Will this anemone nuke my tank?

[lilbitreefer]

The first picture is after feeding it the second is a day later. It does not seem to be doing well. I have had it for 2 months now and it was already hiding under rocks when I got it and appeared bleached out. I seemed to get better immediately after I feed it but now it looks sad. My other BTA I s doing great.

I have coral that appear to be affected by something in the water. They are developing STN. All parameters are normal limits. P04 is a bit elevated at 0.2. Everything else normal.

 

[BestMomEver]

Pictures would help if you have any...

 

[Jason mack]

So long as its still got colour and its still attaching with its foot it Should be fine ...if it's moving around a lot and not really attaching to anything for long I'd say try and check the foot for damage ...

 

[lilbitreefer]

sorry thought they were attached

 

[Jason mack]

Well it's definitely attached still ...and the second pic it definitely looks white ...is it not a kondi anamone ....???
I'd just give it time ...I had a bta that was also bleached it took months for it too recover properly

 

[cristata.reef]

I don't think it's a condy. It's bleached so it'll be impossible to use color as an identification tool. My marine bio side tells me this is a Telmatactis species, but those are few and far between in our hobby. Plus many species of anemone can contort their body shape when stressed, making it pretty hard to ID them.

I'm curious as well to find out what it is. Let us know if the tentacles come out more in the next few days. Also if you could get a pic of the oral disk that would be very helpful.

 

[lilbitreefer]

this was when I fed it the other day

 

[lilbitreefer]

Here’s a few more pictures fist one is before feeding mysis and the second is after it did like like a BTA when I first got it so I don’t know what’s up with it.

 

[lilbitreefer]

just took this the mouth seems to be protruding.

 

[cristata.reef]

Ah yeah that's probably a BTA. Although it may not look like it, notice how it is able to inflate/deflate it's tentacles causing them to change shape. Looks bleached so it may be stretching for light