Yellow Sand Anemone??

blazinreef · Aug 12, 2014

Anyone know anything about this? It is listed as Yellow Sand Anemone (Gyrostoma helianthus)

bairdimusprime · Aug 12, 2014

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blazinreef · Aug 12, 2014

Dont have a link or picture. It is listed on a purchase list that is available and I am trying to figure out what it is.

BroncosZOA · Aug 12, 2014

Most Likely

Most likely it is a dyed yellow sebea anemone.

blazinreef · Aug 12, 2014

So I spoke with the supplier. He assured me it is not a dyed sebea. It is a different genus. He has had a few of them. Bright yellow and hold their color well. Looks like I will be getting one...

BroncosZOA · Aug 12, 2014

I have doubts

Good Luck post some pics, im pretty sure its a Dyed Sebea Anemone

Also that Latin name doesnt coincide with any anemones i have heard of.

this is the only yellow anemone i have ever seen and its from japan and not common to come across

Halcurias anemone is the ?Glofish? of the cnidarians

KorD · Aug 12, 2014

BroncosZOA said:
Halcurias anemone is the ?Glofish? of the cnidarians

I so want one of these.. I know I have no chance on it, but it would look great in my all nem tank

Daniel@R2R · Aug 12, 2014

So...I googled the scientific name you have up there, and it is amazing how there are VERY few pics of this anemone. The best pic I see is in a link I found to a French article. LOL I would post the pic here, but it looks copyrighted, so I'll just post the link: Gyrostoma helianthus If your French is better than mine, maybe you can learn something about them. LOL

J Rog · Aug 12, 2014

KorD said:
I so want one of these.. I know I have no chance on it, but it would look great in my all nem tank

I think Live Aquaria were getting batches of them last year if I remember correctly..

BroncosZOA · Aug 12, 2014

Guys those french pictures are bleached sebea anemones or Malu.

Heteractis malu or heteractis crispa, helanthius is no longer used to describe any hosting anemones. the only anemone that it really is used for is the atlantic carpet anemone.

KorD · Aug 12, 2014

J Rog said:
I think Live Aquaria were getting batches of them last year if I remember correctly..

the site says coming soon... I'll just keep looking back from time to time...

Then again the last two they had sold for around a grand. Hmmmmmmmmmm maybe it is not for me.. LOL

Squishie89 · Aug 13, 2014

By the way, Halcurias anemones are colder water anemones, typically 70F at the highest.

J Rog · Aug 13, 2014

Wow, they were selling them for that when I was looking. But like Squishie89 said, they are cold water nems from Japan

KorD · Aug 13, 2014

Squishie89 said:
By the way, Halcurias anemones are colder water anemones, typically 70F at the highest.

That would not be a problem.. I have 5 different tanks laying around the house.. I could even get my pico rolling with high water change over and low movement. But the price is what is driving me away from it.

Right now I have a 30gal, 25 long, 10 gal in the home. One is already set up and being used as a cold water tank.