Oh My Gosh!

It's a tube anemone. Think of it as a giant, grand daddy, beautiful AIPTASIA. :)

Here is an interesting article on them:
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/june2004/invert.htm

And here is the pic:
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Hey wait a minute.

Did the tube anemone loose it's tube? Is that why it is so pink? It this guy in trouble or is it ok as long as you don't have a preditor of it?
 
We all have plenty of learning to do. I just got lucky this time - I saw one at the Reef Shop Warehouse a while back and happened to remmeber the name.

Beauty, eh?
 
No, it didn't loose it's tube. The word TUBE is indicative of the main tube of the anemone's body. And I am not sure about the keeping of these - check out the article for that.
 
Oooo. Good post, Dustin! Just to clarify, does this mean it is NOT a tube anemone? Or is that cold water anemone a type of tube anemone?

Thanks for your response!
 
Dustin, you got that one right. I used to dive off southern Calif a lot and never saw one of them. I should have paid more attention. I was too busy hunting halibut.

The diving is super cold though. It says the water has to he kept at 52 degrees!!!
 
Those anemones are cold water anemones. Tube anemones come out of the Indo Pacific and are called so because they bury their foot in the sand and form a tube of mucous and sand around their foot. Many Tube anemones are taken out of their tubes prior to shipment so that the tubes don't make a mess in the bag.

Here is a photo of a tube anemone
anemones_purple_tube.JPG
 
Wow - excellent information. I thought they were the same thing! Thanks for filling in the details, Sean!
 
I just bought a tube anemone similar to that picture above, and I am wondering if I should have removed it from the tube. The tube is about 5" long or so, and was a PITA to try to bury. It has only been in my tank for a few hours. Should I carefully remove the tube or what? Any advice is really appreciated!!
 
I wouldn't worry about it. Removing the tube is usually just for shipping them and then it is just a fouling of the water issue.
 
The article Dustin linked to tells you the tube SHOULD come with the anenome and you need to bury them and to it in a PVC pipe so they can be deep into the sand. Read the article. It has a lot of good stuff in it.
 
The article Dustin linked to tells you the tube SHOULD come with the anemone and you need to bury them and to it in a PVC pipe so they can be deep into the sand. Read the article. It has a lot of good stuff in it.
 
My experience with them is that even if shipped without the tube, they do fine. I've also never buried them, they take care of that themselves.
 
i bury the tube and they do great.all of mine are usually shipped with the tube attached but once and a while the anemone and the tube are detached from each other.i thaught that was a cold water anemone but i just thaught i was not seeing in the pick what i was supposed to?the oklahoma aquarium has a nice display of coldwater anemones !
 
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