Hello and any idea which anemone?

[Dstar]

Hello, I'm new here...nice to meet you all

One of my main reasons for joining is with the hope that you nice people might help me identify my new anemone (hopefully image attached here), and give me a little advice.

I got it just today from a local guy, along with a Clown (which was supposed to already be resident in the anemone) and some shrimps.

So far the clown hasn't been the least bit interested in the anemone, not sure why, he seems ok otherwise...prefering a cave area in the rocks behind the anemone.

But this is my first anemone, I don't know the type, the guy didn't know either...the photo I took doesn't capture the colors quite right, it's actually lighter and more pink, almost bright violet in the body, then yellowing/browning towards rounded bright yellow tips.

Any idea what type it is (probably something common but as I say, I'm new)? And any advice on its care?

btw, the tank is really very bright, the camera had to be set darker to stop the whole thing whiting out, so it looks darkish in the picture, but you can see the anemone is picking up lots of light (no flash obviously).

Any help would be wonderful...

Cheers,

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[Dstar]

update

update

Maroon clown is moving into the anemone...having a good suck on its tips and snuggling in. It started moving in as soon as I put the lights down to blue actinic only for the evening... Hopefully by morning it'll be happily at home its tentacle bed

Still don't know what the anemone is though...

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[Dstar]

help?

help?

The anemone won't stay still...if it was climbing I'd feel ok about it, but if anything it seems to want to move downwards or onto the back side of the rocks, where there's less light...is this normal?

And it's almost like the clownfish is encouraging it to move...

D.

 

[sneeyatch]

it's hard to tell exactly what type it is by the pics.

as for it moving around, just leave it be. it will come out when and where it wants to. do not try to get in there and move it yourself unless it's heading toward an overflow, intake, powerhead, etc.

 

[Dstar]

Thanks for the advice, Sneeyatch... I did move it to a higher perch, thinking it needed to be nearer the lights, but it soon got off, actually wandered to the edge of a ledge and ended up upside down on the sand...still very alive but the wrong way up, trying to right itself but with a clownfish trying to bed down in its upturned foot ..so I gently turned it the right way up, and now it's off travelling again, currently near the highest peak on the rocks...from now on I'll leave it be...by morning it could easily have reached the powerhead (it's one seriously fast anemone, getting about like a bubbly pink caterpillar) but there's really no way to stop it getting just about anywhere it wants, I've covered the internal filter, just in case, but it can't get to any overflow ... the external intake is a possibilty but again, there's no stopping this one. I'm going to add some extra lighting to see if that makes it settle.

Poor clownfish can't get any rest on its moving bed

Thanks again

 

[MarinaP]

[welcome]

Dstar

Your anemone looks starved for food and MH lights.

 

[Dstar]

Thanks Marina, yeah after all the reading I've done I thought it looked very hungry, I've only had it one day and so far it hasn't taken any food I've tried (LFS recommended lance fish but it wouldn't eat any). It seems too concerned with finding a good place, hasn't been still. I am upgrading the lights but don't know if that will make it happy enough to eat... How long can it go on like this? I got it because it came already paired with the maroon clown, but if it detereorates I will be giving it back to the guy I got it from. When should I panic?

 

[MarinaP]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7755259#post7755259 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dstar
if it detereorates I will be giving it back to the guy I got it from. When should I panic?

I would give it back today.

Here is some info for future references


http://www.carlosreef.com/AnemoneFAQ.pdf

 

[traveller7]

Looking and acting very H. magnifica. Partially bleached.

Hopefully it finds a high point on the rocks, directly under bright lighting, and in alternating flow. Given it's bleached status, you might need to provide is some shaded area on the peak, possibly with some diffusion grating, aka eggcrate.

fwiw: I don't think the clown will be helping it in its current situation. It they were mine, I would remove the clown and the shrimp.

Best of luck regardless, but if it is H. magnifica, they can be quite a chore to get settled in.

 

[Amphiprion]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7755413#post7755413 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by traveller7
Looking and acting very H. magnifica. Partially bleached.

Hopefully it finds a high point on the rocks, directly under bright lighting, and in alternating flow. Given it's bleached status, you might need to provide is some shaded area on the peak, possibly with some diffusion grating, aka eggcrate.

fwiw: I don't think the clown will be helping it in its current situation. It they were mine, I would remove the clown and the shrimp.

Best of luck regardless, but if it is H. magnifica, they can be quite a chore to get settled in.

I agree.