anemone ID please

[dave00gt]

I need help identifying this anemone, anybody go clues please chime in.

[j_man]

looks like a very very happy condy.

[dave00gt]

looks like a very very happy condy.

really ? a condy..

condy what? " condy pink tip anemone?

[j_man]

Yes. I had one and when he was really happy under MH he looked just like that. Then I moved hime to a smaller tank (25) with pc lighting and he took on a greener brown color. That because of him producing more zo algea to compensate for the light. I finally gave him away because he would not stay still in that small tank and wiped out tons of my really nice zoos.

[j_man]

unless it is a very rare or bleached out bubble tip.

[zhenya]

I need help identifying this anemone, anybody go clues please chime in.

My guess would be a green color variant of the Entacmaea quadricolor, a.k.a bubble tip anemone. If you could post a picture of it's foot and underside of the oral disk it would be easier to tell for sure. E.quadricolor distinctive characteristic is lack of the verrucae(bumps) on the underside of the oral disk.
For example, here's a shot of the H.crispa anemone where you can clearly see that it has those "bumps" on the oral disk.


And here's an image of the underside of the E.quadricolor.

[dave00gt]

to tell you the truth it looks like the quadricolor alot, like in the last picture, it has like a very short foot and not tall at all , it likes to squat alot,

it has a fluorescent green look to it, especially under the actinic bulbs only.

i hope it does well. under a 55gallon tankwith 260 watts coralife PC.. if it changes from green to another color ill sell it or get credit for him.

[BubbaWPB]

.. if it changes from green to another color ill sell it or get credit for him.

My E. Quadricolor "Lester" was sold to me as a rose BTA.... and he was sorta red then... depending on the lighting, he now looks brown, but he is definitely green under the actinics...

IMHO, if you're going to keep trading in a BTA (or other anemone) every time it changes colors, you'll forever be going back to the LFS. Anemone's can bleach and change color under different lighting.

Please remember that these are living organisms, not furniture. It's traumatic to keep moving them about. From the pic, you have a very nice, healthy anemone that is very happy (and so is your clown). I'm gonna suggest you be happy with what you have - it's precious. Enjoy the changing colors. One of the best thing about my tank is finding something new or changed every time I look in.

[dave00gt]

My E. Quadricolor "Lester" was sold to me as a rose BTA.... and he was sorta red then... depending on the lighting, he now looks brown, but he is definitely green under the actinics...

IMHO, if you're going to keep trading in a BTA (or other anemone) every time it changes colors, you'll forever be going back to the LFS. Anemone's can bleach and change color under different lighting.

Please remember that these are living organisms, not furniture. It's traumatic to keep moving them about. From the pic, you have a very nice, healthy anemone that is very happy (and so is your clown). I'm gonna suggest you be happy with what you have - it's precious. Enjoy the changing colors. One of the best thing about my tank is finding something new or changed every time I look in.

you are right, its just i was thinking since it changes color it was stressing the anemone and eventually die, but as long as it alive then i will keep it then, i have one very importan question on feeding my anemone, how often should i feed it and what should i feed it? thanks

[BubbaWPB]

you are right, its just i was thinking since it changes color it was stressing the anemone and eventually die, but as long as it alive then i will keep it then, i have one very importan question on feeding my anemone, how often should i feed it and what should i feed it? thanks

Assuming it is a BTA (I'm not sure that has been confirmed yet), if you have a clown that has paired with it, your BTA will do nicely with adequate light and fish leftovers/droppings. Lester (my BTA) did fine for several months without any specific feeding (I have a pair of clowns that have adoped Lester). I do give him an occasional treat of raw scallop, shrimp, or a piece of silversides (about the size of a pencil eraser) every couple of weeks.

Now if you definitely can feed it more often (up to 3 times a week), but you may wind up with a cnidarian version of King Kong !

[Minh Nguyen]

It is a E. quadricolor, or the BTA. I can see the bubble in some of the tentacles. It is one of the usual color for BTA also. I see this color often in BTA.

[dave00gt]

Assuming it is a BTA (I'm not sure that has been confirmed yet), if you have a clown that has paired with it, your BTA will do nicely with adequate light and fish leftovers/droppings. Lester (my BTA) did fine for several months without any specific feeding (I have a pair of clowns that have adoped Lester). I do give him an occasional treat of raw scallop, shrimp, or a piece of silversides (about the size of a pencil eraser) every couple of weeks.

