Need anemone ID
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Maybe they were looking at the "bubbles" on the "tips"?
Mojano
so are you saying my anemone in question is a BTA or majano?
Nebthet
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Your anemone is a Bubble Tip, not a majano.
These are some pics of majano anemones.
http://www.pirx.com/gallery/cnidarians/majano
http://svtranch.com/images/majano.JPG
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=215957
As you can see, most majano tentacles are on the outside of the oral disc like an aiptasia's with a smooth centre. While BTA's have tentacles within the oral disk area almost right up to the mouth.
These are some pics of majano anemones.
http://www.pirx.com/gallery/cnidarians/majano
http://svtranch.com/images/majano.JPG
http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=215957
As you can see, most majano tentacles are on the outside of the oral disc like an aiptasia's with a smooth centre. While BTA's have tentacles within the oral disk area almost right up to the mouth.
The majanoes tentacles usually don't look the same. The bulbs are more toward the ends usually. Also, just from what I can tell, the size of the anemone looks larger than majanoes, which are seldom much larger than half a dollar and lastly, I don't think perculas are ever hosted by majanoes, but BTAs often host percs in aquaria (though they aren't natural hosts).
Once a week cloning isn't normal for majano or BTAs. Sounds like either a lot of stress or perhaps an overestimation of the frequency of asexual divisions. What are your water parameters?
Once a week cloning isn't normal for majano or BTAs. Sounds like either a lot of stress or perhaps an overestimation of the frequency of asexual divisions. What are your water parameters?
Agreed. I suspect that something is off, judging by the amount of hair algae in the pic.
Once a week may be a bit of an exaggeration; but it's definitely several times per month. It's hard to tell in the pic I posted, but the tentacles only go about 1/3 of the distance from the edge of the oral disc to the mouth. I'll try to take more pics when I get home from work. My wife is absolutely convinced they're mojanos. If they're not I'm going to feel pretty bad since I already exterminated them out of my tank, and wasnt particularly kind about it either.
no, but she does have a degree in Marine Biology from the University of Miami, so I tend to defer to her for most matters marine.
Not sure what else to say to convince you that what you have is E. quadricolor. But, the column and oral disc look somewhat different in majanos compared to your anemones. In majano anemones, the coloration is more solid, opaque, not translucent as much as in BTAs. The tentacular crown tends to have a more flat overall appearance in majano anemones compared to BTAs. Having seen lots of both species, that's about all I can think of: size, the fact it's hosting a perc, placement of the bulbs, overall appearance including column, and disposition of the tentacular crown. I hope you don't decide to shoot them with Joe's juice or Kalk. Someone would gladly take them off your hands, I'm sure.
I showed her this thread and I think I've got her pretty much convinced. I feel somewhat bad now, since my tank (pics are from her tank) had a bunch of them, and I was planning on getting a LTA. I exterminated all the anemones from my tank with salt and a butter knife thinking they were pests :sad2:
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