What anemone is this?

jrobison

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I got this with a tank I bought. I have thought it was a sebae but it doesn't have the colored tips I see in pics. As you can see, the huge maroon clown loves it. I feed it shrimp once a week or so. I've had it for a few months at least and it likes to move around a lot! Any tips or advice would be great. Tank is a 180lit with 3 Chinese LEDs and flow is two tunze 6105's controlled by Apex.
 
At first glance, it looks like a sebae, H. crispa. But, to know for sure a side pic showing the column would be helpful. Regardless of the species, all the host species prefer high water quality, as in undetectable nitrates, specific gravity 1.026ish, temp. 78-82, ph 8.2-8.3 preferably, good water circulation such as 20x tank volume per hour or higher, and reef quality lighting.

Moving around a lot means it's not happy about something. Likely causes of moving are nitrates, water circulation blowing directly on it from the pump, or insufficient light. I would start with a nitrate test followed by a ph test. Assuming it's a crispa, they prefer to plant their foot in a hole in the live rock with the column protected by the walls of the hole or cave where they attach. Make sure you have your pumps protected by plastic screen or foam to prevent the anemone from being sucked into a pump. That would likely spell disaster for the anemone and maybe everything else in the tank--anemones are loaded with toxic nematocysts.

Also, that large maroon could be irritating the anemone. In the wild, those two species never live together. In aquariums they sometimes do, and they are fine as long as the anemone is 3 times bigger than the fish (e.g., 2 inch clown, 6 inch diameter anemone).
 
Thanks for the info. I'll try to get some better pics. Ph stays bw 8.1-8.2. Temp is 78-79. I'll check nitrates soon.
 
Here are some more recent pics. It has definitely seemed to settle into a position it likes and opens up much bigger now.



 
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