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    Posted: March 07 2009 at 12:49am
I have found a zebra mat anemone that I am interested in putting in my reef tank. I have tried to do some research regarding this particular anemone and cannot find very much information. I want to know if it prefers coral bed or sand, if it is compatible with soft corals, feather dusters, etc. and if it moves around much? Any information at all would be helpful in making a decision as to purchasing or just waiting for another time when I can afford another tank. Wink
 
 
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i've honestly never heard of it. Do you have alink to it?
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Heteractis aurora  (Quoy & Gaimard 1833), the Beaded Sea Anemone. Family Stichodactylidae. Up to two inch tentacles, eleven inch disc width, with characteristic beaded appearance. With apparent mouth opening and often with radiating appearance from center. Stalk may be mottled or solid orange or red. Live attached to solid structure, able to retract completely beneath the substrate. Full size and close up Malaysian  images.
perhaps?
 
wet web media says its a no no. I'd talk to someone in the club about getting a tank raised nem. Much higher success rate in captivity.
 
 

Anemone Identification 4/11/04 
I bought this anemone (see attachment) from Petco last a month ago and they had no information on it's specific genus and species. They had it for sale as a "zebra mat anemone". I couldn't find any information on any species or find any pictures of this individual. Do you have any idea what it might be? Thank you. 
<I want to help you here my friend... but I don't want to enable you either with easy answers, particularly as a reward for an irresponsible decision: buying any living creature that you do not know the name of, what it needs/eats or how to care for... is just plain wrong. It disappoints me, but I have hope/faith that you will not repeat the mistake (which at best will cost you more than a few dollars to buy the lighting this anemone needs, or the loss of its value when you return it because you cannot afford or do not want to buy said lights, etc). I'm grateful that you are at least asking its name at this point. I see by the file name of the image you have sent that somebody thinks it is a Phymanthus species. Interesting. Let me guide you to investigate further by delving into the extraordinary (there are lots of pages!) archives we have on anemones at wetwebmedia.com. There is also some very good coverage of these cnidarians in popular works by Sprung and Wilderson for example. Statistically, the overwhelming majority of anemones collected die within months. Worse still... they have a dismal rate of recovery from said collections in the wild. Conscientious aquarists will resist the desire to keep the majority of these creatures due to dubious "sustainable collection". If you must have an anemone if/when this one dies... do look at getting a tank-raised rose bubble-tip (E. quadricolor). Gorgeous and (self-)sustainable! Anthony>

 
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