i.d. please, light green anemone

[rapt]

Can someone I.D this for me please. The pet store said it was a clown anemone and did not have any more info on it.

I had it on the rock and it has since jumped off there on to the sandbed, I tried to feed it a bit of shrimp but it would not take it.

The colour tempature in the picture is wrong, it is white with a light green through it.

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

It has loss a lot of zooxanthellae, it is probably a H. Crispa aka Sebae. If it is, you have a lot of work cut out for you. These are the difficult anemones to keep alive. I'm not going to say if it is a H. Crispa or not because its hard to ID it with this picture. Is its foot a tan or white? Is its foot a solid orange or red? Is there bumps under the oral disc (the oral disc is where the tentacles are) The bumps or dots are called verrucae. I have to see a picture of its foot. If it has no verrucae then that means it could be a bta aka E. Quadricolor.
Again .. more pictures please

BTW..welcome to reefcentral

 

[rapt]

Hello. Thanks for the welcome.

Its foot was white from memory, I am not 100% sure. I will have to wait to see if it moves again. It did have some small bumps under the disk.

I have been doing allot of reading on these now that I have one. I should have done more reading before hand.

I am considering taking it back to the pet shop to swap it for something that is more likely to live if they will take it back.

I tried feeding it again and it did bring the food to its mouth but did not take it in.

The colours are more accurate in this picture

 

[NanoReefWanabe]

pitiful when a LFS sells an animal like this...as mentioned regardless of species you have a lot of work ahead of you as that poor little guy has been completely deprived of all it's symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae)...it likely wont except food for over a week after being introduced into a new system, and given his state that is going to make it very hard to keep alive...perfect water conditions and lighting are all you can do right now...aside from taking him back kickin the guy (best Cartman voice) "square in the nuts" and getting a new healthy one... a little more research goes along way to picking a healthy animal...best of luck with him, i hope the LFS will take him back..(sadly he will likely fair far worse there, then in your tank)

 

[wicked_NaCl_h2o]

Now that I can clearly see what the tentacles look like it is a Sebae( H. Crispa) When they are this bleached it can be a 1% chance it might recover. I won't say zero chance it might recover because I have seen a few miracles happen. I think this only happened in a really mature tank.

If the lfs allows you to return the anemone..if or when you decide to get another one.
go by this check list and you should come home with a healthy anemone.
1. mouth of the anemone tightly closed.
2. bright colors...brown, purple, blue, red and green are natural colors for anemones..some anemones have yellow, orange, purple or pink tips.
3. do not buy ones that are completely yellow or hot pink < this means they are dyed.
4. never buy one that is white or close to being white. White means loss of zooxanthellae.
5. no rips in the foot < this spells doom to most anemones.
You shouldn't be fooled by the fish store if you go by this list of things to look for.

 

[NCSUsalt]

It actually looks like a bleached E. quadricolor to me, the bleached H. crispas are normally not translucent like that, but BTAs are. the pic also has some characteristics tentacles that lead me to believe E. quadricolor. keep trying to feed it and see how it goes, nothing else to do.

 

[rapt]

Thanks for the good advice. I will see if they are open tomorrow (public holiday) and try return it for a credit, will let you know how I get on.

 

[Arati]

The LFS guy knew it was a sick animal when he sold it to you. I wouldnt suggest being anything but polite and friendly, but in the end they ripped you off and they did it knowingly. I wouldnt settle for anything but full credt or a full refund and I would be verry wary of going to that LFS again.

 

[Aquarist007]

Am I in the same situation here---this anemone survived 4 hours in a bag in the trunk(not planned for) a quick acclimitization to the above and immediately disappeared at the back of the reef.
It came out a whole in the reef this week--mid to high in the tank--after light I am assuming
Do I have to do anything else for its survival here?

 

[elegance coral]

No Capn. You're not quite in the same boat. Condy's have a much better chance of recovering from bleaching than the OP's anemone. Just keep feeding it. It should start coloring up after a while.