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Saw this at the lfs, can someone help me to id this anemone?
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Could be crispa/malu, could be an elegance (coral), could be a magnifica (doubt it)... Blue washed out photos are almost impossible to give accurate IDs on unfortunately.
 
Looks like an elegance coral, but hard to tell with the picture.
 
Come to think of it, maybe it's an elegance coral. I really thought it is an anemone. The whole tank that it was in is lighted in blue led only.
 
My guess, purely a guess, based on the right side tentacles in a line, and the shape of the tentacles, looks like a gig. I could be way wrong, but from this one pic, that's my guess. Mouth looks a little like a mag, but I've seen gigs with that pucker too. Gig will have spots under side too, blue or purple, or in this case, clear/bleached. I would pass, it will die unless you understand their needs, and asking what it is clearly demonstrates it's needs won't be met. No offense. I'd keep looking for a healthier one.
 
I just walked past my tank, and one of my gigs was exhibiting the pucker mouth that I was talking about.


Can't go by a puckered mouth. Gigs have them as well as mags.
 
In the pic above, it started retracting from the shock of s a flashlight at it, it's currently dark in my tanks. But you get the jist.
 

IF YOU HAD TO TAKE A REEFING EXAM, WOULD YOU PASS?

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  • Not yet, but I have one that I want to buy in mind!

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  • No.

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