From Papua New Guinea

[Darren-oli]

Hi guys .

I found this while out diving a few weeks back and was wondering if any one knows the name of this anemone?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

You just made every single person on this forum jealous.

 

[Darren-oli]

You just made every single person on this forum jealous.

Thanks but do you by any chance know what the name for it is.

 

[reefwiser]

Looks like a
Stichodactyla mertensii common in Papua New Guinea

http://www.aquaworldaquarium.com/Articles/TonyGriffitts/ClownfishAnemones/mertens_carpet_anemone.htm

 

[Darren-oli]

Thanks reef wiser I too thought it was but have a close look at each polyp they look hairy and then it has a bright green polyps around the edge

 

[Zoaeasy]

I would love to hear what reefing in Papua is like. Do you get all your specimens from the sea ? If you have some time write something !
I imagine that you have quite a unique experience in this hobby.

 

[Darren-oli]

I would love to hear what reefing in Papua is like. Do you get all your specimens from the sea ? If you have some time write something !
I imagine that you have quite a unique experience in this hobby.

How about this percula morph caught same place where the lightning clown orginated

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

This why I love to Bump threads.
And yea. Still jealous. I could do a catch and release tank!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Very cool!

 

[bairdimusprime]

awesome thread~~ so cool any more pics??

 

[clownfish chris]

awesome thread~~ so cool any more pics??

Agreed. I would be interested in seeing much more from Papa. What is your tank like?

 

[Darren-oli]

I would love to hear what reefing in Papua is like. Do you get all your specimens from the sea ? If you have some time write something !
I imagine that you have quite a unique experience in this hobby.

I am still new to the hobby . And yes all from the sea at this stage.

 

[fragit]

Your soooo lucky. Most people here in the states can't even use fresh sea water because of pollution and high phosphates etc. I would love to be able to walk out in my back yard and pick corals and fish up. Unfortunately I live in Maine and would need a huge chiller to keep the water cold enough to keep any of my indigenous species alive.

 

[Steven C]

Absolutely Amazing

 

[Darren-oli]

Your soooo lucky. Most people here in the states can't even use fresh sea water because of pollution and high phosphates etc. I would love to be able to walk out in my back yard and pick corals and fish up. Unfortunately I live in Maine and would need a huge chiller to keep the water cold enough to keep any of my indigenous species alive.

Thanks Fragit. It is wonderful to walk out and collect specimens here but unfortunately our power here is not consistent. I have lost a few fish here because of that problem.

 

[gfox]

Nice find.Do you have a reef tank that you have that great looking Nem in ?

 

[fragit]

In the part of the US that I live power outages can be an issue also. A lot of homes have generators to power their homes especially in the winter when it is very cold.

 

[ygon]

Interesting looks more like a fury mushroom than an anemone to me.

 

[Darren-oli]

Thanks will post a video of a clown I found in Solomons aswell soon

 

[Darren-oli]

Thanks Ygon I was beginning to think that it was a mushroom. It's just that it kept moving around like an anemone