Curlique Anemone (Bartholomea annulata)

[BetteMidler]

I got four of these that hitchhiked on my live rock. The biggest one was under some rockwork & found a smaller one next to it. They move pretty quick & look easy to remove. Yeah or nah on keeping one? I've only seen them host shrimp, never a clown. Looks like they keep spawning rings of tentacles around the base?
Biggest one, ducked behind a rock doesn't like the direct flow:

This baby floated & settled in the sand after pulling the rock off the one above. It was attached to the rock I moved & didn't like direct flow at all.

Another one in the sand, has never moved and doesn't get direct flow:

Another on some rockwork, again out of direct flow:

 

[Reefing102]

I have one that came in on some KP rock. Definitely not a clown host. Haven’t seen it eat fish but is an absolute coral destroyer.

Mine has its foot buried deep in the rock that I can’t remove it. Even the nem cannon won’t work, it just pokes out a different hole. Definitely a unique anemone though, but not for those with windex tanks. White light definitely helps appreciate it

 

[BetteMidler]

I have one that came in on some KP rock. Definitely not a clown host. Haven’t seen it eat fish but is an absolute coral destroyer.

Mine has its foot buried deep in the rock that I can’t remove it. Even the nem cannon won’t work, it just pokes out a different hole. Definitely a unique anemone though, but not for those with windex tanks. White light definitely helps appreciate it

Verified the Nem Cannon does not work. Tried to get one close to the sandbed, but it's foot was through the sandbed & under my main structure. I thought it was going to work, but these can burrow deep. This was the small one in the sandbed attached to the bottom glass. Managed to get him without damage:

 

[timmyrules]

How do you tell the difference between curlique nem and aiptasia?

 

[BetteMidler]

How do you tell the difference between curlique nem and aiptasia?

These Anemone has segments & will look like white bands on the tentacles. They host Peterson cleaner shrimp in the Caribbean. Aiptasia will have smooth tentacles. Here is a video of one hosting some shrimp. I have two left & going to try to remove one. I was reading that they need at least two to reproduce.

 

[timmyrules]

Ohhhh ok, I see. That’s cool!

 

[Reefing102]

Ohhhh ok, I see. That’s cool!

When “adults” they are also significantly larger than Aiptasia. The tentacles in mine is probably 4-6 inches.

Here’s an old pic from last year after lights out.