Anemone identification

cellingson · 03/20/2018, 07:45 PM

I received a couple of anemones on some live rock out of Fiji. Wonder if anyone could help me identify them.
I think the large green one is a Sabae but not sure. The others appear to be bubble.

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ClownNut · 03/20/2018, 08:42 PM

majano anemone. kill them before they become 1000000000000000000000

Swayze27 · 03/20/2018, 08:46 PM

Sounds violent, even the big green one?

ClownNut · 03/20/2018, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Swayze27

Sounds violent, even the big green one?

no matter big or small, majano are evil!

Swayze27 · 03/20/2018, 09:13 PM

Man I wonder how many have been sold as BTA

101010 · 03/20/2018, 09:13 PM

For some reason it doesn't looks like Majono(though I'm not sure), IMO you should wait for some more positive identification before you destroy them.

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ClownNut · 03/20/2018, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Swayze27

Man I wonder how many have been sold as BTA

lol, a few years back someone actually selling them on ebay as mini BTA or something like that.

Swayze27 · 03/20/2018, 09:42 PM

IMG_3483.jpg
So close

D-Nak · 03/20/2018, 10:19 PM

The green ones with orange tips are what some commonly call tulip anemones. They are invasive just like other small colonial anemones.

cellingson · 03/20/2018, 11:51 PM

Thank you clownnut
I looked up majano and agree the smaller ones are likely this. Will get rid of.

But this first one is quite large. 5-6 inches across. It prefers the bottom substrate and not the light. I am not convinced this is a majano unless others agree.

D-Nak · 03/21/2018, 12:51 AM

Oops, I assumed that the first image was of a colony of anemones. If it's a single nem and is 5-6 inches as you mentioned, then it's probably a BTA. However, BTAs like rock crevices and not substrate. Can you take a photo of it under normal light (without the blue tinge)?

Coral Collection used to have one called a glowstick, but if you Google "orange tipped BTA" you'll see similar morphs.

Swayze27 · 03/21/2018, 04:52 AM

Looking that healthy and not liking light would worry me as to what creature it is, lol

cellingson · 03/21/2018, 11:49 AM

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cellingson · 03/21/2018, 11:52 AM

Maybe more like 4 - 5 inches. It likes light but prefers to be towards the bottom with its back side Burried in the rocks.
This is what it looked like when it came in

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cellingson · 03/21/2018, 12:12 PM

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cellingson · 03/22/2018, 05:24 PM

Any thoughts? I vinegared all the small ones. Now I have just this big green one. Ideas on what it could be?

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Kevin Guthrie · 03/24/2018, 01:36 PM

Can you describe what you see on the column? Hard to tell from the pic.

cellingson · 03/24/2018, 03:45 PM

This is with the blue light off.

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D-Nak · 03/24/2018, 03:56 PM

How about the mouth? Does it have white lines/streaks radiating from the middle?

cellingson · 03/24/2018, 05:34 PM

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Can you describe what you see on the column? Hard to tell from the pic.

If by column you are referring to the foot. It was a light green color and about as wide as the anemone top. It is buried in a crevice of a rock and can't see any portion of it now. Here is the anemone after stimulating it to close.

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cellingson · 03/24/2018, 05:43 PM

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cellingson · 03/24/2018, 05:48 PM

Measures at 3 in

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flooddc · 03/24/2018, 06:55 PM

Look like a green BTA.

cellingson · 03/25/2018, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by flooddc

Look like a green BTA.

Thanks

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cellingson · 03/25/2018, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by D-Nak

How about the mouth? Does it have white lines/streaks radiating from the middle?

I'm not seeing obvious white stripes.

