maroon anemone real thing?

[Canneddynomite]

Anemone called maroon anemone? Looks like green bta

 

[Canneddynomite]

At the lfs picture coming later

 

[davocean]

They probably don't know what it is and just calling it what color it is under their lighting, see this often.
Several species could fit that description, yeah post pic when you can.

 

[Canneddynomite]

Looked much better in the LFS XD but shiny in my tank, waiting for it to open then ill update

 

[hotelbravo]

i couldnt give an ID with those pictures...

 

[ThRoewer]

Since in the wild Premnas only take Entacmaea quadricolor as hosts it isn't really an inappropriate name for an BTA

 

[Canneddynomite]

Clearly its a green bubble tip not sure why they tried to convince me it was called a maroon anemone. They sell green bubble tips too so I don't get it lol

 

[Canneddynomite]

Also I did not know the name Maroon anemone is just another name for a Ritteri anemone which im pretty positive it is not

 

[nemoboy1]

GBTA to me

 

[davocean]

Also I did not know the name Maroon anemone is just another name for a Ritteri anemone which im pretty positive it is not

Again maybe a color description, but actually the two common names for that same nem would be ritteri or magnifica.
I could see maybe calling a RBTA a maroon nem by it's color, I guess, but not a proper ID of course.
I see even quality LFS not know very much about nems and incorrectly ID them all the time.

 

[Canneddynomite]

Obviously Green BTA in the Light and intermingling with the other BTAs but I will say it does look slightly different than the other green to its Right


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[phender]

It was very common in the old days for BTAs to be called Maroon anemones. It had nothing to do with the color, it had to do with them being the favorite anemone of Maroon clowns. (That's also why sebae anemones are called sebaes although the clown they were referring to was actually a clarkii)

Your LFS probably got shipments from two different locations. On one invoice they were labeled green BTA, on the other they were labeled maroon anemone, so that's how they labeled them in their store.

 

[ThRoewer]

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Your LFS probably got shipments from two different locations. On one invoice they were labeled green BTA, on the other they were labeled maroon anemone, so that's how they labeled them in their store.

Which kind of tells you a lot about the knowledge level of that store's staff...

 

[davocean]

It was very common in the old days for BTAs to be called Maroon anemones. It had nothing to do with the color, it had to do with them being the favorite anemone of Maroon clowns. (That's also why sebae anemones are called sebaes although the clown they were referring to was actually a clarkii)

Huh, first I've heard of this, I don't recall ever seeing nems labled around here for what they host even back in the old days, but would not surprise me much if they did.

I also dislike when people call a nem a sebae, the differences between a Malu and a Crispa are huge.

Maybe one day we will get it down to one correct name, I hate typing Mag/ritteri all the time, and don't get me started on true and false percula!

 

[ThRoewer]

Huh, first I've heard of this, I don't recall ever seeing nems labled around here for what they host even back in the old days, but would not surprise me much if they did.

I also dislike when people call a nem a sebae, the differences between a Malu and a Crispa are huge.

Maybe one day we will get it down to one correct name, I hate typing Mag/ritteri all the time, and don't get me started on true and false percula!

I would prefer scientific names for everything as common names are not uniformly recognized. And on an international board it can even be more confusing as the same fish may have different common names around the world.

 

[phender]

Huh, first I've heard of this, I don't recall ever seeing nems labled around here for what they host even back in the old days, but would not surprise me much if they did.

I also dislike when people call a nem a sebae, the differences between a Malu and a Crispa are huge.

Maybe one day we will get it down to one correct name, I hate typing Mag/ritteri all the time, and don't get me started on true and false percula!

I probably mis-spoke when I said it was very common. I should have said, "it was not unusual" for them to be called maroon anemones regardless of the color. I think I saw it in a hobby oriented book about anemones or inverts as well.

 

[davocean]

I would prefer scientific names for everything as common names are not uniformly recognized. And on an international board it can even be more confusing as the same fish may have different common names around the world.

Yeah, I would have thought to research on a fish called a "fang" blenny, but call it a "canary" blenny and it sounds all too peaceful...won't be making that mistake again!lol