Small carpet anemone ID

[carpetlover]

So anyways I bought even more carpet anemones, and these now have me stumped. I bought 2 maxi mini carpets, but one looks like a baby giant/haddoni? What do you guys think?
Ps, maxis do best in the sand right?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

@OrionN

 

[carpetlover]

@D-Nak

 

[carpetlover]

@chizerbunoi

 

[carpetlover]

More pics!

 

[chizerbunoi]

Looks nice. They look like maxi minis to me.

They also attach to rock when young.

 

[OrionN]

I think the larger anemone above is a baby Haddoni, while the smaller one is a Ricordia. Baby Haddoni stay on rock until they get larger. I guess it is too easy to get bury in the sand, and it can kill them if they get bury by several inches of sand.

 

[chizerbunoi]

Is it the lack of pointy tentacles along the rim that you identified it that way? I thought haddoni at first but then changed my mind as I thought I could see that characteristic.

 

[carpetlover]

I think the larger anemone above is a baby Haddoni, while the smaller one is a Ricordia. Baby Haddoni stay on rock until they get larger. I guess it is too easy to get bury in the sand, and it can kill them if they get bury by several inches of sand.

Ah so it’s a mushroom? What a way to get scammed haha. Anyways, I assume baby anemone are sticky? So if it is a ricordia then I should be able to touch it bare handed and not feel anything I suppose

 

[DeniseAndy]

I agree with the baby haddoni. The other is more difficult. My immediate was mushroom, but then it kind of looks a bit like a baby malu. Probably a ric, but I would place it as yuma, not floridia.

 

[DeniseAndy]

Neither look like a maxi mini to me actually. Certainly not the big one. Nice either way if you are set up to handle them.

 

[lemonade]

S. Haddoni and Tapetum

 

[carpetlover]

I agree with the baby haddoni. The other is more difficult. My immediate was mushroom, but then it kind of looks a bit like a baby malu. Probably a ric, but I would place it as yuma, not floridia.

Hmm the smaller one is really sticky, and ate the test feeder fish. Definitely not a mushroom

 

[carpetlover]

Hmm reminds me of majano... lol. But given that it ate a fish whole, probably not

 

[DeniseAndy]

Could be a baby malu. The spread of the tentacles is similar. Cool either way.