Octopus Anemone

[bonomo53]

Anyone ever see one of these before? It came into the store i work in as a octopus anemone. Cant seem to find any info on it, the clowns wont go near it and it seems to have a pretty powerful sting from touching it.

 

[Reefvette]

Def not a hosting nem im pretty sure i know where it came from geographically.

Its probably like a condy

There are other anemones that dont host clowns. Either because clowns are not present or they like this one are to aggressive.

 

[xtlosx]

Wow. I wouldn't touch that thing either if I were a clown, certainly does NOT look cozy. Looks neat though.

 

[bonomo53]

yeah seems pretty similar to a condy but it came form the Philippines

 

[Hypnotize]

it´s a Dofleina armata (Azooxanthell) so it has to be fed with mysis etc

 

[Reefvette]

Hypno i though the mouth has more tentacles too?

 

[bonomo53]

yup pretty sure thats it thanks, have you ever kept one, will they kill fish

 

[Long Island Andy]

I have one, it pulls itself into the sand during the day and comes out when the main lights go off and the blue lights are on. It is extremely sticky (more than even a carpet) and nothing goes near it

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Don't know anything about it but it looks cool, how much do they sell for?

Andy does it stay buried in the same spot or does it wander around?

 

[Long Island Andy]

Don't know anything about it but it looks cool, how much do they sell for?

Andy does it stay buried in the same spot or does it wander around?

It hasn't wandered yet. It is completely buried until lights dim.

 

[REEForBANG]

Is there sting more venomous than bta's lta's and others that we keep in our reefs?

 

[Joe0813]

bump for more info on these

 

[Moorepower]

Guess this thread died. Well for anyone else my LFS sells it for about $20. Very cool and I have not touched it (unlike other anemones) but a co-worker did and it left a few little water blisters. Will eat any fish that it can grab even clowns. It does like to hide under the sand and come out in dimmer lights or under shade, have even seen it moving under the sand before it popped out. Very cool guys. It likes the same conditions as a Condy or tube anemone. But warning again will try to eat any fish that comes near it or it can grab