Help id'ing a nem please

[mark97r6]

Hey guys, i recently acquired this nem in a set up i bought to pillage the corals from.

I think it is a Heteractis aurora from pictures i have been looking at, would people agree?

The nem was kept with a pair of percs, they showed no interest in it. It is now in with a pair of toms and a pair of black varient saddlebacks, again no interest from either!

I beleve the H. aurora only hosts juvinile clowns? If so this may confirm my id!

Anybody have experience with these?
Particulary interested in how they behave in the tank. How 'risky' are they with other fish?
I have a few mandarins, scooters, gobies etc..

Also if they dont host clowns, would they host porcelin crabs or shrimps? I am thinking maybe a small group of sexy shrimp (Thor ambionosis ) (sp?).

Thats if the pics work!
Thanks for the help guys.
Mark

 

[MorandiWine]

looks like an Atlantic "Rock/Flower" Nem to me. Dont ask about the scientific name, because I dont know for sure. But I order flowers and that is what arrives! Clowns wont host in them, in my experience.

tyler

 

[Amphiprion]

Like MorandiWine, I am leaning toward an Epicystis species.

 

[nts9]

looks like h.aurora to me
i've had em with white porcelains

 

[The steven liu]

I have two of those in my main tank, they will not host clawn. They will host porcelin crab though.

 

[mark97r6]

Thanks for the replys guys, I cant say i am familliar with any Epicystis species of nems.
I thought H.aurora because the 'bead like' tentacles, though it doesnt really have these around the mouth, only around the outer edge. What i read about H.aurora always says they have them around the mouthh also.

A LFS near me has just got a few very small ones in that look identicle, they are on as 'sand anemanies(sp?)' but they dont really know what they are.

My main concern is if it is going to eat my livestock, this is the reason i have never gotton a carpet! And if possible i would like it to host something.
I have a pair of porcelin crabs in my BTA but my pair off toms give em a lot of stick, so i could move them. If the nem wont host them, will they not go in it? Or will they still go in it and be eaten?

Cheers guys
Mark

 

[Amphiprion]

Sorry, wasn't trying to be pedantic or anything, I guess it is just habit. Epicystis anemones are better known as flower/rock anemones.