What kind of anemone is this

[Biggtymer33]

I purchased this for my clown and was told it was a "sebae" anemone. I googled it and a sebae looks nothing like this. Is this anemone dangerous for my tank?

[leebca]

I moved your post from the fish aquarium forum to the Reef Forum where they talk more about invertebrates. Hopefully someone here will recognize the anemone and provide some information about its proper husbandry.

In general, always best to know before you acquire any marine lifeform! ;;

[returnofsid]

It does appear to be a Sebae, but a very bleached Sebae.

[algy1943]

I moved your post from the fish aquarium forum to the Reef Forum where they talk more about invertebrates. Hopefully someone here will recognize the anemone and provide some information about its proper husbandry.

In general, always best to know before you acquire any marine lifeform! ;;

Looks like my Heteractis Crispa that has lost it's zooxanthella, mine was bleached as is your photo, I have had mine since April, I have been feeding it on a regular basis with prawns, mussels,cockles and it has started changing color to a beige/brown as it should be, but it is growing very quickly

[metalhead]

Doesn't look like h. crispa to me as the tentacles seem too short and stocky. I do agree though that it appears to have lost most or all of its zooxanthellae. It will be challenging at the least to get it back to good health, once the zooxanthellae leaves it's very hard to get it back... But it can be done as Algy points out and definitely beats the alternative if you are successful. My advise would be to provide it with plenty of light, moderate flow and regular feedings with good quality food. Good luck and please keep us informed.

[zhenya]

At this point the light intensity will be of no use since zooxanthellae is gone. I agree that lighting should be appropriate for the anemone in the future but I believe food will play bigger role right now.

PS. To identify it to species level from that one picture would be very hard. You can look at the underside of the oral disk for the presence of verrucae (bumps)on it. Only one host anemone lacks them (Entacmaea quadricolor) and we can exclude it then.