Orange base anemone?

[MandarinFish]

What kind of anemone has an orange base and white top?

I just picked one up "used" from a guy and I want to ID this critter.

Never seen one like it.

 

[Chucker]

First of all, let me take the opportunity to state that if it's not a host anemone, it could be any of hundreds of species. That being said, it could be a long tentacle- they tend to have bright red-orange bases, and a lighter (usually tan) disc and tentacles. A picture would greatly help in teh ID process.

 

[LilBugger225]

Haitian condylactis can have orange bases and white tops with long tentacles. Heteractis magnifica can have an orange base as well but not sure about the white top. A description of the polyps may help to ID, a pic would be best. I've also seen some macrodactyla doreensis with orange bases and white tops.

HTH

LB 8)

 

[MandarinFish]

I agree - I was thinking it could be a Haitian also.

Description: solid orange base and foot, white with even whiter spots, not a bubble tip for sure; maybe a LTA? Pretty long tentacles, but my others seem longer. Could be because my other ones are healthier.

The guy I got this from had bad lighting and no skimmer. Absolute rank amateur with no idea how to care for marine life.

I will try to get a pic up.

The guy said it also ate damsels. May not be a host anemone.

 

[LilBugger225]

If it ate fish, then I would bet it was a condy. I had a condy that was just crazy, it would get huge one day and small the next and it would try and sting everything. Then one day it decided to move too close to my octo bubble and the octobubble stung it to death.

LB 8)

 

[MandarinFish]

pic coming when it no longer is situated behind rock formation.

 

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a condy. If it is you can say goodbye to any mandarins you have. Scooter blennies also tend to fall prey to them.

 

[MandarinFish]

I don't have Mandarins yet. My tank needs another year to mature (I have an elevated refugium and a sump for extra 'pods).

I will probably trade all my anemones when I do get my Mandarins.

I'll probably trade the condy; it's in a tank with a snowflake eel right now.

Just needed to know what I have exactly...

 

[trigger0214]

I have an anenome like the one you are describing...I bought it as a long tentacle, and then it kind of changed forms...its top turned white and the base turned orange...It is a host to my maroon clown, and I've had the anenome well over a year and a half. It eats scraps that I and the maroon feed it. I don't think my tank is the best, but it is not the worst. 125 Gallon, Xenia Elongata's love it, 30 gallon refugium, protein skimmer, 300 gallon fluidized bed, salinity 1.025, pH 8.3, alk >3.2 mEq, Ca 400 ppm, nitrates <10 ppm. The tank is light by only (2) 96 watt 50/50 PC's, but this thing changed while in my nano-reef (like 2 inches under a 10K PC), and it has made no movement towards my lights, and the tank gets a pretty good blast of natural sunlight every day. I am trying to get a digital camera soon.....better luck then.