Colonial Rock Anenomes ?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9433621#post9433621 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by scubasteve247
yay! I love this game!

ok the "purple one" those range in different colors from brown to red, they are very sticky, usually tend to be nocturnal but can be trained otherwise, beautiful anemone, the foot is covered with small projections making it apear almost fuzzy, ill have the Sci. name for ya later, but its common name is the red wart anemone.

their is a few other anemone's local to florida that match that discription. one is called the sun anemone, its small, colonial because it splits like crazy, lol. color tends to vary from gray to golden brown, and from the rim inward towards the mouth are yellow/gold stripes which give it its name.

also dont forget, aiptaisa is a local anemone, lol

ill try to get some photos of of other local possible species, but for the two mentioned i have had both, here are photos.

sun anemone eating coral banded! i was not happy that morning......
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and heres two photos of the red wart anemone, notice how it hangs under the rocks, it didnt like the light, and at night would double in size
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Can you buy Red Wart Anemones or collect them anywhere? I think they look awesome!!!
 
yeah, i got most of the anenomes from broken down dock pilings and pier/ rock outcrops along naples beach, i just used scissors, and pliers to get at them while getting pounded by surf. I also like goodland pass, marco island and rookery bay (cant collect in rookery) north biscayne bay, 10,000 islands, john u. lloyd state park in dania. and haulover beach in n miami. during spring break i got a 12ft rubber fishing boat and diver down bouys so i can paddle out to the reef off broward and miami beaches and freedive whevever i want. Also found a neat camera good for water 100ft deep and reusable so i can take pictures as much as i want.
 
Thanks for the list, I so with I would have been doing s/w when I lived in Ft. myers...lol BUT I will be going down there for the week of 4th of July...HOORAY
 
sytanek, are you going to be coming to this months meeting, if so i can bring you one of the red wart anemones, i was just out this saturday and saw 4.
 
I'm going to be making a trip to the keys for memorial day, so maybe then I could give it a shot looking for some where you live.
 
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