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03/20/2018, 07:45 PM	#1
cellingson Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 58	Anemone identification I received a couple of anemones on some live rock out of Fiji. Wonder if anyone could help me identify them. I think the large green one is a Sabae but not sure. The others appear to be bubble. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/20/2018, 08:42 PM	#2
ClownNut Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,859	majano anemone. kill them before they become 1000000000000000000000 __________________ Dont let me know where u lived if u have a nice pair of clownfish in ur tank!^_^ Clown kidnaper^_^ Current Tank Info: 300DD, SM200/RD3,ATI 60-8X80+4X75, 2 Sea Sweep & 4X6105 & 6208

03/20/2018, 08:46 PM	#3
Swayze27 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Warrior, AL Posts: 546	Sounds violent, even the big green one? __________________ "Crime is a disease, I'm the cure" - Marion Cobretti Current Tank Info: 180 gallon w/ 55 gallon sump

03/20/2018, 09:13 PM	#5
Swayze27 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Warrior, AL Posts: 546	Man I wonder how many have been sold as BTA __________________ "Crime is a disease, I'm the cure" - Marion Cobretti Current Tank Info: 180 gallon w/ 55 gallon sump

03/20/2018, 09:42 PM	#8
Swayze27 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Warrior, AL Posts: 546	IMG_3483.jpg So close __________________ "Crime is a disease, I'm the cure" - Marion Cobretti Current Tank Info: 180 gallon w/ 55 gallon sump

03/20/2018, 09:13 PM	#6
101010 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Posts: 86	For some reason it doesn't looks like Majono(though I'm not sure), IMO you should wait for some more positive identification before you destroy them. Sent from my ASUS_Z00ED using Tapatalk

03/20/2018, 10:19 PM	#9
D-Nak Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 5,797	The green ones with orange tips are what some commonly call tulip anemones. They are invasive just like other small colonial anemones. __________________ Tank info: 120 gallon 48x30x20 high DT. Clownfish breeding rack in full swing: C-Quest Onyx, Bali Aquarich P1 Picasso + Rod's Onyx, wild percula + Rod's Onyx.

03/20/2018, 11:51 PM	#10
cellingson Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 58	Thank you clownnut I looked up majano and agree the smaller ones are likely this. Will get rid of. But this first one is quite large. 5-6 inches across. It prefers the bottom substrate and not the light. I am not convinced this is a majano unless others agree.

03/21/2018, 12:51 AM	#11
D-Nak Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 5,797	Oops, I assumed that the first image was of a colony of anemones. If it's a single nem and is 5-6 inches as you mentioned, then it's probably a BTA. However, BTAs like rock crevices and not substrate. Can you take a photo of it under normal light (without the blue tinge)? Coral Collection used to have one called a glowstick, but if you Google "orange tipped BTA" you'll see similar morphs. __________________ Tank info: 120 gallon 48x30x20 high DT. Clownfish breeding rack in full swing: C-Quest Onyx, Bali Aquarich P1 Picasso + Rod's Onyx, wild percula + Rod's Onyx.

03/21/2018, 04:52 AM	#12
Swayze27 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Warrior, AL Posts: 546	Looking that healthy and not liking light would worry me as to what creature it is, lol __________________ "Crime is a disease, I'm the cure" - Marion Cobretti Current Tank Info: 180 gallon w/ 55 gallon sump

03/21/2018, 11:49 AM	#13
cellingson Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 58	Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/21/2018, 11:52 AM	#14
cellingson Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 58	Maybe more like 4 - 5 inches. It likes light but prefers to be towards the bottom with its back side Burried in the rocks. This is what it looked like when it came in Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/21/2018, 12:12 PM	#15
cellingson Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 58	Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/22/2018, 05:24 PM	#16
cellingson Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 58	Any thoughts? I vinegared all the small ones. Now I have just this big green one. Ideas on what it could be? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/24/2018, 01:36 PM	#17
Kevin Guthrie Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 506	Can you describe what you see on the column? Hard to tell from the pic.

03/24/2018, 03:45 PM	#18
cellingson Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 58	This is with the blue light off. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/24/2018, 03:56 PM	#19
D-Nak Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 5,797	How about the mouth? Does it have white lines/streaks radiating from the middle? __________________ Tank info: 120 gallon 48x30x20 high DT. Clownfish breeding rack in full swing: C-Quest Onyx, Bali Aquarich P1 Picasso + Rod's Onyx, wild percula + Rod's Onyx.

03/24/2018, 05:43 PM	#21
cellingson Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 58	Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/24/2018, 05:48 PM	#22
cellingson Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 58	Measures at 3 in Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03/24/2018, 06:55 PM	#23
flooddc Registered Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Maryland Posts: 304	Look like a green BTA.