I.D. Anemone please

[ed102475]

I got this (sebae) from my LFS last night could anybody confirm
it being a sebae?I know it looks bleached im spot feeding silver sides and shrimp.150wt HQ Lighting.

 

[garygb]

Yeah, looks like a bleached Heteractis crispa. Your lighting and feeding regimen sound just like what the anemone needs to recover its zooxanthellae.

 

[adtravels]

bta

 

[garygb]

Has it buried its base in the sand or is the pedal disc attached to the live rock? I suppose it could be a bta, but the tentacles look typical of a bleached H. crispa and the number of tentacles also make me lean toward H. crispa.

 

[ed102475]

base is in sand.

 

[garygb]

It's H. crispa, almost certainly. H. malu is a less likely option, and BTA is out of the question. I saw you had posted in the "general reef discussion" with more pics which made it apparent that it's not E. quadricolor. One important part for identifying anemones is to show where they have their base. For example, BTA's do not bury into the sand.

 

[AquaReeferMan]

Crispa was the first thing that popped into my mind. Just of they way its sitting and how crowded the tentacles are.

 

[ed102475]

Another picture.

 

[garygb]

If you had posted that last pic with the first ones, the undulation of the oral disc along with it being in the sand would have suggested H. crispa. The rock looks devoid of coralline algae, is that a new tank? Anemones, especially bleached/comprimised ones, do not need to go in a tank that is not already very well established. Tell us that tank has been set up for several months and the nitrogen cycle is well established, please.

 

[reefdogg1107]

looks like a bta my buddy had one that looked white lots of light and food and it should get color ack

 

[garygb]

Reefdogg, he said its base is in the sand. Have you ever seen/heard of a BTA that buried its base in the sand? I really don't think they ever do that. Sometimes H. crispa will live up in the rocks in a crevice, but I don't think E. quadricolor will ever dig into the sand.

 

[adtravels]

sorry not a bta for once I did not look properly, so dissapointed in myself
Is there a hint of pink in the base?