can anyone help mi identify this?

[KaEN]

Hi all

i went fishing today and caught this bugger by surprise....

at first i tot is abalone(pix 1) , then when i brought home to put into my tank, it open up to became this beautiful green creature!

does anyone knows wat is this? is it dangerous or poisonous?

[KaEN]

in my tank with blue light

[Golden Tooth]

Looks like carpet anemone.

[KaEN]

in my tank with white light

[Golden Tooth]

Carpet.

[Terryz_]

Carpet anenome... it will eat fish... where you get it...

[KaEN]

haha, i went fishing at pasir and it bite my hook-.-!

[KaEN]

btw, if i keep it with crown fish, will my crown be safe???

[Golden Tooth]

The clownfish will be safe but not sure of the crown.

[shiraz]

[KaEN]

btw, may i noe wat should i feed it with?

is there things to take note when having this in tank?

[Golden Tooth]

Strong lighting n good water quality. It will move to find good spot. Watch out if u have corals around.

[FuEl]

They will eat anything. And I mean anything....even flame scallops.

Just make sure it's not dying....especially when you hooked it up..did you damage any tissue? If it looks injured best to throw it back into the sea where it will have a higher chance of recovering...

IMO one of the least demanding anemones...

[wolfie]

U can try chopped frozen prawns (the normal ones used for cookin' can liao)... 1-2 small pieces to see if it'll eat... It's normal if it doesn't eat for the 1st few days or even the 1st wk... Juz keep enticing it...

[FuEl]

Oh yes...my first anemone was a carpet...caught from ecp last time...had it for about a year b4 i had to give it away as it was outgrowing the 2 ft tank.

Kept in in atrocious conditions...>50ppm of nitrates...and just a 11W pl tube over it. Not saying you should do the same...but just giving info on the hardiness of healthy specimens.

[SpiderOne]

the fact that it wasnt attached to anything should already let u know of its health. looks to be in pretty bad condition. i would get rid of it if i were u

[FuEl]

Oh yes....carpet anemones like very fine sand as substrate. Found naturally on the sand bed...not on rocks.