Don't know if this is a rare anemone or not...

[bobbbm]

But Suffolk County Fish and Reef had some small really dark red anemones he said were from Africa... See you guys are rubbing off on me, a month ago I would have bought it and asked later

 

[billsreef]

You got to go back with a digital camera and take photo's to post

 

[bobbbm]

OkiDoki!

 

[cb747]

Im going to guess RBTAs? Please do get a pic!

 

[bobbbm]

Here ya go my camera phone didnt do a great job as always they were Helpful and didnt mind if I took a pic...

 

[bobbbm]

Just a bit better...

 

[fishome25]

hmm not really good enough for me to ID. I'm glad you asked first, learning faster than most . I remember when I frequented the wholesalers they would occasionally get in deep red anemonies, but I remember finding out that they were actually temperate/cold water anemonies. but this may not be the case for them.

 

[Spracklcat]

I forget the name of that temperate one, but it is really crimson--Joe (justjoe) knows the species name. How big was this guy and what were they asking for it?

 

[bobbbm]

I would have to double check the price I think around $40 and this was the size of a silver dollar maybe a bit bigger... They looked really healthy/

 

[The Haj]

Wartah anenomes possibly?

 

[Spracklcat]

Yep good call--that was the one I was thinking of, the Watarah or Actinia anemone:
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...JoO&prev=/images?q=actinia&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=

If that is what is in the store, it is pretty nice, but has to be kept at cooler temps than a normal tropical reef system. I had one by accident and it didn't do very well at tropical temps.

 

[dnsheavy]

I was there this weekend...it is the real deal. Very nice.

They have a lot of nice pieces, too.

And, I even got a Happy Holiday greeting and a smile...no extra charge!


--Dave--

 

[Long Island Andy]

I bought some of those at Aqua-hut about a year ago. Don was not sure what they were. They were extremly sticky and could ingest large pieces of silversides. They did not move around and light did not not seem to be an issue. I sent pics to Ron Shimek and did not know what they were. I can tell you they cost about 13 bucks each or 2 for 25

Have fun

 

[Long Island Andy]

Hey check page 2 of my gallery, I called it a painted anemone, i forgot the picture was there