What anemone is this?

[immaman2011]

I've tried figuring it out but I cant. It looks like a BTA but other sources say it may be a LTA. It has a foot and is permanently inside that rock crevice. When I bought it they gave me the 6lb rock and the creature for $40. With my store discount made it around $35. Was it worth it? Or did I get a undesirable anemone?

This thing looks crazy expensive. I've seen stuff that looks like it cost around $180 or so. But again dont know what im looking at.

Please help lol.

 

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That is a bleached out rose bubble tip anemone also known as entacmaea quadricolor. Looks good minus the lack of color from too much light or general stress from chemistry being off/swings. Looks like it will recover in time. Usually they will move on their own but if its attached to the rock ypu might want to try a lower light spot or reducing your lighting intensity/run time.

 

[immaman2011]

That is a bleached out rose bubble tip anemone also known as entacmaea quadricolor. Looks good minus the lack of color from too much light or general stress from chemistry being off/swings. Looks like it will recover in time. Usually they will move on their own but if its attached to the rock ypu might want to try a lower light spot or reducing your lighting intensity/run time.

Only had it in my tank for 1 day and a half. The white light Pic is from the lfs. The blue light Pic is in my tank. The lfs said its been in their tank for months. And it was trapped between a bunch of LTA as a baby. So who knows what its been through.

Any idea what something like this is worth?

 

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Only had it in my tank for 1 day and a half. The white light Pic is from the lfs. The blue light Pic is in my tank. The lfs said its been in their tank for months. And it was trapped between a bunch of LTA as a baby. So who knows what its been through.

Any idea what something like this is worth?

Gotcha, I wasn't meaning to imply that issues were caused by your tank. Basically the anemone was just forgotten about seeing it was trapped. so a few months in your tank and watch that beauty make a come back. One of many things I love about this hobby, watching these animals become more colorful with time. As far as worth as of now, 30 dollars maybe? Give it a few months or maybe more and see what it develops into. Id love to see some progression pics

 

[immaman2011]

Sir yes sir, thank you for the info. Right now I have a freshly split rainbow/red bta, a medium size green tip bta, and a medium size purple orange tip bta in there as well all newly added within 3 to 4 days. They're hiding right now but thats to be expected, I heard they move into caves and the like for 1 to 2 weeks. No pics yet.

 

[dedragon]

Any idea what something like this is worth?

$30 in stores but so hard to get rid of online. they split so fast you will have too many soon. i just set up a bta holding tank because i cant get rid of them fast enough

 

[immaman2011]

$30 in stores but so hard to get rid of online. they split so fast you will have too many soon. i just set up a bta holding tank because i cant get rid of them fast enough

Im just enjoying it for now, if too many split I'll just bring a bucket of them to my lfs, blakes aqua den or all pets club for store credit. Or I'll trade with the maanger at blakes aqua den in ct for corals and fish. His anemones always sell so fast so I could be a potential supplier lol.

 

[dedragon]

they wont give you much because they get them in for so cheap. lol lmk tho i have a ton and im in nyc

 

[immaman2011]

they wont give you much because they get them in for so cheap. lol lmk tho i have a ton and im in nyc

I've been looking for an excuse to drive to NYC lol. How much would you give 1 or 2 to me for?

 

[dedragon]

that isnt including the 5+ i have in my display currently

 

[dedragon]

$5 each and they are urs

 

[dedragon]

i wud rather get $5 from a fellow reefer than $10- 14 from a store

 

[immaman2011]

i wud rather get $5 from a fellow reefer than $10- 14 from a store

Show me some more pics of what your willing to sell. Ill talk to my wife and we can take a drive down there to pick some up. Probably this weekend. If you're not busy.

 

[dedragon]

tank lights are off rn but later i can. pretty standard bright colored rbta. they are bulletproof

 

[immaman2011]

tank lights are off rn but later i can. pretty standard bright colored rbta. they are bulletproof

Sweet. Ok for sure.