Anemone ID Please! Malu or crispa?

[davocean]

Oops, now I feel bad I made a joke about your pics...sorry.
W/out good pics of foot/base it's really just a guess, but Elegance/Tony ID is probably correct.
It can be hard to ID from just tents.

 

[davocean]

You know, after looking at your other post where Elegance posted pics, they do look pretty similar.
But it would be nice to get a good look at foot when you can get pics.

 

[AliKat]

Yeah, I can't find that stupid memory card. Think I might have left it somewhere. Will try to get better pics one way or another.

Wouldn't the nem try to move to where it would be happiest? This morning it's still in the same area. It's foot is attached to a rock and it has some verrucae attached to a rock next to it. I figure it may be wanting to get closer to the light. I had put it kind of in between lights.

 

[AliKat]

I agree with Tony. It looks like magnifica to me. I see nothing about that anemone that suggests it's a malu. The tentacles are to numerous and blunt to be malu. Maybe it will show something different when you post more pic's, but I doubt it.

Is it possible it's a crispa?

 

[clowns101]

Very rarely will they stay where we put them.But sometimes we are lucky and they like whrer we place them!

 

[AliKat]

Okay, am uploading a better picture of its foot that I was just able to get.

I'm just worried as to whether I need to move the nem into better lighting and water flow. Since I was told it was a sebae, I placed it at the bottom of the tank.

 

[AliKat]

 

[AliKat]

Guess I should also mention that this nem is around 5-6 inches in diameter if that makes a difference. It does have a few rows of clear verrucae up close to the tentacles.

And it has green tips.

Should I move it closer to the light and flow or just wait and see what it does? I don't think it's in a spot where it can climb up to the top of the tank, and I don't want to lose any polyps that it stings.

 

[phender]

It is a little beat up, but I'm very sure that it is either crispa or malu, most likely crispa. Not all crispa have purple tips. Many have bright green tips. The splotchy orange base is a dead give away. The verrucae normally present on a sebae are difficult to detect when the anemone is deflated like that, but they are there. Most of my crispa have attached to rocks instead of buried in the sand.

 

[AliKat]

So do I just leave it where it is or do I need to move it? Just want to make sure it's going to be okay and that I'm doing everything I can for it.

 

[phender]

I would dig a hole in the sand at the base of a rock and put it there. That gives it a choice between rock and sand. If you have a nice crevice between rocks, that may work as well.
If its foot is already attached, leave it where it is.

 

[clowns101]

Umm...Im starting to agree with phender on this....but Im still a bit confused?

 

[davocean]

This is a terrible pic, but shows base of my crispa, very similar to yours, but yours seems darker yellow, but maybe just cause it's bunched up.
I'm told the malu is very similar to Crispa, but should have ringed stripes on tents.
My Crispa always prefered sand, but right up against rocks.
I'd leave it alone and let it settle.

 

[davocean]

oops forgot pic.

 

[AliKat]

Thanks for the help, everyone! Any suggestions on how to keep this guy happy? I've had Ritteri, RBTA, and LTA's before, but this is my first Crispa.

 

[delphinus]

Forgot to come back and check the new pictures! Whoops. But seeing it now, yep, I see it's crispa or malu (sorry I don't know what to suggest for differentiating between those two). I can see some verrucae adhering to the rock as well.

 

[jasonrp104]

I will never call myself an expert but I have never seen a crispa that looked like that. Never seen one with green tips either

 

[davocean]

A malu is supposed to have striped tents from what I've read, and are smaller, and tents are shorter.
As for Crispa care, mine liked heavy light, and moderate to heavy flow.

 

[Big E]

That's not a Malu.....they don't stay attached on rocks above sand & it doesn't look like one either.

 

[tufacody]

Not a Mag. I'd say Crispa.