish" mutualism, where the fish was immune to the host's stinging capabilities. Recent work has shown that in the cool waters of the NE Pacific, there is another true anemonefish (Elliott, 1992). This fish is Oxylebius pictus, the convict fish or painted greenling, of the Pacific Coast of North America. The host anemones in this case are found in the genus Urticina . The fish is mostly found with the strawberry anemone, Urticina lofotensis, but occasionally with other species such as the fish-eating anemone, Urticina piscivora, as well. These anemones lack zooxanthellae altogether and are often predatory on fish, and they possess quite virulent stings. The sting of Urticina piscivora is sufficiently potent to cause long-lasting necrotic lesions on humans.
This association is facultative, as the fish may be found in areas lacking the anemones unlike the Indo-Pacific clownfish, which require a host anemone. If the anemones and fish are present together, however, most of the anemones harbor one or two fish. Larval Oxylebius pictus will metamorphose out of the plankton as juvenile fish directly on the oral disk of the anemone. The strawberry anemones are relatively small, generally no more than about 6 inches (15 cm) across the tentacle span, and the juvenile fishes are less than an inch long (2.5 cm) at metamorphosis. During their life on the oral disk of the anemone, the fish appear to feed on small ectoparasitic or commensal copepods that live on the anemone. If threatened, the fish may swim down through the anemone's mouth into its gut. The major predators on the small fish may be nocturnal octopuses and crustaceans as well as other fishes.
BTW I did a google search and came up with 183 pages of info. Try it.
And once again that informatin is good IF I correctly identified it.
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thomas712
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Scientific name.
Urticina lofotensis <---- Try that
Urticina lofotensis <---- Try that
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thomas712
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Good now look that up and remember all I had to look at was a kinda blurry picture, but I'm glad you found it.
Good luck
Thomas
Good luck
Thomas