LTA??? ID confirm.
- Thread starter Slakker
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Looks like an upset and underfed H. crispa to me....
Shrunken/consumed/damaged tentacles frequently look that way and complicate identification though :>(
Shrunken/consumed/damaged tentacles frequently look that way and complicate identification though :>(
reefman13
New member
What's funny, is that I once called DFS in regards to a PBT they were selling.....I thought she/he was malnourished, and the response I got was...All of our animals that are listed forsale have been quarantined for at least 3 months, and have been "okayed" by our on site specialists. So I said thanks and hung up. But I have to say, their last few updates have been a little disappointing....
marc price
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i'm not surprised a few months ago L.A. sold lta m. doreensis as sebae h. crispa ; http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1184618
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phender
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I hate to say this, but at least in the case of some their anemones, that is a bunch of B.S..
I have seen newly imported anemones at the wholesaler they use, appear two day later on the Diver's Den web page. Just about enough time for the animal to get bagged and shipped from Los Angeles to Wisconsin and get its picture loaded on the web site.
DFS
.Registered Member
Good afternoon,
I wanted to post in this thread to respond and clarify some of the comments and misinformation that is being posted.
The Purple Long Tentacle Anemone image that Slakker posted initially in this thread has very prominent verrucales on it's column, which is the reason why we identified it as Macrodactyla doreensis. By looking at the top side and not being able to view the base and column, its a fair assumption to identify it as a Heteractis malu. I have attached a picture of the base and column below:
reefman13,
I would like to apologize for the misinformation you have received. All of the corals, fish and invertebrates that are offered and sold on the Divers Den section of the LiveAquaria.com web site have been acclimated, quarantined, and cared for a minimum of two weeks. This is true for Cnidaria as well.
marc price,
I want to apologize for the mistake with the identification of anemone that you are referring to in the link you have provided in your post. I activate around 100 items per day in the Divers Den and on rare occasions mistakes do happen.
phender,
We currently utilize five different export stations in the South Pacific, and a total of nine in Jakarta Indonesia and Denpasar Bali. The majority of our livestock that resides here in Rhinelander Wisconsin and offered for sale in the Divers Den section of the site is imported from specific export stations. By doing this, and bypassing the wholesalers in California, we have the opportunity to purchase an incredible variety of stock and procure some of the more unique animals. Most of the anemones and more unique inverts have already been picked over by the local stores and jobbers in LA before they are offered to ship out customers. We do however bring in a few shipments from four different wholesalers in California as well, but as in the case with some of the more unique anemones we offer in the Divers Den, they are almost always shipped from the exporters mentioned above. I am very surprised that you would make this false assumption based on what you have seen at one wholesaler in California. There are hundreds of anemones shipped from export stations around the world every single week.
I hope this clarifies things, and if you have any questions please feel free to email me at kkohen@LiveAquaria.com.
Regards,
Kevin Kohen
Director of LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith
I wanted to post in this thread to respond and clarify some of the comments and misinformation that is being posted.
The Purple Long Tentacle Anemone image that Slakker posted initially in this thread has very prominent verrucales on it's column, which is the reason why we identified it as Macrodactyla doreensis. By looking at the top side and not being able to view the base and column, its a fair assumption to identify it as a Heteractis malu. I have attached a picture of the base and column below:
reefman13,
I would like to apologize for the misinformation you have received. All of the corals, fish and invertebrates that are offered and sold on the Divers Den section of the LiveAquaria.com web site have been acclimated, quarantined, and cared for a minimum of two weeks. This is true for Cnidaria as well.
marc price,
I want to apologize for the mistake with the identification of anemone that you are referring to in the link you have provided in your post. I activate around 100 items per day in the Divers Den and on rare occasions mistakes do happen.
phender,
We currently utilize five different export stations in the South Pacific, and a total of nine in Jakarta Indonesia and Denpasar Bali. The majority of our livestock that resides here in Rhinelander Wisconsin and offered for sale in the Divers Den section of the site is imported from specific export stations. By doing this, and bypassing the wholesalers in California, we have the opportunity to purchase an incredible variety of stock and procure some of the more unique animals. Most of the anemones and more unique inverts have already been picked over by the local stores and jobbers in LA before they are offered to ship out customers. We do however bring in a few shipments from four different wholesalers in California as well, but as in the case with some of the more unique anemones we offer in the Divers Den, they are almost always shipped from the exporters mentioned above. I am very surprised that you would make this false assumption based on what you have seen at one wholesaler in California. There are hundreds of anemones shipped from export stations around the world every single week.
