Sea pansy

[Impala67]

Hey guys I’m looking to buy a sea pansy I can’t find any online and I used to own one until my tank crashed and he didn’t make it. I wanted to know if any of you would sell it to me and ship it I’m in the South Carolina area and didn’t know if you guys knew of a place that sold them or if you guys sell them here any help will be great!!!!

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

They sell them here for $21 - cool creature I didn’t know about before.

Soft Corals - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

There are approximately 6,000 species of anthozoans classified in several orders and subclasses, including hard and soft corals, sea whips, fans, antipatharians, sea pens, zooantharians and sea anemones. The northern Gulf of Mexico has only a few species, but what we have are just as equally...

gulfspecimen.org

 

[Impala67]

They sell them here for $21 - cool creature I didn’t know about before.

Soft Corals - Gulf Specimen Marine Lab

There are approximately 6,000 species of anthozoans classified in several orders and subclasses, including hard and soft corals, sea whips, fans, antipatharians, sea pens, zooantharians and sea anemones. The northern Gulf of Mexico has only a few species, but what we have are just as equally...

gulfspecimen.org

Yes but are they alive usually they sell them for science dissections

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Yes but are they alive usually they sell them for science dissections

I found it in their “purchase live marine specimens” tab, so I’m assuming yes.

 

[davidcalgary29]

It sounds and looks horribly sting-y. Since it seems to live in the substrate, can you actually see them in the aquarium, or do they lurk in sand, waiting for probing fingers?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

It sounds and looks horribly stingy. Since it seems to live in the substrate, can you actually see them in the aquarium, or do they lurk in sand, waiting for probing fingers?

From what I’ve seen with just a quick search, it looks like it lives with a part of it essentially anchored in the sand but the rest of it (the majority of it) sticking out above. One place says they’re one of their most popular touch pool residents, so I’d imagine they’re not as stingy as they look.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

From what I’ve seen with just a quick search, it looks like it lives with a part of it essentially anchored in the sand but the rest of it (the majority of it) sticking out above. One place says they’re one of their most popular touch pool residents, so I’d imagine they’re not as stingy as they look.

The place that says that is the aquarium that made the video on the link I shared. It also shows someone handling a specimen (and gently pressing it) without gloves on to get it showing its bioluminescence.

 

[Catskiller]

Does anyone know if it becomes luminous with wave action or would you have to reach in your tank and tickle it?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Does anyone know if it becomes luminous with wave action or would you have to reach in your tank and tickle it?

I was wondering that myself. The info I found just says it does it in response to touch and predators.