Anemonie ? & ID please

[redhairsunshine]

I have 3 anem's. I had 2 saltie tanks, a 40g and a 30g, that have now been place together in to one tank; a 75g. I had an anemone in each of the smaller tanks that are now in the larger one. I also acquired a BTA that was attached to a rock of Zoa's that I purchased at a LFS.

1. Can these all be kept in the 75 together (the are now) or will it cause problems later?

2. ID needed of one of them please.

This is the one I need an ID on. The LFS that I got it from said it was a LTA but I don't think so... It has attached itself to the rock (and I know LTA like sand beds).

Here is the LTA that has placed itself in the back of the tank into a lower light area (and right now I have PC's but getting T5's):

and here is the BTA that placed itself in the rocks at the front of the the tank:

Thanks!

 

[Conrad25]

that picture is really blurry to tell what it is..... Probably going to need a better one for anyone to put a positive ID on it.

 

[redhairsunshine]

Ok, will get one once my tank lights come on.

 

[garygb]

The second pic is an LTA (Macrodactyla doreensis), the last pic is a BTA (Entacmaea quadricolor). The first pic maybe a BTA also, but need a better pic.

 

[redhairsunshine]

Here is a better pic.

 

[elegance coral]

My guess would be a mushroom. Totally a guess though.

 

[rssjsb]

Or a completely starved LTA.

 

[redhairsunshine]

Not starved, I feed it silversides once a week...it will not eat more if I offer it more than 1x a week.

 

[Toddrtrex]

If that last one is an anemone, it is in pretty poor shape, and it starved -- again if it is an anemone it is eating its tentacles/self for energy.

In addition that BTA is pretty bleached, and the LTA doesn't look all that happy -- the foot should be buried in the sandbed.

 

[bradleym]

I had an H. Crispa that kinda looked like that when I first got it. It took a couple months but it ended up looking like a normal H. Crispa with long tentacles.

 

[redhairsunshine]

The BTA just came to me a few days ago from the LFS who did not even know it was on the rock with the zoa's I purchased, so I am sure it is not happy/healthy yet. The LTA has its base attached to the rock it is sitting by (the rock is under the sand). Again, I feed the unknown one with the other ones 1x a week and offer more on diff days but it only takes food 1x a week. The pics were taken under the blue lights shortly after they came on.

 

[redhairsunshine]

Here are a few more pics with all the lights on and the camera flash off. It is hard to get a good shot as my camera makes it blurry if I get too close. The place I got it from (and the LTA) I have since been told that the owner sells things that are on the edge of life and lies about what things are...so IDK

 

[shabreeson]

i would guess a starved LTA too

 

[redhairsunshine]

Well, again...I feed it every week so it is not starving. Thanks for the assistance.. :spin3:

 

[bradleym]

How long have you had the unknown nem? Just because you're feeding it well doesn't mean it wasn't starved before you got it. "Starved" is past tense. When an anemone is starved it will shrink and eat its tentacles for energy, causing the tentacles to look short and knobby. This will take months of proper lighting, feeding, and care to undo.

 

[Toddrtrex]

The fact of the matter is this; with the lack of tentacles, and the very short ones that do remain, it has been consuming itself for energy.

In addition, myself and several other very experienced anemone keepers have had issues with using silversides -- might want to considering using something else; I like frozen (( thawed )) krill.

 

[Apercula]

How long have you had the unknown nem? Just because you're feeding it well doesn't mean it wasn't starved before you got it. "Starved" is past tense. When an anemone is starved it will shrink and eat its tentacles for energy, causing the tentacles to look short and knobby. This will take months of proper lighting, feeding, and care to undo.

The fact of the matter is this; with the lack of tentacles, and the very short ones that do remain, it has been consuming itself for energy.

In addition, myself and several other very experienced anemone keepers have had issues with using silversides -- might want to considering using something else; I like frozen (( thawed )) krill.

To illustrate what they are talking about by anemones consuming their tentacles, my LTA was starving in a small pet shop when I bought it. It took 7 months of 3x per week feedings to go from the first picture to the second. Even in the second picture it doesn't have as many tentacles as it should.