I hope this clarifies things, and if you have any questions please feel free to email me at kkohen@LiveAquaria.com.
Regards,
Kevin Kohen
Director of LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith
Thanks for the column picture Kevin. Wish more vendors would take the time to make such photos available to assist in the ID's. Much appreciated :>)
fwiw: I am still of the opinion, it is a nicely colored H. crispa, but would like to see it after it grows out a bit, regains tentacle structure, etc.
Hopefully one of our members has a nice spot for it in their tank so we can keep track of it
phender
Active member
Thank you for posting the picture Kevin. That red foot certainly would point towards M. doreensis, but like Scott, the way it is holding its oral disk and the size and color of the verracae still make me lean more towards a brightly colored H. crispa or H. malu.
I have huge respect for your company and your customer service. I assumed ( and maybe I am wrong) that most of your "normal" menu items are shipped directly from Quality Marine, since that was the return address (your name, their address) on the box when I ordered two chrysopterus clowns.
Several months ago I was in Quality Marine and saw a large red haddoni anemone on the price list. The floor manager there knows I am an anemone nut and when I asked about it, he took me into the back and showed me the huge red haddoni. Two days later, what appeared to be the same anemone, was on the Diver's Den website. I meant no malice. I was simply responding to the claimed 3 month quarantine. I apologize if I made an incorrect assumption as to the origin of this rather unique anemone.
You are right, I should have said "a" wholesaler that they use and in the case of "what appeared to be one" of their anemones.
I have huge respect for your company and your customer service. I assumed ( and maybe I am wrong) that most of your "normal" menu items are shipped directly from Quality Marine, since that was the return address (your name, their address) on the box when I ordered two chrysopterus clowns.
Several months ago I was in Quality Marine and saw a large red haddoni anemone on the price list. The floor manager there knows I am an anemone nut and when I asked about it, he took me into the back and showed me the huge red haddoni. Two days later, what appeared to be the same anemone, was on the Diver's Den website. I meant no malice. I was simply responding to the claimed 3 month quarantine. I apologize if I made an incorrect assumption as to the origin of this rather unique anemone.
You are right, I should have said "a" wholesaler that they use and in the case of "what appeared to be one" of their anemones.
marc price
Active member
no problem kevin it was good to hear your point of view.
by the way i'm glade to see the misidentified a. akallopisos pair labeled african a. perideraion which i bought to l.a.'s attention via e:mail has been corrected.
i have seen sebae's with a colorful column however they have been more a cadmium yellow (orange-yellow) and more blotchy than the uniform base of the above picture.
i can see a lot of a blue-violet tint to the substrate and question how much that anemones color is altered by the lighting but despite that it's still is more uniform a color than i've ever seen on a sebae. in addition the radial white lines around the mouth are very common on lta's but h. malu can have them as well which only adds to the confusion.
by the way i'm glade to see the misidentified a. akallopisos pair labeled african a. perideraion which i bought to l.a.'s attention via e:mail has been corrected.
i have seen sebae's with a colorful column however they have been more a cadmium yellow (orange-yellow) and more blotchy than the uniform base of the above picture.
i can see a lot of a blue-violet tint to the substrate and question how much that anemones color is altered by the lighting but despite that it's still is more uniform a color than i've ever seen on a sebae. in addition the radial white lines around the mouth are very common on lta's but h. malu can have them as well which only adds to the confusion.
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