Anemone ID

[wongkwp]

Saw this at the lfs, can someone help me to id this anemone?

 

[Joshky]

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.

 

[Alisha]

Looks like an elegance coral, but hard to tell with the picture.

 

[wongkwp]

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.

 

[Reef_Chief]

Its an elegance coral by the looks of it

 

[loon36cf]

I would say elegance

 

[wongkwp]

Is this a magnifica? How bad is he?

 

[Taylor t]

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.

 

[wongkwp]

Cool. Thank you for the advise.

 

[Taylor t]

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.

 

[Taylor t]

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.