Anemone identification and care notes

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Had a friend tear down his saltwater tank, he’s decided to go full freshwater scrub. Lol he doesn’t know what it was, he just bought it because he thought his clowns needed it. A new Free healthy tank inhabitant sounded like a winner to me, just curious to what kind of anemone it is and if there’s anything special I should know about it. It has a large orange ovalish foot and can’t make up its mind about being on the rock or sand. Annnnnd can they control when they sting fish? I figured it was just all the time but my watchman goby just swam right through it and seemed unphased?? Thanks in advance!!

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I agree, looks like a sebae. It should have a potent sting, enough to catch a goby. Have you tried feeding it yet? I'm wondering if it will hold on to a small piece of food..
 

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I also believe it’s a Condylactis gigantea. When it’s healthy the tentacles are very sticky and your fish that get caught will have a hard time escaping. Give it time to adapt and then slowly feed it small pieces of shrimp to bring the health back.
 
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I agree, looks like a sebae. It should have a potent sting, enough to catch a goby. Have you tried feeding it yet? I'm wondering if it will hold on to a small piece of food..

It caught a piece of food my clowns missed when I fed the tank two days ago and curled around it. My guess is the goby was going fast enough and it was its first day after acclamation.
 

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Ok, how do you tell the difference between a condy and a sebae? I have always found this confusing. What's the telltale in the picture?
 

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For me it’s the orange/pink base, combined with the longer tentacles. Also, the tentacles are denser and the oral disk is bigger. People often just look at the pink/purple tips and immediately think sebae.
 

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Learned something in this post. Thank you all.
 

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For me also. The color of the column, the veracuae on the column of the Crispa are different. The numbers and the lenght of the tentacles. The ratio of the oral plates vs the foot diameter and others.
 

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Florida Condylactus
 

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Here are some pictures. The purple is a Condy. Long thick tentacles. Foot is like a bubble tip anemone. No spots on this one.

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Sebae is a larger disc, tentacles can be long or short but skinny but very dense. And the spots on the verrucae are bumpy.

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