Anemone Identification
 

Anyone know if all condylactis have red trunk?

I bought a white purple tipped "long tentacle" but I cannot find anything on them.... everything leads me to condys.

Is there anyway to know for sure?

This anemone has a white trunk and white tentacles... purple tips.

Delphinus will know. He's the resident nem expert on here.

Picture
 

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/pic...pictureid=3417


This is mine.

I have one of those I also had a condylactis they are not the same they are cousins It is a LTA much more docile than condylactis. Once your Nem finds a place it likes it should stay there as long as the water flow is not to much and it is getting food. Just give it some raw shrimp once a week half will do. Since mine has bee under MH it has turned a nice green color with pink to purple tips. My clowns have no interest in it so if it ever comes off the rock it's on I will be selling it I have had it for over 10 months. It has not eaten and fish but it did have a war with a monti digita the digita tore a tentacle off the Nem when I separated them as the digita was getting stung pretty badly.

Bill

It does look a little like a condy but it does have a passing resemblance to what I imagine a small LTA would like too. What does the base look like? Does it have large white dots (verrucae) on the column? If so it could be an LTA. If it's a smooth texture with uniform colour then it could be a condy.

I'm not sure if all condy's have a red base. For that matter though sometimes LTA's will have a red base. But I think LTA's have noticeable verrucae on the column so look for those.

Hope this helps. :)

Base
 

The base appears smooth and since it is all white not sure i could see spots...

I'm thinking condylactis then.

Here's a quick picture I just found that shows the white spots (verrucae) I was mentioning..
http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/produ...did=2&pid=1075

Hmm
 

So after consulting with someone whose knowledge I trust.... it appears this is almost certainly a condy.

Not too happy cause if it is a condy... I way over paid at $30... only $20-25 IN STORES.

I am waiting to hear back from the canreef member who sold it to me.

Here is what I can say it is a cousin to the condy I have one of these in my tank and I had a condy at the same time they look similar but they are different a condy has tentacles that are long and tapered not long and concentric like in the pictures you provided. I returned my condy as it was hunting down my Gobi's had to return him and got a green BTA for less than what I paid for the condy which was $25. my cleaner shrimp goes right onto my pink tip Nem. The condy he tried to catch the cleaner shrimp he did get away and survived the encounter.

Bill

Shrimp
 

Some cleaner shrimp and crabs will host to Condys.

Link
 

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/reef...ndyAnemone.php


" The Condylactis Anemones use their venomous cells, the nematocyst found in their tentacles, to sting their prey and to deflect any attacks. In general, this anemone is more like a predatory anemone and will move all over the tank. As this anemone does it fish, it is risky to allow it to host a Clown Fish, especially since Clownfish are not found in the Western Atlantic Ocean. However this anemone does have a really interesting symbiotic relationship with Cardinalfish, Cleaner Shrimp (the Atlantic specimens), Arrow Crabs and Emerald Crabs. Just give these tank mates a little time to acclimate and you've got best friends for life."