What anemone is this?

[SauceyReef]

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.

Okay great! So we can rule out LTA as there is entirely no verracue.

While I can’t help with a specific Id, it reminds me of some of the colorful cold water anemones that I’ve seen at aquariums

Edit after some quick research - perhaps Actinia equina

https://www.aphotomarine.com/images/sea_anemones/beadlet_anemone_actinia_equina_17-06-15_1.jpg

My first thought when I saw it was that this is a non-hobby, tidal anemone.

Put it on a rock in your system, wait a few days then post pictures for different angles, see if you get any better consensus.

This is actually not mine! Somone on Biocube + Nanocube FB group made an ID post about this. We were talking and I wanted to help him as I am genuinely super interested to what this could be. A bunch of people were saying RFAs and I knew it couldnt be that.

 

[Cthulukelele]

Long tentacle anemone would be my vote. If you have the person place it in their sand with the pumps off for like 45 minutes and it attaches sticking its foot in the sand that'd confirm it for me

 

[SauceyReef]

Long tentacle anemone would be my vote. If you have the person place it in their sand with the pumps off for like 45 minutes and it attaches sticking its foot in the sand that'd confirm it for me

Wouldn't it need verracue to be an LTA?

 

[Cthulukelele]

Wouldn't it need verracue to be an LTA?

Yeah how big is it? Can be hard to see on little ones. Outside lta doesn't look like a common hobby anemone I'm familiar with

 

[Crustaceon]

Looks like a lta and verracue aren't always visible when the stalk is squished down like that.

 

[Rtaylor]

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[gig 'em]

My initial impression is it is a non-hosting anemone that isn’t common in the hobby. Typically the industry collects and sells anemones that host clownfish as they are popular in the hobby due to our love of that symbiosis. It looks like a tidal anemone that will gladly eat your fish and won’t host a clownfish or become very attractive. Just my guess though from the two photos.

 

[SauceyReef]

Thanks everyone. Still waiting for a response. I may have scared him off. The anemone looks to be around 2-4". He has three of them in separate containers.

 

[SauceyReef]

My initial impression is it is a non-hosting anemone that isn’t common in the hobby. Typically the industry collects and sells anemones that host clownfish as they are popular in the hobby due to our love of that symbiosis. It looks like a tidal anemone that will gladly eat your fish and won’t host a clownfish or become very attractive. Just my guess though from the two photos.

I also thought a tidal anemone. Regardless it looks quite beautiful !

 

[Timfish]

. . . This is actually not mine! Somone on Biocube + Nanocube FB group made an ID post about this. We were talking and I wanted to help him as I am genuinely super interested to what this could be. A bunch of people were saying RFAs and I knew it couldnt be that.

Seeing the 2nd picture and reading your posts I'm pretty certain it's an Aptasia. The colors and color distribution is similar to Aptasia I've seen over the decades. I'll try to find pics.

 

[D-Nak]

I concur with a tidal anemone. The apparent size and pointed tentacles lead me to this conclusion.

What country did the OP say these were from? I few years ago there was an anemone that was imported in bulk that turned out to be (or I should say what many believed to be) a tidal anemone from Japan that had apparently marginal success in reef tanks. I'd venture to guess that all of them have died at this point.

 

[SauceyReef]

Seeing the 2nd picture and reading your posts I'm pretty certain it's an Aptasia. The colors and color distribution is similar to Aptasia I've seen over the decades. I'll try to find pics.

That is totally unbelievable to me, but I know there are a lot of aiptasia species out there. I would love to see any references.

I concur with a tidal anemone. The apparent size and pointed tentacles lead me to this conclusion.

What country did the OP say these were from? I few years ago there was an anemone that was imported in bulk that turned out to be (or I should say what many believed to be) a tidal anemone from Japan that had apparently marginal success in reef tanks. I'd venture to guess that all of them have died at this point.

It seems he is from Israel!

 

[SauceyReef]

He just replied and sent a couple more photos. I guess the store he got this from claims it is from the middle east.

 

[adiasayag]

Hay Avery one, this is my anemones, thank you for the ID for new , I'll add more pictures soon that it will be more precise , I want to thank SauceyReef for starting this discussion with you ,
In general bit info on my tank
120 liter , with back sump , using RO water TDS around 3+-
Using red sea pro salt , feeding one time a week AB+ for slow grow and less maintenance, untill I'll have more corals.

 

[adiasayag]

Hay Avery one, this is my anemones, thank you for the ID for new , I'll add more pictures soon that it will be more precise , I want to thank SauceyReef for starting this discussion with you ,
In general bit info on my tank
120 liter , with back sump , using RO water TDS around 3+-
Using red sea pro salt , feeding one time a week AB+ for slow grow and less maintenance, untill I'll have more corals.

He just replied and sent a couple more photos. I guess the store he got this from claims it is from the middle east.

Yeah how big is it? Can be hard to see on little ones. Outside lta doesn't look like a common hobby anemone I'm familiar with

The size is 3-3.5 inches

 

[SauceyReef]

Hay Avery one, this is my anemones, thank you for the ID for new , I'll add more pictures soon that it will be more precise , I want to thank SauceyReef for starting this discussion with you ,
In general bit info on my tank
120 liter , with back sump , using RO water TDS around 3+-
Using red sea pro salt , feeding one time a week AB+ for slow grow and less maintenance, untill I'll have more corals.

Hey! That is awesome you joined reef2reef! Welcome and glad to have you here. Thank you for the updates. Hopefully somone here can help us figure out what species this could be. If not this was still quite fun to document.

 

[OrionN]

I can say what it is not. It is not one of the handful of clownfish hosting anemones. There are a number of species' anemones out there that do not host clown, and this is one of those.


Could be an Actinia equina.

 

[adiasayag]

Some updates photos with Torchlight, showing the realistic colors.

 

[bradleym]

Some updates photos with Torchlight, showing the realistic colors.

I don't know what kind of anemone you have here, but I think it's very cool! If I could get them in the USA I wouldn't even hesitate.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

The closest looking I know, Anemonia melanaster and Anemonia sargassensis, aren't from the right area and wouldn't be big enough to be this as described. That said, I'm inclined to believe it's an Actinia sp. (though I have no idea which one, and there are more species in the genus then I personally care to try and sort through at the moment), as a lot of these would be more appropriately sized, at least a few are from the right area, and I know at least a few have similar patterns around the mouth.

Regardless, it's a pretty specimen.