Anemone identification
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Ron Reefman
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Not much color, so hard to ID.
It looks like a Condy to me. But usually at least the tips have some purple. Here are both primary color morphs of the Condy.
It looks like a Condy to me. But usually at least the tips have some purple. Here are both primary color morphs of the Condy.
Condylactis
They eat fish and sting bad so
Ron Reefman
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I'm going to disagree with you here. I had Condys in my tanks for close to 10 years and they NEVER ate a fish. They even were willing to play host to my clownfish. And Condy anemones and clownfish NEVER meet up in nature. One is from the Caribbean and the other from the South Pacific.
They do have a sting. But just like mosquito bites, some people have a reaction that is very mild and some have a more severe reaction. My hand has been in a Condy and I could feel it holding on to me using it's nematocysts (hooked stinging cells). But it never hurt and I never felt any pain afterwards and my hand never developed any redness.
I had one in my aquarium. I very well know where they’re from, I’m studying the ecology of reefs around Florida, Cuba, and The Caribbean. And I do know they eat fish, they ate my friends’ three baby dragonets after I traded it. I know what nematocysts are, and I didn’t mean stinging people. Our flesh is too thick for their nematocysts to penetrate and cause damage. To corals their sting is worse than other anemones like bubble tips, and in my experience owning these animals they don’t sit still as much as BTAs and others do... they like to wander a bit more, which means it’s more likely to sting corals.
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He is a teenager who just had an entire thread dedicated to him wanting to quit the hobby. I wouldn't take his statements too seriously.
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You’re able to create your own post if you need help or identification. No need to make multiple post on people’s threadsHi Everyone!
Do you know if this one if a Condy or a Sabae?
You’re a grown man trying to fight with a sixteen year old... people shouldn’t take your statements too seriously either...
Sump Crab
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Not trying to fight, just pointing out the truth. One of the biggest issues on this forum is people taking advice from others who proclaim to be experts when in fact the "expert" cannot even keep their own livestock alive and healthy. These so called "experts" create a lot of misinformation on this forum that ends up hurting hobbyists and their pets. Surely you can understand?
Surely I can understand but I never said I’m an expert. I just know I had one sold way over what it‘s worth to me and I was told it was something else. Then I found out it was a condylactis. It had a bad sting and after I gave it to a friend with an LFS it ate some of his small fish. I’m not trying to misinform I’m just telling them my walk with the Condy. I don’t want them to have a bad experience with it
