Anemone Species??

[firehorn]

hello everyone, i just bought this very small anemone which the shop person said it is a bubble tip but i am almost sure it isnt!!
can anyone identify it please? its very white and i heard that no nems are naturally white so i placed it under the strongest lit part in my aquarium.
i will try and upload a better picture later,
Thank you.

 

[elegance coral]

It's impossible to tell what species that is. It is bleached really really bad though. Good luck getting it to recover.

 

[firehorn]

ok thank you have you got any tips on how to help it recover?
thanks

 

[elegance coral]

I would try getting it to feed ASAP. Small pieces of marine meat.

 

[firehorn]

ok i will do that immediately, thanks alot

 

[garygb]

More pics?

 

[firehorn]

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here is a better pic thank you! doesn't look like a bubble tip to me!

 

[garygb]

Actually, I would guess it is a very, very bleached BTA.

 

[firehorn]

hmm it could be a BTA and yes its very white as it was in an aquarium with very dim LED lights at the aquarium shop. i hope it gets better

 

[rssjsb]

Gary's better at this than me, and I see why he says BTA. However, given where it's situated, I would think LTA. Is its foot buried in the sand? Ultimately, the only way to be sure is to look at the column, but I wouldn't disturb it if it's settled.

It is bleached, as you know. Just keep up your water quality and feed it small pieces (like the size of the eraser on a #2 pencil) of meaty stuff - mysis, squid, shrimp, etc.

 

[firehorn]

yes it seems to be burried and it went there on its own so im sure that this type like bottom places. it stuck to my frag yesterday and i removed it and today its back to the bottom so ill leave it there if its happy, yes i tried to feed it, gave it ieces of muscle and krill (the frozen cubed ones) though im not sure if they are chunky enough since the cube will have lots of small ones.
thanks once again! :beer:

 

[garygb]

If it's actually buried under the sand, then it's not a BTA. It looks to me like it's attached to the underside of a rock, which is typical of a BTA. A few more pics might help.

 

[firehorn]

its foot is attached t the rock not the sand for sure, ie its burried in the sand though holding onto the rock! dont know how the sand doesnt bother it but anyway, i cannot take and pictures which will look more different that these as its still in the same place!

 

[garygb]

If the anemone buried in the sand at all to then attach to the rock, then it's not a BTA. However, if there is a cave/overhand and the column of the anemone happens to be in contact with the sand, then that's typical of BTA. Any chance you can get more pics, maybe zoom in a bit?

 

[El Roho]

It looks like a condy to me.

 

[firehorn]

i will take some better pics tonight maybe from the side or so. will send them after work! thanks alot for all ur help!

 

[firehorn]

i have managed to take 2 pics which won't help much due to the position the nem is. i had to crop the pics as it wouldn't let me upload!
Thanks

 

[garygb]

Yeah, I believe even more so that's a BTA now. I hope it's getting good light, because it's very bleached. You will want to feed it small pieces of food to provide nutrition and expedite the recolonization of the zooxanthellae.

 

[elegance coral]

I still can't see anything in the pic's that would lead me to a conclusive ID. Maybe if we saw the underside, but it's not worth disturbing the anemone for.

 

[firehorn]

It's base is also white, with whiter lines from bottom to top, at lights off the nem closes up in a ball shape so if it does that again ill try and get a shot of it without blinding the fish hehe ) i also fed it a large brine shrimp (large as in 1/4th the size of a matchstick) and it closed so i assume it ate it. could i feed it a small piece of raw shrimp? the ones we buy for fishing?
Thanks