Yet another Nem ID

[haleyf1024]

I was at a LFS today and saw this guy. He's different from my RBTA's and was too pretty to pass up. Well, the store was selling him as a, wait for it... " Blueish-Pinkish Anemone". When I asked an employee to elaborate he said "idk, long tentacle?" Yep, they were spot on huh. The nem does appear healthy, mouth closed and sticky, latched onto my finger when I transported him. After standing there for a half hour trying to ID him, I do have a best guess. But, I wanna see everyone else's opinion before I say. The tentacles are about an inch long.

 

[DeniseAndy]

sebae maybe?

 

[GHsaltie]

Do you have a picture of the foot? I also think it looks like a sebae.

 

[haleyf1024]

No pic of the foot, it's firmly attached to the rock. But it's a dark brown color though. You can kinda see it here.

 

[GHsaltie]

I'm still sticking with sebae, but @AcroNem knows his stuff with anemones, he should be able to help you.

 

[The new fish on the block]

it looks Like a Magnifica to me

 

[AcroNem]

Apologies for my late reply, this actually is looking and behaving more like a H. magnifica. Being flat against the glass is a clue. The lighter tentacles kind of throw it off, but the undertones are right. sebae usually have longer tentacles. Is the base nice and thick/wide?

 

[D-Nak]

I'd go with magnifica as well.

 

[haleyf1024]

And that's what I had been thinking as well, Magnifica. @AcroNem yes, it's thick and nearly the as wide as the oral disk.
Today the very very ends of his tentacles have the purple speck that sebaes stereotypically have, so the magnificents have them as well? They are the same genus, so I'd assume so.

 

[AcroNem]

Being the same genus there are things that will be similar, sebae should be more pronounced, as it looks like that color on the tips isn't very large on yours. I still think the color is a bit light, the white-ish color is tricking us to think it's a sebae. That big, flat base and the structure looks a lot like H. magnifica, I'm going to stick with that.

 

[haleyf1024]

Wouldn't be surprised if he's super bleached, the lfs I was at keeps their nem tank (30-35" deep mind you) under 1 of those cheap LED strip lights you can buy at petsmart for $30-50. He had the most color in that tank sadly.

 

[AcroNem]

Ah. I didn't think the lighter color was very natural, but knowing that I'm confident saying it's a bleached out magnifica. It looks healthy enough aside from color, so under your (I'm assuming) better lighting and with target feeding it should recover.