ID help please

[eric mac]

I recently got back into the hobby. I picked this up last night from a LPShop. Never seen before but had to have. He said it is a rose anenome but I've never seen them with orange and yellow tips.

 

[crazy4salt]

It looks like a long tentacle to me; can you get a pic of the foot?

 

[eric mac]

Not right now but tonight I will. But the foot is deep red and the mouth is green.

 

[crazy4salt]

The long tentacle anemone usually have a reddish colored foot that it uses to adhere itself to rock, glass, or bury in the sand. They also have verrucae, which are small bumps or pimples that surround the outside of its disc and upper foot area. These verrucae are sticky to the touch and basically afford the anemone another form of adhesion to neighboring substrate etc. The verrucae also enables the anemone the ability to attach to substrate for protection against excess light and possible predatory protection.

The macrodactyla doreensis or long tentacle anemones can either have stripped tentacles that are white or cream colored, or consist of multi-colored tentacles such as white with purple tipped tapering corkscrew-like tips to their tentacles.

 

[Cheebs]

I am 99 percent inclined to believe it is in fact a BTA. I have seen many with this coloration. In fact, a close friend has one that looks just like this, with the same tentacle shape.

 

[eric mac]

I showed the pic to a friend and he said it's a flame tip rose. All I know it's the craziest rose I've ever seen. Just wondering did I get ripped off by paying $100 for it?

 

[sirreal63]

If that is what it truly is then the price was good.

 

[Cheebs]

A bit pricey but not a ripoff. It's a nice nem!

 

[eric mac]

Sorry I am using an iPhone

 

[Cheebs]

Rose BTA it most certainly is Very nice!