Anemone ID help please

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jun 11, 2025

In my tank and learn thread we are discussing the ID of an anemone I picked up at Petco. Condy? Something else?

Pics and a link to the other discussion

Randy's Tank and Learn Thread

Next up, Top Shelf There stuff arrived in good condition, but wow, tiny corals. I think I’ll be stick to buying larger things from other hobbyists. The Ora cherry red goniopora looks not especially red (which is probably just my lighting), but it is very small. Quite costly ($80 in the live...

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bluemon · Jun 11, 2025

Definitely Condylactis imo.

Has that characteristic red foot. If not for the red foot, just that fact that I have only ever seen PetCo carry Condys.

bradleym · Jun 11, 2025

I say Macrodactyla Doreensis aka LTA.

bradleym · Jun 11, 2025

The area just above the red part of the foot should have some white spots on it, if it is an LTA.

Goaway · Jun 11, 2025

Long tentacles can have red foots too.

Condy usually has those unmistakable purple/pink dots at the end. The colors make me believe LTA.

Goaway · Jun 11, 2025

Lta

Randy Holmes-Farley · Jun 11, 2025

I can take some better pics of the column and oral disk in the AM if that would be useful . While not this Petco, someone at our local club noted that a Petco a few miles away had a gigantea in April, so those around here do get other stuff.

bradleym · Jun 11, 2025

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
I can take some better pics of the column and oral disk in the AM if that would be useful . While not this Petco, someone at our local club noted that a Petco a few miles away had a gigantea in April, so those around here do get other stuff.

If you can take another picture of the column to verify the white dots we think we are seeing, that would put it to bed for sure. But even without the confirmation, it’s extremely consistent with the characteristics of an LTA.