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Carpet anemone ID


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Can someone please help ID this anemone? Thanks! :D

Oh and a few things about it:

Its non-photosynthetic(it hides in the darkest corner of my tank)

It filter feeds(It is growing and hasn't eaten any fish from the tank YET)

The tentacles at its edges are longer than its center and they are green(Florescent :D), compared to the center pink.

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It has been there for more then a month now and it is growing in size (it's approximately 6 times it's original extended size now) so I don't see how it's bleached

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Oh interesting but I can't feed my carpet anemone market prawns cause they'll dirty the water very fast. The tank is small so the dirty water would not dilute. I have noticed it grabbing onto frozen mysis shrimp during feeding time too. Maybe that's how it grew so much?

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Maxi Mini carpet anemone - Stichodactyla tapetum

Photosynthetic but will benefit from periodic feeding of seafood fare.

Both of your specimens are bleached - the second one severely.

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Maxi Mini carpet anemone - Stichodactyla tapetum

Photosynthetic but will benefit from periodic feeding of seafood fare.

Both of your specimens are bleached - the second one severely.

i know, but so far it has been with us for 1 yr..we really dunno how to not unbleach it...they tend not to like too much light

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What is the lighting are you guys using?

hi Terry, sorry for the late reply! I'm using some cheap unbranded china LEDs. The box cover said that the light temperature is 12k and that it's suitable for marine fish. I know it's not the best for photosynthetic life but I don't plan to upgrade this tank as I'm gonna decomm it and set up a new tank soon!
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