Help with an anemone. ID, BTA or Anemonia?        6/19/15
Hello. I left my LFS today after purchasing an anemone they assured me was NOT a Majano after I told them I was concerned that it looked a bit like a Majano. He convinced me that it was a bubble tip,
<Might well be; though very small presently>
I brought it home, but before I stick it in my DT tank, I wanted to research it myself and try to identify it. I have had no luck. There is only one anemone in all of Google images right now which resembles mine and I found it on your website. It is this:
The person questioned what it was and the answer was not definitive here either. My question is, if you ever heard back from this person confirming bta or Majano? It is listed on your anemone identifying question page on this website. Here is my anemone:
As you can see, the distinguishing patterns on the face are identical and both have the bubble tips. Neither have the identifying five or six white lines around the mouth that are common with bubble tip anemones and they don't quite match any of the Majanos I have seen either except for the fewer tentacles and more visible open face. They are very confusing. Are they perhaps a different species than either? Any help you can give would be just brilliant. Thanks so much!
Trisha
<I urge patience here. In time it will be obvious what this is; in the meanwhile, enjoy it. Bob Fenner>

Re: Help with an anemone; ID       7/7/15
My anemone has been confirmed a bubble tip, although the professional I spoke to guessed it is possibly a very similar and related breed instead. I figured I'd let you know in case anyone else has a similar question.
<Thank you, BobF>

Anemone Identification please!       4/27/15
Hi!
<.... 10 megs of pix... where did I find your email? In the auto-delete file>
I have two anemones that have been present in my 75 gallon tank for some time. It was established late last summer, so it is a little under a year old. I was wondering if you could successfully ID both of these anemones.
The first anemone is small and about the size of a nickel, with clear tentacles that each have a single small fluorescent green spot, ending in a small bulb tip, plus a brown stalk. This guy came in on live rock and survived the entire nitrification cycle of the tank. I'm thinking that it is a Pseudocorynactis but was wondering if you agree?
<I do>
The second anemone is one that I have been unable to properly identify. It is about the size of a quarter with a tannish red disk and long bright green tentacles. It will eat some plankton or pieces of shrimp but seems primarily to be photosynthetic (makes sense given how vivid the green is).
We had it for about three months before a second one appeared. Over the past 4 and a half months they have continued to reproduce (With a count today of 11 in total, with 2 new ones appearing each month). They're on an isolated rock and have stayed on it so far. I'm prepared to take measures to reduce the population but I've been very curious what this anemone is as it doesn't strike me as very visually similar to tulip, majano,
<This>
or an Aiptasia, plus the reproductive rate seems far too slow and geometric for it to be a pest anemone. I've attached three photos, one with the original anemone, then when there were three, and finally how they currently are. Do you have any advice as to how I can keep this anemone successfully (without it overpopulating)?
<Yes; isolate it/them on their own rock bommie>
I've been debating as to asking my local fish store if they'd be interested in taking a few of them off my hands.
<Oh; good idea>
Thanks!
~ RG
<Welcome. Bob Fenner>