Borneman Anemone...beautiful creature!

[Leslie Tabor]

Why don't more people keep these?! This is my new one from Fishnreef...absolute beautiful animal. I love the speckled column. Hopefully she likes the spot I picked out for her!!! (all nems are female in my world lol...too pretty to be boys!) ;):D

 

[erk]

It looks like what people call a rock flower anemone. If that is the same type of anemone, then many people keep them.

 

[Leslie Tabor]

It looks like what people call a rock flower anemone. If that is the same type of anemone, then many people keep them.

That is what I have been trying to figure out! Some things I read say they are some say they are different...I dont care either way, I just love her! ♡

 

[Tahoe61]

Looks like a variety of Actinodendron plumosum, they pack an extremely potent sting.

 

[erk]

Looks like a variety of Actinodendron plumosum, they pack an extremely potent sting.

I don't believe it is the Hell's Fire Anemone. The column of the Hell's Fire Anemone has no spots or stripes. The tentacles are also far more "fluffy" for lack of a better word.

 

[Tahoe61]

Look at Phymanthus buitendijki.

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Why don't more people keep these?!

Well quite honestly I never knew they existed until I read your post. They are quite beautiful, but I have also seen other members on this forum with similar looking anemones. It might just be a labeling dilemma.

- C. Smith

 

[Leslie Tabor]

Look at Phymanthus buitendijki.

Yes that is the name I have seen with these!

 

[Erink]

Bornemans anemone. I have one too...

 

[chizerbunoi]

Nice addition to your tank. They are a very beautiful anemone and do propagate like Rabbits. In a few years your rock will be covered by them. But for an anemone lover, I don’t mind.

 

[rwreef]

It is true..i had two...now have about 6 in a 20l with a T5 fixture

 

[Hot2na]

do they host clowns ?

 

[James M]

do they host clowns ?

Just like rock flowers they don’t host

 

[Hot2na]

in that case, no thanks

 

[Udest]

That's probably why you don't see em often , most people want stuff that'll host clowns.

 

[BostonReefer300]

The only clowns I have that'll host are dirt cheap skunk clowns. Can't get them out of the anemones except at feeding time. Will my classic ocellaris clowns host a nem? Nope. If I have to answer one more little kid's question as to why the Nemo fish don't live in an anemone, I'm going to drown a little kid. Will the expensive designer clowns I got for my daughter host a nem? Nope. But they host the power cord for the nero powerhead just fine.

 

[rwreef]

do they host clowns ?

My clowns swim into the borneman anemone all the time.

 

[rwreef]

Just to update thos old thread my borneman anemone are still going strong and I'm up to about 10 of them from the original two.

 

[rwreef]

A better picture

 

[nanofordad]

Thx for this thread. We had two given to us by @markwayts . Now three. They are really awesome but they did kill a few of my corals. Had to make their own rock and space in tank.