Anemone Identification

[Euphyllia]

I took this photo a few years ago at the aquarium in Honolulu Hawaii before I got into the saltwater hobby. I really like the anemones in the picture and it has been bugging me forever. Can anybody identify this? Is it an easy species to keep?



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[A_Lee]

Hmm ... I'm just taking a shot here. I'm going to say it is just a normal BTA, Entacmaea quadricolor.

 

[Euphyllia]

Well as you see it isn't the best picture, but there are white dots on the tips of the tentacles. Could it possibly be a sebae anemone?

 

[GreshamH]

@ the Waikiki Aquarium? If so PM Thales with that pic and ask him to ask Charles if he knows.

 

[A_Lee]

I took this photo a few years ago at the aquarium in Honolulu Hawaii before I got into the saltwater hobby. I really like the anemones in the picture and it has been bugging me forever. Can anybody identify this? Is it an easy species to keep?

So, it's not a BTA as I originally thought. In fact, it is a tank bred Stichodactyla gigantea

 

[Euphyllia]

OH! So those are hard to keep, right?

 

[A_Lee]

I wouldn't say they're easy

 

[GreshamH]

not only that but they are one of the anem's our trade put a major pressure on and shouldn't be collected really. Most people kill them and don't even know they could be 2x - 4x their own age.