My new sebae (Heteractis Malu)

[FNGsaltwater]

Decided to take the plunge and get an anemone for my tank. Due to size restrictions in my nano, I made the choice of the sand dweller, Heteractis Malu. I wasn't in a hurry, by any means. It gave me PLENTY of time to study. They're kinda hard to find around here anyway.... I finally found my sweet pea. This is "Nemmy". This was an hour after introduction to my tank two weeks ago. He's now darker and has the beginning colors of mint green under the tiger stripes. My clownfish adored him so much immediately, that he had to be put in time out.
The pictures area combination of flash/no flash on my phone.
Any input on whether it may, in fact, be a Malu,would be appreciated.

 

[sirclintler]

Mine is a crispa and does not have the tiger pattern but it is tan with purple tips.

 

[FNGsaltwater]

Can anyone give me advice if this is a Malu? At this point I am not convinced. As I stated before, the nem is turning mint green... but now the base of every tentacle is turning a dark purple too.
Base tentacle... dark purple
Mid tentacle... mint green
Tip of tentacle... blue
Tiger/zebra markings are beginning to look purple/black
Oral plate.... pink with solid white striations like a long tentacle.
I am already on the market for a larger tank, but if this is anything other than a Mali, I might be getting one sooner than later. I've been trying to do interweb searches to find one like it and I cannot. Much appreciated!

 

[nemguy]

I have purchased a malu like that before same color combo but the only problem is the place I get them from gets in generic sea anemones . It may say malu or seabae anemone at the store but they come from overseas directly and a label gets slapped on as to what the workers in the store think they are. For example when they order carpet anemones they get a mixture of sun,gigantea,mertens, and haddoni all lumped into the same tanks as carpet anemone green or tan and sold for the same price. So if your store sold that yo you that might be doing the same thing. Also, Do you have the color of the foot? All my seabae anemones have a yellowish foot that's not slimy at all it feels a bit coarse and hard as a rock. I do have a beaded anemone that has that same pattern too so it could be one of those as well. This is the beaded anemone

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[davocean]

Looks to be malu to me, will be nice to see it take on color, post updates.

 

[FNGsaltwater]

I have purchased a malu like that before same color combo but the only problem is the place I get them from gets in generic sea anemones . It may say malu or seabae anemone at the store but they come from overseas directly and a label gets slapped on as to what the workers in the store think they are. For example when they order carpet anemones they get a mixture of sun,gigantea,mertens, and haddoni all lumped into the same tanks as carpet anemone green or tan and sold for the same price. So if your store sold that yo you that might be doing the same thing. Also, Do you have the color of the foot? All my seabae anemones have a yellowish foot that's not slimy at all it feels a bit coarse and hard as a rock. I do have a beaded anemone that has that same pattern too so it could be one of those as well. This is the beaded anemone

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The foot is about the color of a very diluted tea. Funny you bring up how firm the base is. I thought it was hard too when I put him in. I definitely will add more pics.