identity crisis - anemone

standingstill · Mar 23, 2009

ive had this anemone for about 2 years now, in the store it was labelled sand anemone. ive looked online and cant find anything by that name, it lays flat on the substrate and its kind of pink with short cream coloured tentacles (dont know what to call them??). its about the size of a CD lying on the sand. ive never seen a picture of anything similar. my camera is broken right now so i cant get a picture of it but i was wondering if anyone knows what it could be. i know its kind of vague but any info would help settle my curiousity. i had a tomato clown who used to host in it but the clown is gone now so he sits by himself. i feed it a couple of times a week and as soon as food hits it it curls over on itslef to eat it.

dustin_P74 · Mar 23, 2009

does this look like it?
http://www.indonesiancoral.com/ligh...doni_orange_short_tentacle_carpet_anemone.jpg

Alexander · Mar 23, 2009

doubtful he said the tenticles were cream colored

standingstill · Mar 23, 2009

no...thats way too red. its a flesh coloured body with lighter cream coloured tentacles. they are very short and banded with the cream colour. when it lays flat on the sand its not completely covered in tentacles, they stick up and move slightly in the current, they edges however are covered in tentacles. i'll try to get a picture of it soon.

Alexander · Mar 23, 2009

picture would definitely help greatly.

standingstill · Mar 23, 2009

ok, i found an old camera, im not sure the best way to post the picture though...

Alexander · Mar 23, 2009

something is better than nothing

standingstill · Mar 23, 2009

ive been trying to upload the picture but it says the file errored. its just a jpeg???

standingstill · Mar 23, 2009

the picture is kind of dark and a little misleading, its shadowy. the colour of the anemone is actually the lightest colour you can see, the darker areas are just shadows

standingstill · Mar 23, 2009

heres a jpeg if thats easier...

Alexander · Mar 23, 2009

.psd huh? well not everyone has photosop so i figured i would help you out a bit. here ya go

Alexander · Mar 23, 2009

ninja!

standingstill · Mar 23, 2009

cool...so any guesses as to what its name is?

ninja????

dustin_P74 · Mar 23, 2009

ninja means someone posted the same reply before you did. also just to clarify, the picture was meant to get an idea of the body shape of the anemone and not to ask if it was the exact same specimen. and it looks like a carpet anemone to me

ccCapt · Mar 23, 2009

I would say beaded anemone, Heteractis aurora.

yote · Mar 23, 2009

If I'm not mistaken,those are called flower anemones.

project5k · Mar 23, 2009

ok, so what the heck is this thing i just found in my tank? its way in the back behind some stuff, so the pictures really arent great...

queenangel77 · Mar 23, 2009

project5k said:
ok, so what the heck is this thing i just found in my tank? its way in the back behind some stuff, so the pictures really arent great...

Hard to tell from the pics but it looks like aptasia. No good pest. If it is i would get it out as soon as possible.

Alexander · Mar 23, 2009

dustin_P74 said:
also just to clarify, the picture was meant to get an idea of the body shape of the anemone and not to ask if it was the exact same specimen. and it looks like a carpet anemone to me

Gotcha. I had actually wondered that after I posted buy no worries wasn't tryin to sweat ya about it.

dustin_P74 · Mar 23, 2009

Alexander said:
Gotcha. I had actually wondered that after I posted buy no worries wasn't tryin to sweat ya about it.

it was more to the OP since he said that the nem in the pic was way to red

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