What is this? (Came with "The Package")

[ljp3]

Was hoping that someone can identify this that came with the final shipment of the package.

 

[wombat1]

Wow, I'm intrigued. Can you snap a better picture of it, more light maybe? I have no idea what it is.

 

[ljp3]

Here are a coule more picture

 

[ljp3]

This is the bottom

 

[investigator1]

It is either a curly cue or long tentacle anenome.

 

[wombat1]

Ah, the monitor I was using earlier sucked. That appears to me to be a Condylactis gigantea, the Atlantic anemone. Can we see a picture of it outside of the bag?

 

[ljp3]

I think it is a Condy as well.
I do not know why TBS would ship it when they knew my tank was new. (It wasn't a hitch hiker, it was bagged and everything)

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I would say thay is a condy anemone.

I have heard they sometimes throw in freebies at TBS.

Not too hard to keep as anemones go. Would have been nice if they had asked if you wanted one though LOL.

 

[Saltykirk]

It is pretty though. Your sand looks nice too. Definitly a condy. Did your sand seem to have alot of bugs and stuff in it?

 

[wade1]

Those things are basically weeds, they are easy to keep alive and require low light. Good starter anemones. However, they also have a very potent sting and do not host any fish. I've had wrasses devoured by them (way back when I started and knew nothing about them) that cost 6x the value of the anemone. Unless you want to keep an Atlantic species type tank, I'd suggest getting rid of it before you put in more fish or corals (like I said, the sting is mean). Just me opinion of course...

Wade