What am I?

[guilloryreef]

I've had this anemone for a little over 4 years and recently got questioned on what it is. It's grown a lot since I got it, eats very well (2 medium sized shrimp once a week) and does not bother anything in the tank.

Here is the pic

Any ideas?

 

[OrionN]

It is a beautiful anemone
How big is he?

 

[guilloryreef]

It is about 10 inches daily but blows out to over 12" at times.

 

[guilloryreef]

ah, and thanks! I love finding strange things to put in my tank. LOL

 

[reefpix352]

The common name is Flower Anemone. Here's a photo I took in the P.I. showing the anemone and a symbiotic shrimp:

HTH
James

 

[guilloryreef]

I don't think that it is a flower anemone. It lives in the sand and, when open fully, is over 12 inches. Someone once said that it may be a fire anemone but it's sting does not bother me at all.


That is a great picture James! I love seeing hosting shrimp.

 

[reefdogg1107]

Looks similar to the fire anemone but doesn't look like a match

See the fire nem here:http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reef/anemones/BaliFireAnemone.php

 

[BonsaiNut]

Probably Actinodendron plumosum.

Actinodendron glomeratum has a little more bulb-like endings on its tentacles.

If you want to look at fire anemones, here is an inclusive list (9 species currently):
Actinia arboreum
Actinia alcyonidium
Acremodactyla ambonense
Actinodendron plumosum
Actinodendron glomeratum
Actinodendron hansingorum
Actinostephanus haeckeli
Megalactis hemprichii
Megalactis griffithsii

Of the group Actinodendronidae.

 

[guilloryreef]

Probably Actinodendron plumosum.

Actinodendron glomeratum has a little more bulb-like endings on its tentacles.


Of the group Actinodendronidae.

Plumosum does look like it! Thanks.

I must be one of those people that the sting doesn't bother?:hmm4:

 

[BonsaiNut]

I don't know much about them, frankly. Perhaps only some of the species have really strong stings?

Wait until you have a cut and then touch it. We'll see how you do then LOL (don't really try this you'll regret it)

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Wow, that's something I've never seen before. It's beautiful! Where did you find yours?

 

[BonsaiNut]

Plumosum does look like it! Thanks.

By the way, "plumosum" means "feathery", so I guess the common name for your anemone would be a "feathery fire anemone".

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Very cool looking anemone,I am like you the differant they are the better I like them.

 

[guilloryreef]

Wow, that's something I've never seen before. It's beautiful! Where did you find yours?

I found it on some obscure online store right after Katrina and didn't have anything in the tank. Once it proved to me that it would not hurt small fish, I moved it to my 240.

BonsaiNut I don't know much about them, frankly. Perhaps only some of the species have really strong stings?

Wait until you have a cut and then touch it. We'll see how you do then LOL (don't really try this you'll regret it)

Shoot.. I was going to ask my husband to touch it this weekend... darn. now I have to find another way to torture him. ROFL

 

[BonsaiNut]

Shoot.. I was going to ask my husband to touch it this weekend... darn. now I have to find another way to torture him. ROFL

Wow! Don't do it or who will help you with your water changes?

"Heaven hath no wrath, like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury, like a husband who was told to grab a fire anemone."

 

[guilloryreef]

:eek2: Well, that is what plumbing for autowater changes are for.







:bum:

JK... I wouldn't do that..... hmmm