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I’ve been in love with these anemones for a while but can’t find much on them. Anyone know how to ID these from other similar nems and how hard their care is?
I’d also love to know whether these split like BTAs do and get quite large in their numbers or if they don’t split as badly as BTAs do.

P.S. I didn’t mean to write Cindy, autocorrect just doesn’t like Condy apparently.
 
Oh, condy anemones. Yes, I can tell you everything you want to know about them (I have two)! They potentially move around (a lot), although if they find their "ideal" spot they'll usually set up shop. They're "stickier" than anemones, so they pose slightly more of a hazard to fish (but I've yet to have any issues - the fish all give them a wide berth, including the clownfish). Care and feeding is just like regular anemones, ie: good light, flow and occasional supplemental snacks in the form of brine, mysis, etc.

They are extremely resilient. They can crawl into a dark crevice, stay there for a few days and then emerge unscathed like they were on safari. They also take on different colors depending on your lighting and time of day. The pair I have both have blue tips, but range in color from light blue, green and even purple throughout the day. They don't seem to really sting corals like other anemones, so damage to adjacent corals seems to be kept to a bare minimum.
 
Oh, condy anemones. Yes, I can tell you everything you want to know about them (I have two)! They potentially move around (a lot), although if they find their "ideal" spot they'll usually set up shop. They're "stickier" than anemones, so they pose slightly more of a hazard to fish (but I've yet to have any issues - the fish all give them a wide berth, including the clownfish). Care and feeding is just like regular anemones, ie: good light, flow and occasional supplemental snacks in the form of brine, mysis, etc.

They are extremely resilient. They can crawl into a dark crevice, stay there for a few days and then emerge unscathed like they were on safari. They also take on different colors depending on your lighting and time of day. The pair I have both have blue tips, but range in color from light blue, green and even purple throughout the day. They don't seem to really sting corals like other anemones, so damage to adjacent corals seems to be kept to a bare minimum.
Thankyou for the help! How “badly” do they split out of curiosity?
 
I had a huge one pre flukes outbreak. Doubled in size, took less than a year to get as big as it was but it never split. Started out about 1.5 inches across and in that photo it was at least 4" across.

Edit: Condy when I got it:
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Condy just before I lost it:
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