New H. Crispa (I believe)

kimsie

kimsie

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Hi!

Some of you may remember that I recently got a LTA that hadn't yet attached for one of my tanks. Well - one day I came home and it was not doing well (had big tears on it's foot and cloudy stuff coming out). My LFS took him back to try and nurse him back there and I got a different nem... Think that one was doomed from the get go.

Anyway - Here is my new anemone! He came home on Friday... It's so hard to take pictures that represent true color. I'm fairly sure it's H. Crispa - but thought I'd double check that with all of you. The foot and column are grey/white and the oral disk is a dark purple. The tentacles are a greyish green w/ dark purple tips.

It seems to be doing very well so far. Ate 1/2 of a silverslide This nem came from someone's tank who was rearranging and wanted more coral space. I think that helped immensely.










How do I make the pictures big again? I swear I'm so bad at this!!
 
That shure looks like H.Crispa to me. Looks great.

Please keep us update on how it does. Mine just never seems to settle down, makes me worry. I cut the silverside up into small pieces and he east well.

Mine does not eat shrimp. It also hates cleaner shrimp who constantly pester the clown thats in it.

I feed mysis and blood worms also.

Best of luck! Im so curious how yours will do.
 
About 4 weeks wich is why I worry .

Its seems to always settle just above the sand. other ones I see are in the sand.

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H. crispa lives in sand, but also on rock/corals. Let it go where it wants yours may have a preference.
 
Looks good Kim. That almost looks like H. malu to me, but it very well could be H. crispa. The important thing is it's not bleached and it looks like it has dug in.
 
garygb Malu has rings on its tentacles and spots on the underside. The one pictured cannot be a Malu.

Otherwise it looks great!
 
H. malu MAY have rings on the tentacles according to Fautin and Allen and both species have adhesive verrucae. Also H. crispas tentacles are very numerous and H. malu less dense. In the pics, Kim's anemone's tentacles appear more sparse. According to Fautin and Allen, a distinguishing feature from the two species aside from tentacle density is broadness of column--H. crispa has a broader column than H. malu. Also, H. crispa has longer tentacles, but of course sometimes H. crispa has short tentacles until they are well established and have clowns in them, so that one isn't much help.
 
I've been going back and forth as well... When i got it - the tentacles were short in the middle and longer on the outside of the base... It had just moved before I took this picture - so the tentacles were shorter - but they're definitely MUCH more spread out than my other H. Crispa. Also - I wondered if the color of the oral disk had anything to do with the identification?

I'll have to post more pictures at some point. But yes - the important thing is it's not bleached and seems happy in the tank so far!

Also - Does anyone know how I make the pictures big above rather than so small?
 
Hi Kimsie, looks very nice! I do have a couple concerns though, do you plan on getting a larger tank?The H Crispa gets good sized. I am assuming your a newbie cause your sign up is Dec 07 which I could be wrong, but these are not good anemones for beginers. Not saying you can't pull it off, but please read up a bunch on them. Mine has attached to the rocks in my tank so I wouldn't worry there. I've had it for over 4 years and thats what it prefers. I have a 65 and mine pretty much takes up a good portion of my tank. What type of lighting do you have? Thats important. Hope all goes well.....
 
Thanks Georgia!

Newbie to this site - but not the hobby! Thanks for your concern - I'm constantly saying the same things :). This tank is a species tank for only the anemone and clown pair. I'm not planing on having any corals in this tank - and if need be I can always move them to a bigger tank down the road. From all the research I've done H. Crispa can successfully be kept in smaller tanks. Also - those are very close up pictures and do not show the rest of the tank!!!

I didn't have any concerns where mine was placed - that was someone else who posed on this thread. Mine's doing great - it's placed itself kind of between the rocks and sand and seems very happy!


I know on these sites you have to assume that everyone hasn't done the research yet - but that's not the case with me. I think I've read close to everything you can on anemones and am constantly looking for new articles, books and research to be done!

If you have a picture of yours - I'd love to see it!

Thanks again for your concern! Kim
 
Oh - and for those with questions on the underside - shots 3 and 4 show the underside well...

Can anyone tell me how to make them bigger - or just fix it?
 
are you using the thumbnail code again? remember to copy the code below the preview picture Hotlink for forums (1)

BTW..very nice anemone. Do you still have the other ones?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12023811#post12023811 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wicked_NaCl_h2o
are you using the thumbnail code again? remember to copy the code below the preview picture Hotlink for forums (1)

BTW..very nice anemone. Do you still have the other ones?
Click to expand...

Yep - in other tanks... This one replaced the LTA...

My bleached H. Crispa in my larger tank is still doing good - it's found my fire shrimp's cave and has it's foot planted there for now. I'll have to get a new pic of it there... But it's doing good - It ate a little piece of shrimp last night. It's not white - but more yellow - but still has a way to go!

My H. Malu is awesome - just loving it (again - another tank). The ocellaris pair found and now they're bed hopping! It seems to be doing really well and ate a little shrimp last night as well!
 
Cool Kimsie!! Guess we have read different articles on their captivity on tank size though!! LOL :wildone: Anyhow I am not a big picture poster but I will see what I can dig up
 
Thanks - I agree... That's why I couldn't pass it up. And it came straight from someone elses tank to my store, was there for a few days then I snagged it. So if it was wild caught - it was years ago so hopefully it won't have all the stress that freshly caught ones do...
 
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