Now if you definitely can feed it more often (up to 3 times a week), but you may wind up with a cnidarian version of King Kong !

that lil clownfish has paired up with it and i do see some lil black stuff? Is the clownfish doing that intentionally so the anemone will eat his droppings and i have seen the clownfish throw some brine shrimp into his tentacles and sometimes taking away some debris of its tentacles.

good thing i wont feed it that much , so pretty much the clownfish will tanke care of it... thats cool

[dave00gt]

It is a E. quadricolor, or the BTA. I can see the bubble in some of the tentacles. It is one of the usual color for BTA also. I see this color often in BTA.

thanks!

what is BTA

[zhenya]

thanks!

what is BTA

BTA is a Bubble Tip Anemone, for short.

Also, on the food part, you can feed it coupleof times a week to start with. Don't have to be huge portions either but you can feed it a whole silverside without any problems. Truth be told, you probably won't be able to overfeed it becouse they can eat a whole lot of food. However, you have to mindfull of your set up filtration capabilities, more food means more waste that has to be removed. Like Bubba said, if you feed it a lot it may grow quite large and asexually reproduce( a.k.a. split). Last I counted I located 22 clones in my 110g anemone tank.

[dave00gt]

BTA is a Bubble Tip Anemone, for short.

Also, on the food part, you can feed it coupleof times a week to start with. Don't have to be huge portions either but you can feed it a whole silverside without any problems. Truth be told, you probably won't be able to overfeed it becouse they can eat a whole lot of food. However, you have to mindfull of your set up filtration capabilities, more food means more waste that has to be removed. Like Bubba said, if you feed it a lot it may grow quite large and asexually reproduce( a.k.a. split). Last I counted I located 22 clones in my 110g anemone tank.

what!?

22 clones are you serious .. that is crazy!

thats kinda cool too.

I have one really important question , my anemone sits and squats, but in the night it likes to flip itself over and have its tentacles on the sand and the foot up. what is my anemone doing, is it trying to inflate itself and float to a place it desires, or is there something else wrong in my tank.??

and here are the pics requested.. ta da!

[BubbaWPB]

In the second picture you have there, it looks like it is still atached - just stretching it's foot a bit.

You can count on your BTA wandering a bit at first until it finds a place it likes - just be VERY careful about powerheads and overflows - they mangle anemones - often fatally. If your anemone has been in the same spot or area for months, then takes a stroll, I'd be concerned there was something wrong with the water quality.

[dave00gt]

In the second picture you have there, it looks like it is still atached - just stretching it's foot a bit.

You can count on your BTA wandering a bit at first until it finds a place it likes - just be VERY careful about powerheads and overflows - they mangle anemones - often fatally. If your anemone has been in the same spot or area for months, then takes a stroll, I'd be concerned there was something wrong with the water quality.

i barely have had this anemone for 5 days, and it stays in that spot. the thing that worries me is it flips over ..like mouth to the ground. i read somewhere where that is bad, and it may be his foot was hurt when taken off the rock it was at at the LFS. Im just a little worried abut my BTA.. and i wanna do , and try my best for it to be a beutiful anemone.

has anybody had their anemone flipped over on its own before.??
im worried.

[BubbaWPB]

Mine did that a bit when it was new... it usually preceed him blowing up like a big balloon-like flying saucer and floating around the tank.... keep an eye on him and also give him a couple of weeks to get settled.

P.S. I wish I had known about reefland.com when I first got my anemone - I had all the same worries you do. The books don't warn you about some of their strange-but-normal behavior. Books on anemones should have a chapter "for first time anemone owners" that talks about these issues so you don't lose sleep over them. I was ready to dig mine outta the tank and toss it when I first saw it deflated - I thought it was dead for sure.

[dave00gt]

Mine did that a bit when it was new... it usually preceed him blowing up like a big balloon-like flying saucer and floating around the tank.... keep an eye on him and also give him a couple of weeks to get settled.

P.S. I wish I had known about reefland.com when I first got my anemone - I had all the same worries you do. The books don't warn you about some of their strange-but-normal behavior. Books on anemones should have a chapter "for first time anemone owners" that talks about these issues so you don't lose sleep over them. I was ready to dig mine outta the tank and toss it when I first saw it deflated - I thought it was dead for sure.

oooooh oook! i was seeing it inflate upside down and never gave it a chance on inflate and float...im just gonna leave it alone and let it take some weeks, do you think i have proper lighting on my tank

i have

a 55 gallon tank
with a 48" inch Coralife 260 w with 2x65wx 10k bulbs and 2x65w actinic bulbs.. im thinking of adding a metal halide pendant to my tank like 150w or 175 watt pendant? or is it fine the way it is.

[BubbaWPB]

My training is in biological sciences hence I know a bit about biology and a lot about chemistry of biological systems. I'll leave comments on lighting, flow, pumps, and electricity to those that know the areas better - is there an aquarium engineer in the house?