Help ID this anemone

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looks like carpet or pizza carpet?been in my tank for 2 months.feel it's quite easy to keep.never feed it.
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Carpet anemone- possibly Hadoni
 
I think it is a S. haddoni but not 100%. Need better clearer, in focus picture to look at the detail of the tentacles and of the column. I seem to, maybe... tentacles on the edge is different then the rest of the oral plate. If this is the case, and the column is colorful and with verrucae then it is a C. adaesivum. It is really easy to tell in person or if you give us adequate pictures.
Only raerely I see Pizza anemone with all the tentacles uniformly same color. Even in these cases, the structure of the tentacles are different.
Other distant possibility include MaxiMini Carpet anemone (S. tapetum). Can rule out S. helinathus, S. gigantea or S. mertensii, or Mini S. tapetum.
 
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The pic does have a lot in common with C. adaesivum. The dense tentacles around the edge, and the way it's fallowing the contour of the rocks and sand. Could also be S. haddoni though. Like Orion said, we need a better pic.
 
sorry for the poor quality of the former picture.I tried my best to make these two.but seems still not very good for a identification.And btw its.mouth is a very small black hole that you can even say it's invisible.according to the info above and the search I googled I guess it's a C.adahesivum.
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its does't matter the name, people sometimes get hung up on names, you can call it whatever you want lol
ultra neon carpet, green carpet, super neon carpet pick one hahaha, looks amazing though
 
its does't matter the name, people sometimes get hung up on names, you can call it whatever you want lol
ultra neon carpet, green carpet, super neon carpet pick one hahaha, looks amazing though
This is not a BTA where folks have named different color morphs, typically done to jack up the price. I think the OP is looking for a species ID.

Carpet anemones (Stichodactyla haddoni, S. gigantea, S. mertensii, etc.) are different than a pizza anemone (Crytodendrum adaesivum).

In this case, I agree with OrionN. I think it's a pizza anemone but we'll need more photos to give a positive ID.
 
its does't matter the name, people sometimes get hung up on names, you can call it whatever you want lol
ultra neon carpet, green carpet, super neon carpet pick one hahaha, looks amazing though
This is not true. Different anemones require different conditions to thrive, so accurate ID the species of an anemone is important.
Cryptodendrum adhaesivum is a huge fish eater and perhaps should not be keep in a reef tank (from a person who keep a lot of carpets in a reef). They are not called Adhesive anemone for nothing.
 

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