‘Rainbow Bottom’ Anemones are like Nothing We’ve Ever Seen

[Reef Builders]

There’s a brand new anemone that is about to take the reef aquarium world by storm and despite our best efforts, no one seems to know anything about it. These mysterious anemones first appeared in the US at ACI Aquaculture in Tampa Florida and they’ve been generating a growing ruckus since they hit the reef […]
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[lilfish717]

So they can't be bought yet?

 

[ajhudson15]

interested to see what the price of these will come in as

 

[Joshua Mummery]

Looks like you have to have a resell account or wholesale

 

[philosophile]

I wonder how friendly they are with tankmates. Will they eat our fish?

 

[Reefer_Rob]

Gorgeous

 

[Christopher Bush]

These Anemones look absolutely stunning in person! got the chance to see some over at SomethingFISHY (my local fish store here in Orlando Florida) And the pictures don't do them enough justice! I have a feeling that these anemones are going to become the next big thing in the hobby. Jake Adams said it best "this unknown anemone is completely alien in its color and appearance, and it’s got more fluorescence than a box of highlighters" Nice thread guys.

 

[ReefAddiction34]

interested to see what the price of these will come in as

My LFS just sold one... $300
Think I might have to put an order in for one. They look amazing.

 

[Christopher Bush]

My LFS just sold one... $300
Think I might have to put an order in for one. They look amazing.

Holy cow! would have snagged that guy in a heart beat! so far I believe they are in the upper 1,000,s everywhere I am looking!

 

[ReefAddiction34]

I better put in an order ASAP lol before coral inflation hits hard.

 

[Christopher Bush]

I better put in an order ASAP lol before coral inflation hits hard.

Same!! lol

 

[MabuyaQ]

Looks like an Urticina sp. with that warty area below the tentacles.

 

[ReefAddiction34]

Holy cow! would have snagged that guy in a heart beat! so far I believe they are in the upper 1,000,s everywhere I am looking!

Yea, I wasn’t there when he sold it. But I know the owner well enough, just gonna ask him to pick one up for me when he does his weekly picking. Of course there will need to be a lot of begging involved to make the wife agree... lol

 

[WMR]

Very interesting & beautiful, but we really don’t have any hard info on them. Are they “ juiced”, has anybody kept them for any length of time? Are they temperate or tropical?Curious to see what the actual care is on this one

 

[TopShelfAquatics]

These gems are GORGEOUS

 

[Orcus Varuna]

The morphology of these is similar to cold water species from the genus’ Anthopleura & Urticina. Does anyone have information on the origin waters for these? Are they coming from northern Japan/China? I have never seen a warm water species from these genus’ and would be very concerned about the long term viability of this species in reef aquariums until we know more. I have also heard reports of clowns being hosted in these but have not seen pictures or new research indicating the discovery of a new clown hosting nem.

 

[Tallison]

It’s kind of weird how this article dropped yesterday and vendors were ready to go to link this article with a $500 nem no one knows anything about.

 

[reefwiser]

Cool GloFish Anemones.

 

[FishandSticks]

Dont look reef safe either

 

[JQsreef]

Dont look reef safe either

I don't even believe that's the same one there's no stripes going up the tentacles and it has red coloration around the mouth. Even if it is tube anemones do the exact same thing if not faster and people keep them in their reefs.