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Is this an RFA? Never seen anything like it

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bradleym said:
My best guess is a long tentacle anemone. A picture of the base/underside would help confirm this.
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Agree, the tentacles and oral disk highly suggest lta (macrodactyla doreensis). Definitely not a rock flower. If it’s an lta you will see spots (verracue) under the oral disk like below:
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DeniseAndy said:
Did it come on live rock by chance?
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IDing for a friend online! I can ask them.
bradleym said:
My best guess is a long tentacle anemone. A picture of the base/underside would help confirm this.
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I also guessed this! But the sides have absolutely no bumps.. Ill show a photo when I get one from him - @Rtaylor

He sent me a video on FB that I cant share. He got three of these things. THey have absolutely no bumps on the foot, so it cant be a RFA or LTA, right?
 
SauceyReef said:
IDing for a friend online! I can ask them.

I also guessed this! But the sides have absolutely no bumps.. Ill show a photo when I get one from him - @Rtaylor

He sent me a video on FB that I cant share. He got three of these things. THey have absolutely no bumps on the foot, so it cant be a RFA or LTA, right?
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When you say bumps, you mean there are no visible verracue? What color is the foot? Can you get a decent pic of the video? Do you happen to know the source (indo, gulf, aussie, NW pacific, etc.?)

I just noticed it looks like it’s in a feeding cone and tiny? If that’s the case, my next guess would be a baby bubbletip (assuming lta is totally ruled out, as it really looks like an lta).
 
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Rtaylor said:
When you say bumps, you mean there are no visible verracue? What color is the foot? Can you get a decent pic of the video? Do you happen to know the source (indo, gulf, aussie, NW pacific, etc.?)

I just noticed it looks like it’s in a feeding cone and tiny? If that’s the case, my next guess would be a baby bubbletip (assuming lta is totally ruled out, as it really looks like an lta).
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He sent me a video and I can see the sides and foot. There is no verracue so I assume possibly a BTA. The video can the converted or saved at all as it was on a reply. Waiting for him to message me back
 
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Rtaylor said:
Did he purchase these or just find them in his tank? If they weren’t purchased, what other anemones are in the tank? How big are the anemones? Smaller than a quarter?
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Still waiting for him to reply back to me - I am really unsure. I am almost certain he bought them but not sure from where and what it was originally attached to.
 
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SauceyReef said:
So far we have heard LTA, RFA, BTA, Aiptasia, and Condy. Any experts here we can call on for some help?
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It’s definitely not an rfa, condy, or aptasia. Anemone identification requires examination of various pieces of anatomy. You’ve provided 2 pics. A lot more pics of various angles would help. Knowing the source would help, knowing if it’s a hitchhiker or not would help, the size of the anemone would help. There are literally thousands of types of anemones.
Of commonly kept anemones, only lta’s and h. Aurora have striations on the oral disk like that. Bta’s have white striations around the mouth. Baby or juvenile anemones can differ as they develop (which is why size would be useful)….it’s definitely not h.aurora as that anemone has very easily identified tentacles.
It’s also definitely not h.crispa or any type of carpet, it’s not a magnifica.
So it’s either a non-common species (in the trade) or lta, or bta.
Need more info and pics.
 
Rtaylor said:
It’s definitely not an rfa, condy, or aptasia. Anemone identification requires examination of various pieces of anatomy. You’ve provided 2 pics. A lot more pics of various angles would help. Knowing the source would help, knowing if it’s a hitchhiker or not would help, the size of the anemone would help. There are literally thousands of types of anemones.
Of commonly kept anemones, only lta’s and h. Aurora have striations on the oral disk like that. Bta’s have white striations around the mouth. Baby or juvenile anemones can differ as they develop (which is why size would be useful)….it’s definitely not h.aurora as that anemone has very easily identified tentacles.
It’s also definitely not h.crispa or any type of carpet, it’s not a magnifica.
So it’s either a non-common species (in the trade) or lta, or bta.
Need more info and pics.
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Im not sure if you have read my other replies, but this is from someone online and I as of now haven't gotten any more information. I can just take screen shots from the video he originally sent. But at this point you see the mouth, tentacles, top, side view, and foot. Not sure what else you want a photo of. I can take more screen shots of the video which will show other angles of the side of the foot. The anemone is around 2-4" looking at the video and size of the containers they are in.

My first thought was an anemone not in the trade. Wouldnt an LTA have the verracue? Thus BTA or uknown ID.
 
SauceyReef said:
Im not sure if you have read my other replies, but this is from someone online and I as of now haven't gotten any more information. I can just take screen shots from the video he originally sent. But at this point you see the mouth, tentacles, top, side view, and foot. Not sure what else you want a photo of. I can take more screen shots of the video which will show other angles of the side of the foot. The anemone is around 2-4" looking at the video and size of the containers they are in.

My first thought was an anemone not in the trade. Wouldnt an LTA have the verracue? Thus BTA or uknown ID.
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Typically when identifying anemones you start with horses not zebras. If the verracue is really not present then it’s not an lta. It doesn’t really look like a bta, but was thinking if it were less than an inch, possibly a juvenile. If it’s a ‘zebra’ the source would be extremely useful information.
 
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