What Anemone is This?

[fishfreak2009]

What kind of anemone is this? I bought it back in the beginning of August as a Long tentacle anemone. After adding it to my tank it nestled into a hole in the rock with the disk resting against the sand. Recently I re-did the rock in my tank and I moved the anemone to the top of the tank (still in the hole in the rock though), and the anemone stretched out even larger (bigger then a dinner plate). It has been the same color since I got it back in August, and seems to be thriving under the 4, 4 ft. T5's and 4, 4 ft. Shop lights over the tank. I can't seem to get my 5 year old captive bred occy pair to host it, although it currently hosts a captive bred Banggai Cardinal. The bottom pic is how it lived for the 3 months before I re-did the rockscape.

I was guessing H. magnifica based upon the verrucae, but I guess it could be H. sebae.



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[Tmoriarty]

A healthy one

I would think Mag from the first two photos, but the last one leaves me pondering.

 

[Winwood]

H. sebae isn't actually a valid species name. The two commonly referred to sebae anemones are H. crispa and H. malu. I believe yours is H. crispa.

 

[jwoyshnar]

I would also say H. Crispa

 

[garygb]

It's a Heteractis crispa, and a nice one. Ocellaris is not a natural symbiote with H. crispa, but anything is possible. Maybe some day they will choose to be hosted by it.

 

[fishfreak2009]

It's a Heteractis crispa, and a nice one. Ocellaris is not a natural symbiote with H. crispa, but anything is possible. Maybe some day they will choose to be hosted by it.

I have to go to court Thursday to fight a ticket. If I succeed in getting out of the ticket, hopefully I will be able to pick up a pair of Amphiprion bicinctus from a LFS near me that are currently hosting an H. magnifica. If not, at least my Banggai cardinal hosts the anemone.