Anemone ID...Not Gigantea..not Heliantus?

CoralsAddiction

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Does anyone know what this is? At first I thought Gigantea then I thought Heliantus. The anemone lacks the spots on the underside to suggest it's either one unless Heliantus does not always have them.
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Can you turn down or turn off the blue lights and get the top two pictures just like the third, it will help ID easier.
 
Can you turn down or turn off the blue lights and get the top two pictures just like the third, it will help ID easier.

I switched this tank to T5 lighting and my bulbs are Blue+and Purple+combo. So can't change the spectrum unfortunately. The third pic was taken with the anemone out of the tank.
 
I switched this tank to T5 lighting and my bulbs are Blue+and Purple+combo. So can't change the spectrum unfortunately. The third pic was taken with the anemone out of the tank.

If you have a strong flashlight or a mobile white LED lamp, that can usually help with pictures.

Where did you find this anemone and could they tell you where it came from?
 
More pictures from this morning during a water change.
This anemone is getting re-homed in the next few days since I can't positively ID it as a Gigantea.
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How big is it? I have seen anemones like that before that were maybe a little bigger than silver dollar size. Unfortunately, I can't give you an ID for those either.
 
How big is it? I have seen anemones like that before that were maybe a little bigger than silver dollar size. Unfortunately, I can't give you an ID for those either.

About 3”
My Nebula Percula clowns have shown 0 interest in it since it was added last Sunday
 
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Thinking back, I had an anemone like it nearly 20 years ag. I though at the time it was a Gigantea. He stay at about 5-6 inches, never bigger. Clownfish (Ocellaris, Percula and Pink skunk) never go near him. I guess he is one of the non clownfish hosting anemone. I don't know enough about non host anemones to venture to guess the species.
 
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