Crispa or Malu

[taylor t]

My guess is malu also. A beautiful anemone!

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Group 1 and Group 2 videos. Both could be Malus indeed.
https://youtu.be/QROr5Kf1UlQ
https://youtu.be/B83ePkdf1H0

 

[nemguy]

I have one just like it I don't know if it's a malu or not

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[garygb]

I have a similar looking anemone I've had over a year

I have a similar looking anemone I've had over a year

I got this anemone in Feb of last year. Looks a lot like yours Ron. I think mine is a crispa, is attached in a hole in a large rock and is 9 or 10 inches across with only occasional direct feeding. It was about 5 inches when I got it a year ago. I thought then it might be a malu, but based on the size, the fact it is happy attached in the rock and the look of the column, I assume crispa. Anybody think it's malu?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

I got this anemone in Feb of last year. Looks a lot like yours Ron. I think mine is a crispa, is attached in a hole in a large rock and is 9 or 10 inches across with only occasional direct feeding. It was about 5 inches when I got it a year ago. I thought then it might be a malu, but based on the size, the fact it is happy attached in the rock and the look of the column, I assume crispa. Anybody think it's malu?

I really like that fat and colorful orange skunk clown!

 

[garygb]

; ) Thanks. She's very fiesty!

 

[Ron Popeil]

this is what i am hoping it will turn into, my last purple crispa (here under 14k halides).

here is what it looked like when i first got it, several years prior:

 

[Ron Popeil]

i think its taking on more and more characteristics of a h. crispa.

what do you think?

 

[davocean]

I actually think it looks very much like a malu and pretty exact to several I've had.

 

[davocean]

 

[OrionN]

He looks like a Malu to me

 

[Ron Popeil]

malu it is then!


...for now

 

[Winwood]

malu it is then!


...for now

lol

 

[davocean]

I'm pretty certain myself, by now I'm sure a crispa would be more upright to take in good light, where every malu I've had seemed to just lay low like that, safely tucked by rocks and out of heavy flow area, content w/ modest light, and such bright color remains, where it seem crispa almost always gain some beige.

 

[OrionN]

Feed him. If he grow then he is a Crispa. If he doesn't and spawned then he is a Malu. If he doesn't grow and doesn't spawn then she is a female Malu, full of eggs. Then you need a male Malu.

 

[garygb]

How big is it Ron?

Mine continues to grow with only occasional direct feeding, measures at least 10 or 11 inches across and is still happily planted in a hole in the liverock, so now I really have no doubt mine is a crispa.

 

[OurCoralReef]

Sorry to hijack your thread but i just got this nem and was wondering the same how do you tell the difference
Photos taken with full light actinics off

 

[OrionN]

How big is it Ron?

Mine continues to grow with only occasional direct feeding, measures at least 10 or 11 inches across and is still happily planted in a hole in the liverock, so now I really have no doubt mine is a crispa.

Gary,
Post a picture.

 

[Ron Popeil]

How big is it Ron?

Mine continues to grow with only occasional direct feeding, measures at least 10 or 11 inches across and is still happily planted in a hole in the liverock, so now I really have no doubt mine is a crispa.

i would say between 6 and 8 inches at this point.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

malu it is then!


...for now

Hahaha...
I saw this nem the other day that looked like purple Malu. Almost bought it.