Anemone ID?

[Yuki Rihwa]

I knew it's a type of bubble tip anemone but I have no clue its scientific name, it's white in color with a blue tip. Can someone tell me its name? Thanks.

 

[LivinTheSwreefLife]

Looks to be a sebae anemone, not a bubble tip

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

Looks to be a sebae anemone, not a bubble tip

Is it hard to keep than bubble tip? You know, I bought it cause LFS labeled it Bubble Tip...
My tank is not new (48G), a bit over a year with 2x Fire Shrimps, 2x Skunk Cleaner Shrimps and a young Zebra Moray (I do 10% water change 2x times per week).
My goal is keeping my above list and a pair of clownfish, I'm not new to saltwater just quite new to these Anemones

 

[LivinTheSwreefLife]

I have never kept a sebae myself, only btas, and I have heard mixed things on whether the white coloration is a natural state for them or if it means they are bleached. Someone else may be able to give you more info about sebaes

I can tell you this much: I have had two btas in two different tanks. My first one, I got on some used live rock, when I was new to sw tanks and made many mistakes. But that thing was a giant beast and absolutely unkillable. My next tank, I bought another one, and despite stable parameters it died within a week. Moral of the story: nems can be different even within the same species, in my experience, so it's hard to compare.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

I did for more search and I found the result that white sebae = it's bleached.
I'm trying to do my best to get it back to it normal health. So far its decided to anchored pretty close to initial original location I placed it and fully open now and Its ate a small piece a market shrimp. I hope it will regain its health and grow in my tank

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

The tip was in blue color yesterday and now look quite in deep purple I know I'm excited because I never keep them before, I was into FOWLR for many years.

 

[AbsoluteZer0273]

I would guess it's a condylactis anemone. I live in Florida and they sell them everywhere here. Be careful, I've heard they are fish eaters. Although I've had a few small ones and the fish seem to know to stay away.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/product-pink-tip-haitian-anemone

 

[Mike N]

I did for more search and I found the result that white sebae = it's bleached.

Not necessarily. Sebae come in various colors, including white.
Good luck with your nem

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

I would guess it's a condylactis anemone. I live in Florida and they sell them everywhere here. Be careful, I've heard they are fish eaters. Although I've had a few small ones and the fish seem to know to stay away.
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/product-pink-tip-haitian-anemone

I'm planning to keep shrimps and clownfish, goby and might be a royal gamma, I would remove the Zebra moray if needed.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

After 4 days this is how my Sebae status, its ate total 4 times.
Does it look healthy and will recovery? It's also hosting a clownfish.

 

[dodgerblew]

That's definitely a sebae. It's not a Condy. It's very pretty and looks like it's doing well at the moment. Looks cool with clownfish. You can overfeed anemones so I'd not feed anymore for a little while. If you overfeed and the nem can't digest it, it can decay and hurt the nem.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

That's definitely a sebae. It's not a Condy. It's very pretty and looks like it's doing well at the moment. Looks cool with clownfish. You can overfeed anemones so I'd not feed anymore for a little while. If you overfeed and the nem can't digest it, it can decay and hurt the nem.

Thanks for the advise, I will keep that in mind.

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

I have another question:
After light out and in early morning when the light still off, I can see the Anemone open widely bit look like a little soft spongy (like flat water balloon), it's hard to say since I'm new to keeping Anemone. When the light on it does look smaller and flat out wrap around the rock, like it pumped out all the water and stay flat. I'm using US Current Marine LED 24hrs controllable Light system. I'm wonder if the light is too weak or too strong for it? Sorry, if my question didn't make any sense to you, I'm hoping someone saw this behave before with your experience and can explain to me. Thanks in advance!