I managed to get a hold of one of these elusive creatures recently (For an amazing deal) and after doing some brief research, I have found out that the scientific name of this creature is Anthopleura fuscoviridis and have found out that they are a common sub-tropical species from Japan.
Are there any other keepers of this anemone that would like to share their experiences with it? As there is currently very little information on it.
Interestingly, we were able to obtain one for a great price from our lfs when they first came out. I placed it in an isolated corner of my tank on a nice piece of life rock. The next day i found it had moved under the rock. I let it stay for a couple weeks and then decided I would try to relocate it. Surprise, it was gone. I looked everywhere in the crevices of the rock and found nothing. Time has passed and I moved on. Lol
Tonight, over three months later I decided to move that rock as I have various cyphastrea growing well on it and wanted to place it in a better location. I did a double take, and square under that rock is our rainbow bottom anemone in all its glory. It’s anchored itself down in the sand and attached to the bottom glass.
I’ve seen more questions than answers about these guys. My thoughts
-I highly doubt these are photosynthetic
-my tank runs 78-high 79s all summer, so I believe it can tolerate warmer water quite well.
I’m hoping it will stay put now that I moved the rock. I didn’t want to place the rock back in fear of causing damage. It’s still in a very shaded part of my tank.
I would be interested in hearing about survival rates, and any other successes people are having.
I hope this helps and happy reefing!
-Deca
This may get more traffic in the anemone forum.
