What type of Anomie is this??

[Crush]

What kind of anomie is this and how much does it normally go for:hmmmm:?? thx

 

[dfladermaus]

Hey, its spelled ANEMONE not anomie. If you spelled it right you could google it for a quick id.

that one looks like an Heteractis malu

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/inverts/cnidaria/anthozoa/anemones.htm

 

[reef_doug]

I'm tempted to suggest it's a Condilactys Anemone. They are Atlantic species, don't normally host clowns and are quite stingy.... fish catchers too, even eat some clowns. Pretty though!

The can be found from Florida, Caribbean and Haiti. Value is between $5 - $20.

 

[E.J. Coral]

Whatever it is, it is quite bleached! It will either die from starvation or get sucked into your overflow, if it hasn't been anemone proofed yet.

Never buy a white anemone. They are guaranteed sick!! Good luck!

 

[dfladermaus]

could be a condi, but i have not seen one with such an orange base.

some anemones have very white tentacles, that is normal. the purple tips are what made me thing H malu

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[E.J. Coral]

could be a condi, but i have not seen one with such an orange base.

some anemones have very white tentacles, that is normal. the purple tips are what made me thing H malu

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Which anemones have white tentacles? Certianly none that are photosynthetic or reef safe/clown hosts?

H. malu would be my guess as well. They are often sold as white anemones. However the truth is that for some reason H. Malu is very prone to bleaching. If they survive in a hobbiest's tank (rare), they will become a dark color.... usually brown, but somtimes other colors. They are also commonly bleached and sold as yellow sebaes. Tong's for example always has a few dyed malu in stock.

A healthy malu can sell for as high as a few hundred dollars. I wouldn't pay anything for the one pictured above.

 

[Crush]

Coral

This is how it is, he had some others and they looked the same, this morning i woke up and almost choked the thing is huge and its open its beautiful and im not trying to be mean but the sales man said it it was candiloc??:hmmmm: i could understand him very good does this sound right?

 

[afelder]

It is most likely a condylactis anemone. They are known fish eaters. Even clowns.

 

[dfladermaus]

Condylactus it is

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+499+619&pcatid=619

there is a very healthy condy with white tentacles

http://www.itdu.net/upload/2006_10_11/Heteractis_crispa.jpg
http://www.marinelifephotography.com/marine/cnidaria/heteractis-malu-dascyllus.jpg
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/hcs3/images/17sm.jpg

sebae anemone (H crispa) that is white and a white H malu (or whitish) in the wild. Some anemones that are photosynthetic have white or whitish tentacles.

Not trying to argumentative but I have seen tons of tropical "white" anemones that are perfectly healthy diving as well.

 

[E.J. Coral]

Condylactus it is

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=497+499+619&pcatid=619

there is a very healthy condy with white tentacles

http://www.itdu.net/upload/2006_10_11/Heteractis_crispa.jpg
http://www.marinelifephotography.com/marine/cnidaria/heteractis-malu-dascyllus.jpg
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-10/hcs3/images/17sm.jpg

sebae anemone (H crispa) that is white and a white H malu (or whitish) in the wild. Some anemones that are photosynthetic have white or whitish tentacles.

Not trying to argumentative but I have seen tons of tropical "white" anemones that are perfectly healthy diving as well.

The last three pictures that you showed were not of white anemones .... lol. Whitish and white are two very different things. Many anemones can be healthy and whitish. But there is no photosynthetic, clown hosting, white anemone!

 

[dfladermaus]

Whitish and white are only grades on a color scale, just like there are grades of blue and green and red. In the end its all semanitcs no need to argue over color perceptions of different people.

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[glOckcOma]

Im with dflad on this, the white anemone looks prett healthy and white not whitish to me.

I have also seen healthy white anemones

 

[weluvfish54]

my question is why is this the 5th or what not post from the same person STILL spelling anemone as anomie?

 

[E.J. Coral]

Maybe I am wrong. I am not trying to argue. Just participating in an interesting discussion:hello:

But I will say that I only keep anemones .... rarely fish or coral. I have purchased several white anemones in the 10+ years that I have been in this hobby. Everyone that survives, will regain color in my tank after 6 months at the latest. Of course the qualifier is that I only keep clown-hosting anemonies, I know nothing of other species.

When it comes to white vs. whitish there is a huge difference when it comes to anemones. White means no zooanthellae, and whitish/grey means zooanthellae.

I would love to see a picture of an anemone that has been under proper lighting in an aquarium for 6 months or greater that is pure white. I have NEVER seen it. Of course just becuase I haven't seen it, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. i would love to see pictures, and to be enlightened.

I guess that you have seen many healthy white anemones. But I have bought many white anemones that have colored up or died, but never survived as white.

 

[b_shady]

its a haitian pink tip anemone i owned one when i started my tank

 

[coral diver]

Purple tip condy Anemone some do have red/orange foot/base

 

[atarantino]

yep its a Condilactys Anemone!!!! Very aggressive will move around allot and sting allot of corals....

 

[MechaSamurai]

I saw an anemone like that at Petco for $5.99 one time, it was big and very white with a pinkish-redish-orange base. The employees there knew it was pure trouble but it still sold fast. Just goes to show you that lots of people don't do enough (any?) research before they buy.

 

[Crush]

WOW now that's what you call post whoreing bringing up a year old post so you can get a post in. Well I guess thanks is in order for telling me what kind anemone It is even tho I found out over a year ago.

 

[MechaSamurai]

Now that its a year later can you tell us what happened with it? You know, to bring closure and whatnot.