Could someone tell me what this is?
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Anemone - Heteractis aurora
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Second guessing myself. If not H. aurora it may be H. malu. I can't get a good fix on the tentacle bands from your photo but think the former. Both are clownfish hosting anemones, H. aurora serves as a nursery anemone for the species of clownfish it host in the wild.
Am curious what others think?
Am curious what others think?
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in also going to google that anemone you mentioned!marc price
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The orange or red-orange column (analogous to a mushrooms stalk), would point more toward H. aurora but not necessarily so, H. malu often have a mottled yellow-orange to orange column. The few fuchsia tentacles of the oral disc point more to H. malu. The fuchsia dot at the tips of the tentacles could be found on either. Species I.D. will be easier after it grows some.
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You are at least 0 for 3 in your latest anemone id's. Might want to head back to AAA for some more experience.
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No way, it has very well defined whitish bands around the tentacles, H. crispa would not have these. If they are more raised (it's young so a step before becoming clearly beaded), then it is H. aurora.
If more just bands of color then H. malu. Possibly dyed malu, or a bleached green specimen. Hard to tell from the photo. If H. aurora then it's not dyed.
Nope.
Positive it is not Epicystis. Also if a young H. aurora it is not as bleached as you'd think.
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^ I really need a better focused pic, but I'm now thinking H. malu too. Not dyed, just bleached.
I can't recall seeing those few repeating pattern fuchsia tentacles in any of the small yellow aurora's i've seen.
I can't recall seeing those few repeating pattern fuchsia tentacles in any of the small yellow aurora's i've seen.
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Could someone tell me what this is?
[emoji51]now that I see stripes ... Could very well be a h.aurora .... Cross your fingers that she plants her foot somewhere and closes that mouth!!! Then if on the tentacles in between the stripes it bubbles up then you'll know for sure...
I know h. Malu can have a yellow foot , I couldn't say for h. Aurora as I've only seen some in books and once at a public aquarium without ever seeing the base .
[emoji51]now that I see stripes ... Could very well be a h.aurora .... Cross your fingers that she plants her foot somewhere and closes that mouth!!! Then if on the tentacles in between the stripes it bubbles up then you'll know for sure...
I know h. Malu can have a yellow foot , I couldn't say for h. Aurora as I've only seen some in books and once at a public aquarium without ever seeing the base .
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Could very well be H. malu.
H. crispa doesn't sport the stripes (bands), around its tentacles. I also never saw crispa have a few fuchsia tentacles mixed in at regular intervals with the others.
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Ah ha a typo! Ok, H. aurora is a possibility. Small young specimens have the yellow foot, usually a bright orange to orange-red.
What I'm seeing better in the new set of pix is the tentacles white bands protrude, something that points toward H. aurora. But again I never saw the few fuchsia tentacles in aurora so I'm just not sure. I haven't seen enough of either species to be positive. And of the two, I've only kept H. malu.
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I'm hoping Leash 44 does well with the anemone and grows it out for us to get a positive i.d. on it.
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Lol I was thinking the same thing! :headwally:
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There is still no positive ID on this anemone.
Instead of ridicule why don't you take a minute to tell me the difference? This goes for both of you :hammer:
There are such slight differences between some of the anemone's just like the tapered tip of the BTA as opposed to the blunt tip of crispa or malu. If you really take a look at this anemone the way it's bunched up in places does resemble the rock anemone.
So stop being a couple of dirt bags and help a fellow reefer out that wants to learn the difference in the anemone's. I have asked that question more than a few times since I've been a member here. :rolleye1:
