Carpet Anemone Identification

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Can someone @OrionN help identify the species? It was sold as a Haddoni, but I've never seen one with tentacles this long. It's about 10-12 inches in diameter but a bit shrunken in the video. I see green, blue and yellow. This is day 3 in the tank. For some reason, I'm a sucker for buying these things. I've lost 10+ large fish to my carpets but keep buying them... My clowns are literally fighting over it. Night time video just before lights out. Thanks!

 
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Looks like Green haddoni but may be lumi limeGreen carpet
 
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I'm not sure the video is clear enough for me to agree with any of the identifications of a haddoni. The tents look longer than I would expect for a haddoni and if it's day 3 in the tank and staying on a rock that is more gig like behavior. My haddoni almost exclusively live on the bottom buried in the sand with foot snuggled up to a rock...
 

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I'm not sure the video is clear enough for me to agree with any of the identifications of a haddoni. The tents look longer than I would expect for a haddoni and if it's day 3 in the tank and staying on a rock that is more gig like behavior. My haddoni almost exclusively live on the bottom buried in the sand with foot snuggled up to a rock...
I'd agree that this anemone is acting/looking more like a Gigantea so far. A look underneath the edge could settle it though - Gigantea would have pink/purple bumps (verrucae) on the underside, and Haddoni would not.
 

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