What Anemone is this?

[KpopAMD]

just wondering i had this anemone for 3-4 months already, even my porcelain crab likes it, and this anemone likes to eat shrimps, guppies, i just dont have an idea what this is, seems its tentacles are different from the other anemones, thanks!

Additional just wanna share my maroon clown hehe

 

[bradleym]

I don't actually know that this is it but I saw this one and thought it matched up pretty well.

http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/cnidaria/actiniaria/physmooth.htm

Smooth Frilly Anemone

 

[bradleym]

Sorry, double post.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Your first anemone looks like it's either epicystis crucifer or macrodactyla doreensis. I'm leaning towards the e. crucifer.

Your bubble tips are extremely bleached. Did you get them like that? Are you feeding them? What kind of lighting do you have on the tank?

 

[KpopAMD]

i got the bubble tip this way, been with me for 2 months never changed colors same as when i got it. been eating very well shrimps, guppies. never thought that anemone can have such huge appetite, whenever i feed the maroon clown (like shrimps) he feeds the anemone first. i got 2 x 24w T5 and 2 x 24w actinics.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Hopefully it'll color up for you, but typically when they are that bleached, they have a poor survival record. When you feed it, offer it very tiny bits of raw siversides or even better would be some thawed mysis.

 

[garygb]

My guess is for the first pic Heteractis aurora. And indeed that's a bleached BTA. What type of lighting do you have. Actually the H. aurora, looks bleached too. Should be a dark, rich brown mottled with tan.

 

[KpopAMD]

im not sure if its really bleached guys, coz i got these anemone already that way, it never changed color, from the day i got it same color. got these for more than 3 months already and really feeding well as well. i guess since im from the philippines we dont get much nice colored stuffs, unlike whats available to you guys in usa.
im leaning towards that my bta is just this color shade

 

[garygb]

I think it's probably bleached. What type of lighting do you have?

 

[KpopAMD]

i got 2 x 24w T5 and 2 x 24w actinics

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

im not sure if its really bleached guys, coz i got these anemone already that way, it never changed color, from the day i got it same color. got these for more than 3 months already and really feeding well as well. i guess since im from the philippines we dont get much nice colored stuffs, unlike whats available to you guys in usa.
im leaning towards that my bta is just this color shade

Nope, it's bleached. That species of anemone does not come in white. It may color back up for you over time, or it may slowly die. Only time will tell.

 

[garygb]

That's insufficient light. The actinic light provides almost no useful output for the zooxanthellae (algae inside the tissue of the anemone). A bleached anemone is lacking zooxanthellae. With proper light, it will re-colonize the tissue and the anemone will appear darker. I suggest you switch out the actinic for daylight bulbs. You might switch out one bulb and wait a couple of weeks then switch out the other actinic. Two new bulbs at once might be a shock to light sensitive animals, like your anemones.

 

[Ohponies]

You need 4x54 t-5 HO from what most people have been saying on this forum, or VHO lighting . I plan on buying 2 http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=22134 of the 2 set seeing as how they clip together making them a good value, and they come with bulbs. To determine the lighting you need you figure 3-4 watts per gallon of tank. You have 4 24 watts so that is 96 watts which means it's good for a 32 gallon tank max. I don't see where your current tank gallons are listed. But i have a 55g so i need 55x3=165 or 55x4=220 watts and 4x54w bulbs puts me at 216 which should be adequate lighting for a BTA in the future.

 

[bradleym]

You need 4x54 t-5 HO from what most people have been saying on this forum, or VHO lighting . I plan on buying 2 http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=22134 of the 2 set seeing as how they clip together making them a good value, and they come with bulbs. To determine the lighting you need you figure 3-4 watts per gallon of tank. You have 4 24 watts so that is 96 watts which means it's good for a 32 gallon tank max. I don't see where your current tank gallons are listed. But i have a 55g so i need 55x3=165 or 55x4=220 watts and 4x54w bulbs puts me at 216 which should be adequate lighting for a BTA in the future.

You can't count actinic bulbs for this either, as the light for them isn't useful for growth.

 

[deangelr]

the whole watts per gal things really isnt that useful IMO.. Just look at LED's

 

[bradleym]

the whole watts per gal things really isnt that useful IMO.. Just look at LED's

Very true, but it is a good starting point/minimum.

http://www.mge.com/home/appliances/lighting/comparison.htm

This link shows lumens per watt on common light sources. Lumens is what is actually important to your livestock.

The 4 gallon per watt is based roughly on MH or VHO approximate lumens per watt.

*Not mentioned are VHOs and high power LEDS, so I did some homework a while back.

T5 VHOs falls in the same range as MH while T12 VHOs come up just a little lower. Cree's latest LEDs are the first ever to break the 200 lumen per watt barrier, so if using those bulbs, you could get away with as little 2 watts per gallon and still get the same output of light.

 

[Ohponies]

the whole watts per gal things really isnt that useful IMO.. Just look at LED's

Yes, but it's a good place to start, for a beginner lighting is a little confusing.

 

[KpopAMD]

forgot to add my tank is only 20 gallons, so my light is still not enough for this small tank? then i guess i better switch one of the actinic into white bulbs

 

[bradleym]

48w/20 gallons = 2.4watts per gallon. Really you should have double that or more. 72w/20 gallons = 3.6watts per gallon. Better but still kinda low, especially if the bulbs don't have individual reflectors. But it will help.

If you switch out the bulb for white most likely all of your anemones will get some color in them. Fair warning though, without as much actinics, some of the color will likely be brown. IMO if you change the bulb and they color up, but look very brown, I would look into getting a bigger fixture and going back to 50/50 white/actinic.

I have a bleached BTA in my tank now. When I first put him in, he was green. He took up residence in a shadow under a powerhead. He eats well every other day, but slowly turned white. Finally I figured it out and moved the powerhead. He's tan now. I am looking to add actinic lighting but don't have any for the time being, so I think that's why I don't see green yet.

 

[garygb]

I think Kp is saying he has a 4 bulb fixture. And Kp, as I and others have said, losing the actinic and going with another bulb is in order. An ATI Aquablue plus would be a good choice for high PAR and still a blue look. I would suggest you also move to a larger tank whenever possible. Perhaps you could use the 20 gallon as a sump, since it's well established, set up a larger tank, like a 40g or at least a 30 gallon, and transfer the occupants of the tank to the display.