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digital-audiophile
07-29-2007, 12:02 AM
Howdy!

So I bought this Anemone about 2 months ago. It was sold to me as a "Carnation" anemone, but I have found it does not seem to match any of the examples of the carnation/rock flower anemone I have found online.

I'm hoping someone with more experience might be able to give it a good identification.

I appologize for the pictures, I don't think I will ever figure out how to take a decent underwater photo. This was taken before the lights came on with and using the camera flash. I know in the photos the anemone looks translucent white, in person it is more of a light yellow colour with purple tips so I think that it may be slightly bleached, but it has been pretty happy/healthy since I got it. It has a yellow/orange'ish' foot and is pretty small, less than an inch oral disk. when fully expanded it is about 3 inches around.

Thanks in advance for your help!

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w319/digital-audiophile/Fish%20Tank/Anemone2.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w319/digital-audiophile/Fish%20Tank/Anemone1.jpg
ron101
07-29-2007, 01:52 AM
Can you get a pic of its foot?
findingnemo1
07-29-2007, 02:09 AM
My guess would be a bleached Sebae Anemone. And with the yeallowish colour you say it is i would say sebae. But the tentacles look like they have blue on the tips.We had one that looked somewhat the same as it was bleached and it did make a full recovery with some great lights and meaty foods everyday.
digital-audiophile
07-29-2007, 02:19 AM
The very end of the tips have that little color dot on them, it is more purple than blue in person though.

I will try to get a picture of the foot if it deflates a bit.

Any suggestions on feeding, since it is small I have been giving it mysis, but more on an infrequent basis than I should. If it is a sebae I am some what surprised that it has not tried climbing higher in the tank. It's spent the entire time with me on the bottom of the tank attached to a rock, it has moved a couple times but it has just been horizontally in the tank, not up closer to the lights, which I would imagine it should do.
findingnemo1
07-29-2007, 03:11 AM
They choose to live at either. Its not like the lta's that most always stay on the sand.Mine was in the sand as we'll. I would feed it small pencil eraser size pieces of silversides,fresh clam meat,fresh shrimp. Find what it likes and go with it. I feed mine that size pieces everyday untill the colour came back and then started about twice a week. Most like silversides but you never know.

Here is a link to liveaquaria with abit of info:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=633
digital-audiophile
07-29-2007, 02:40 PM
The anemone moved last night up against the glass so I was able to take a couple pictures of the foot this morning.

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w319/digital-audiophile/Fish%20Tank/Foot2.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w319/digital-audiophile/Fish%20Tank/Foot1.jpg
digital-audiophile
07-29-2007, 02:41 PM
Wow, it really does look bleached from the underside eh?
NateL
07-29-2007, 03:02 PM
My guess would be a bleached Sebae Anemone. And with the yeallowish colour you say it is i would say sebae. But the tentacles look like they have blue on the tips.We had one that looked somewhat the same as it was bleached and it did make a full recovery with some great lights and meaty foods everyday.

+1
findingnemo1
07-29-2007, 10:04 PM
Yep a very bleached sebae. Feed him good and he will come back. Lots of meaty stuff and good water condition:)
digital-audiophile
07-29-2007, 10:21 PM
Thanks for the help :)

Water conditions are SG 1.025 | Ammonia 0 | Nitrites 0 | Nitrates 10 (Fighting to get these down)

I had been target feeding mysis once a week, I will start this evening feeding silversides, msysis & brine daily. :)
findingnemo1
07-30-2007, 12:32 AM
No Problem. Keep us updated on what it looks like. It shouldn't be long with daily feedings that you start to see colour.