Crazy unknown anemone

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This anemone moved in one day and ate my cleaner shrimp
what anemone is this??????
i am so sad

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looks like a bta but i havent seen one eat a healthy cleaner shrimp. check if it is a molt because i have seen them eat molts and the shrimp will hide for a bit as it hardens
 
Agreed. the white lines around the mouth are indicative of a BTA.

Definitely check to see if it was a molt, as previously mentioned. Anemones typically don't eat cleaner shrimp, unless it was dead or dying.
 
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looks like a bta but i havent seen one eat a healthy cleaner shrimp. check if it is a molt because i have seen them eat molts and the shrimp will hide for a bit as it hardens
It is sadly not the molt
it molted yesterday
and i guess was weak this morning and got eaten
 
so it is still healthy?
It doesn’t look bad , mouth closed and eating. It currently doesn’t gain energy from light so you will have to supplement feed it until it regains color , could be why it wanted to eat the shrimp
 
Agreed. Not healthy but not sick, per se. Just needs some TLC and it should be fine. You'll probably want to feed it more than a typical anemone (that doesn't need to be fed at all) for a quicker recovery, but that's not a requirement.
 

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