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I got this anemone with a 2nd hand tank I bought about a year ago so have no idea what it is.
It has been doing great and am really curious to know what it is.

Under my daytime lights it’s a luminescent green towards the center and deep pink / light purple towards the tips.

Thanks in advance!

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Thanks for the responses so far.

It’s attached to the rock and very difficult to get a picture of the foot. Anything in particular I could look out for to help identify?

I have what I think is a BTA in the tank already so am surprised that the original one might also be a BTA…. I need to do more research…!

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It is an E. quadricolor, or the BTA with no bulble. Other common anemones it can be, but not are M. doreensis, the LTA, or C. gigantea, the Atlantic Condy. Bothe the LTA and Condy has orange foot on the bottom and tan on top, but LTA has prominent verrucae near the top of the column that are white and in line. BTA has one color column with no visible verruca. The one thing about BTA is it has white striated lines radiated from the mouth, which this anemone has. All BTA have a few of these lines, at least 1 or 2.

So just as everybody already pointed out, it is a BTA.
 
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It is an E. quadricolor, or the BTA with no bulble. Other common anemones it can be, but not are M. doreensis, the LTA, or C. gigantea, the Atlantic Condy. Bothe the LTA and Condy has orange foot on the bottom and tan on top, but LTA has prominent verrucae near the top of the column that are white and in line. BTA has one color column with no visible verruca. The one thing about BTA is it has white striated lines radiated from the mouth, which this anemone has. All BTA have a few of these lines, at least 1 or 2.

So just as everybody already pointed out, it is a BTA.
Very helpful, thanks a lot.
 

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