Anenomie growth

Well usually Sebea (IME) will have a tight center- you can hardly see their mouth, LTA is open. But ritteri (spl) they are very much the same but their foot is a different color then their tenticles. I have only had one of each in my day, and one was given to me sick- it didnt live long.

 

Here is a look of the underside... Didnt get to the foot at the point it connects to the rock due to it being under the rock and between the sand...

Hope this helps in the identity...

I did see little dots that are in like rows... You can kinda see them in pic attatched.


As for our Wall Hammer we moved it to a diffrent tank that if it does turn out to be Brown Slime or what ever the bacteria is it wont affect our other LPS corals...


Here is the pic!

Thanks for the help!

 

sure looks like an LTA to me.

 

Oh and I ment to ask this in my last post but I forgot to get it in there...

Any one have any ideas if it will split or will it get alot bigger? Its def 4-5 times bigger then when we first got it!

 

The Reef Aquarium Volumne II page 383. Julian Sprung and Charles Delbeek

Macrodactyla doreensis (LTA): Oral disc, widely flared, often with pale readial lines that may extend onto tentacles. Column buries in sediment. Lower part of column and pedal disc oranage or red. Upper part of column pale brown or white. Verrucae (spots) in longitudinal row usually white, but sometimes magenta.


Page 389.

Heteractis crispa (Sebae): Dull colored (usually) column is tough and leathery with prominent adhesive verrucae. Numerous long tapering tentacles. Hecteractis crispa is similar to Moacrodactyla doreenis but the latter has much fewer tentacles.

Nice job on the image thanks.

 

haha so LTA it is?

 

Only you can tell, me I do not know just giving you some information so you can compare. Regardless it looks like it doing well and growing well. With regard to LTA splitting yes there are some reports, but rare compared to BTA.