What Kind of Anemone is This? (Pic)

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  1. HollyG

    HollyG Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    What kind of Anemone is this? Is this a BTA? Thanks.
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  3. HollyG

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    Here's another pic. The guy i may be buying it from looks like he has yellow lighting... yuck lol But he says its actually pink.
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  4. Seano Hermano

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    That looks like a Sebae anemone, Holly.

    I wish I would be of more help. I haven't done much research on their care.
     
  5. Moby Duck

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    I also agree its looks to be a sabea. I don't think it's a bta.

    Definitely look into the sabea because I hear most people stay away from them because they require intense lighting among other things.
     
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    To be honest I never seen a sabea open like that before. Almost has characteristics of a condy.
     
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    I was thinking condy for a bit because the base you can see in the second picture looks identical to my purple tip condy. But I also think it looks a bit like a sabea

    It has the tentacles more like a sabea I think, my condy was fat
     
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  9. HollyG

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    Thanks so much guys! Now I have somewhere to start my research! I am getting it today. The guy who has it now has had it for a year and it had split 6 weeks ago. Also, he has it under only 3 PC bulbs, like I said before, for an entire year and he says it's fine. I have 4x24w T5HO bulbs over my 20gal. I have very high light requiring Acros under this lighting, doing amazing! So, that's why I figured I would try out a nem (gotta make room though lol). It just amazed me that his nem survived in his tank for a whole year and even split under PCs. So, maybe this will help IDing the nem? I dunno. I questioned the guy yesterday about him telling me it's a BTA and he said he got it from a guy locally that told him that's what it was so he's just been calling it that, but he agreed with it possibly not being a BTA. The camera doesn't show it well, but he says that the color of it is actually a little more green with pink tips.
     
  10. HollyG

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    What do you guys think about it possibly being this: Heteractis magnifica
     
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    Or maybe this: Heteractis crispa
    When I get it today I'll take a much better picture.
     
  12. chelseagrin

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    Often times Id'ing an anemone is hard because many look similar sometimes. Sure there is a Condy that looks like that somewhere, and a bubble, and a sebae, maybe even a Ritteri. I personally think it's either a bubbleless bta or a sebae aka h. Crispa.