Red long tentacle anemone

cali9dub

cali9dub

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Just saw this at an LFS by me. Has anyone ever seen a red one like this before ??

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I've seen a few come into a LFS near me. They're not common though. I think Orion picked one up?
 
D-Nak said:
I've seen a few come into a LFS near me. They're not common though. I think Orion picked one up?
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First one I've seen. Think he said he's had it 2 or 3 years now. Funny thing his pair of Picasso clowns prefer a brain coral to hang out in/on as opposed to the long tentacle nem. Lol


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I had a red very similar to that back in 2010.

Jan 2010


I had the green on the left for over 3 years.
 
cali9dub said:
... Funny thing his pair of Picasso clowns prefer a brain coral to hang out in/on as opposed to the long tentacle nem.
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Some percula can be quite picky when it comes to their host anemones and rather go with non-anemone surrogates than a "wrong" anemone. I have a wild pair that refused BTAs, crispa, malu, and rather hung out in a ceramic flowerpot or green star polyps. Only when I offered them a gigantea they hopped right in and never left it...
Other of my percula pairs are less picky and readily accepted crispas. Though when given a choice percula usually prefer giganteas.
 
Anemone said:
Yep, my rose BTAs (several hundred clones) often looked EXACTLY like that.

Kevin
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Kevin is correct I have cloned probably 40 and some tend to bulb up while others grow longer tentacles. I am guessing the flow has a lot to do with it as higher flow means hold on to your catch or it floats away, lower flow and tentacle length is less crucial to eat.
 
I think we would need to see the column for a positive ID. The red in my picture had very distinct verrucae on the column, which combined with the sand placement in the tank I got it from and other factors made me sure it was a long tentacle.
 
BTA does not have the Macro Dactyly (big fingers) centred in the oral disk.

Anemones are a family but they have their differences and OP seems pretttty sure about the ID and have personally seen the foot already so it is probably a Macrodactyla Doreensis as said by the owner;)
 
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Lovely colouring, the sharp red looks great on Apercula's reef picture. I like the pale green tinted types personally but I do see the red ones with purple tip around online at WhiteCorals.com commonly but not as often as greenish, or neon green, or paler purple or those half purple & half green - perhaps the seller (or one of the webpages) can tell you where that colouring originate from mostly.
 
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