• What kind of anemone is that?

  • Amber

Have a good day, everyone. I received 2 actiniae the size of 25 kopecks on the Marchenkov stones. One is snow-white with a red foot, the other is a dirty brownish-green color. As soon as I placed the stones, they stayed in one spot, but after a couple of hours, they had already scurried into the nearest crevices about 5 centimeters away from them. They are quick. When the main light is turned off, they crawl into the crevice, with only the edge visible. The light turns on, and they open up again in a couple of minutes. The polyps are small and numerous. But they are not round like bubbles, but sharp. One can be photographed somehow, but the other is impossible. What are your thoughts on this? The thing is, the worker said in the store that this time many such actiniae came on the stones, but he is not aware of the genus, let alone the species. This means that some of those sailors who took stones from the last shipment also received these creatures.

Ronald

Three days ago, a stone of the right shape (with four indentations for the anemone) fell. A white one also appeared. I came across it a couple of times while placing the stone, but nothing was moving. I didn't observe it anymore as I left the city.

Robert

Two pieces also arrived. I cherish the hope that this is the magnifica that Artemia eats.

Christine864

I had two, and we shared another one. They are growing, getting fatter, and bringing joy. In a year, it grew almost 20 cm from a pinhead... the tentacles gradually turn green and brown. This is what we looked like just 1.5 months ago:

Melissa

I also have stones from the latest shipment of SM. There is something stuck in the stone, but I haven't seen it come out yet (the aquarium is in the startup phase).

Rebecca

In short, we acquired it, and later we will figure it out as it grows. This is not a bubble or a magnifica. This is a small-polyped actinia. At least for me. It looks like some kind of Stichodactyla. A tapetum or a relative.

Christopher

Can I see a photo? Does it really look like a magnifica? I'm also in the process of starting mine, it's been three weeks already, though. The snow-white one is visible against the thread from the other end of the room. The dirty brown one is hard to notice even from a meter away. They fully expand when the MH is turned on. They respond weakly to blue light. By the way, in the ten days I've had them, they've grown a couple of millimeters. Or maybe they're just adapting and expanding more... I haven't fed them anything yet, but I'll try tomorrow.

Theresa5149

At Biokon, the Red Sea Entacmaea quadricolor.

Luis3725

Why delay? Here are the cards in your hands... go for it.

Johnny

Odessa, they are not there at that link. There are too few views there for a determiner.

Barbara

Well, out of all the ones I looked at on Reflex, this one looks the most like Magnifica. I can't get a photo of the place; one is in an inaccessible location, and the other recently started traveling and left a convenient spot for a photo. But it looks very similar to the one you photographed. I don't know, maybe it's not Magnifica, but I really want it to be, or maybe it is one like that...

James1625

It is clearly visible that they have small tentacles. It looks only like this one. And nothing else. And the first, the second, and... the third! I found another one!

Brandy

only white... Maybe you are right. If it's a mini rug, I understand it won't grow much?

Andrea

I have some too, they've been living for three months now, they've grown and chosen a permanent spot. The one in the link looks very similar, but mine are all white.

Wanda666

Zulf, it's interesting that I haven't seen white mats for sale. And how much have they grown? What were they like, and what are they like now?

Tanner

Interestingly, all heteractis have a white color that is indeed common. And H. malu has exactly the same green-brown coloration as my other one. Do you have mats? What color are their legs?

Christopher7213

It's impossible to check right now. I'll get back to you in about 2-3 weeks - I'll be taking them off the stones (if we don't figure it out by then). There are white tapetums in AiRife. (2 pcs)

Charles

These tapetums have lost their color. The guys couldn't remove them from the rocks (deep in the crevice) and threw the rocks into the aquarium without light. They were colored before. Denis said. Still, they don't want to come out of the crevices, even though they've been sitting like that for a long time.

Gabriel

Transplanted (object) - didn't take a photo right away. Now there's only this kind of photo - climbed into (the shade?) The leg is red. Sticky tentacles. I will keep turning the stone - I will take a better photo.

Heather9815

The topic of the legs is not revealed. I’m waiting for new photos! And the color is beautiful!

Wendy8540

I was just looking at my larger one this morning. It started changing color, the mouth began to turn neon green, and everything else is becoming a greenish-brown color with neon green streaks, while the leg is turning red from pink. The smaller ones haven't changed color yet; they are still all white. I need to find a way to take a photo before it becomes impossible, as it is almost completely covered by the "cap" of the lobophytum.

Amanda

Thoughts: - If this is a tapetum, then why are the tentacles near the oral disc absent? - In haddoni, the tentacles are rounded. The fact that she has a pink-red leg doesn't mean anything - we are not experts in identifying actiniae of such an offensive size - maybe this is just their bleaching. Assumption: If this is not some form of "mini actiniae - mini mayano," then perhaps this develops from the spores of Stichodactyla gigantea (pointed tentacles).

Vanessa6144

Fed, without a shell: == ============ Ready to eat again.

John3165

What size is this action figure?

Leslie

~1.5 cm

Amber6362

Yarik, it seems this little anemone has experienced significant stress and is now returning to a normal state. Over time, it will accumulate zooxanthellae, change the shape of its tentacles, and the whiteness will disappear. I have repeatedly observed similar cases with these anemones. Their appearance was identical to yours.

Cheyenne2747

NN-yeah... the oral disc is bare... So it's not a mat. Well, what you have is exactly like mine. It's a pity that zulf can't show the photos yet. Well, we'll wait until they grow up. Are there no photos left from when the bubble was as small as ours? Do yours remind you of ours?

Barbara

Looks like a weed...

Michelle9986

It's not clear. Why do you think it's a weed?

Jessica8898

This week, the feeding frequency has increased. In the photo, the coral split in two, and now there are already three pieces. I believe only weeds do that.

Joshua9340

It's funny... My ones haven't shared yet. But one, not white, has already doubled in size. The white one isn't growing.