need help with identification

[kurtyboh]

I know my nem doesnt look the best, he was looking better than he was at the store, but the fish i got from them also had ich and their salinity was 1.041! so needless to say it was a lengthy acclimation. I would like to know what type I have, I live in Okinawa and my Japanese will get me meals and a bathroom but not much else at this point.

 

[kurtyboh]

moved him closer to the light.

 

[kurtyboh]

it wont let me post more pics yet but this was at night
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5...ZWJkOC00ODljLWExNTYtODJjOWE0OGE3MGFh&hl=en_US

this is the most recent clear pic
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5...ZmFiNi00ZDkwLWExOTItM2MxZDY1M2YzNDFm&hl=en_US

 

[OrionN]

You have a S. gigantea. Seem healthy. It need plenty of light and current

 

[kurtyboh]

What are the distinguishing characteristics?

 

[OrionN]

See the FAQ on hosting anemone and look at S. gigantea. Essentially they stay on the rock or rock-sand interface. The column have spots like what your anemone have. In low water moment the tentacles wiggles or vibrates. They are very sticky. The tentacle will get rip off it it stick to your hand when you handle them. Also tentacles are longer close to the mouth of the anemone and there are fairly large bare spot around the mouth.
Hope this help.

 

[kurtyboh]

Thank you very much!

 

[BonsaiNut]

That's a pretty new tank to have anemones in... I hope everything will be ok.

As Minh said, it's a S. gigantea. A small but healthy one.

 

[kurtyboh]

yeah i know, i tried to tell that to my wife, but the son's wants won out apparently... ive been testing 2x's a day to make sure all parameters are staying where they should, ph goes rom 7.9-8.1, I tried to get a buffer from another lfs, since the last one sold me sick fish and their water was way out of whack i dont really trust them, plus the new one speaks better english, but either way they dont understand what a ph buffer is.

I know that as oxygen is used and co2 is produced the ph goes up, so could one use those co2 compressed air bottles to give the tank a "boost"? or do i have that backwards and higher o2 levels bring the ph up?

 

[garygb]

You have it backwards, higher O2 leads to higher ph. That's why with the lights on and algae producing O2 the ph is higher compared to night time. That's also why some people run their lights for their sump/refugium in reverse so the algae will be lit at night and maintain a more stable ph.

 

[OrionN]

CO2 in the water is what lower your pH (and other organic acid produced by the organism) that cause drop in pH. Add CO2 into the tank will lower the pH even more. I would not pay too much attention to trying to increase pH. Just do water changes and keep your water clean is what you should do. Your tank is too new and your anemone may not do well because of this. Once establish S. gigantea can be fairly hardy, but they should be consider very delicate especially in new tank or new collect anemone