Another silly-beautiful carpet anemone at Jay's!

[LosingSleep]

My cell phone pic doesn't do this nem justice!

Blue-foot Carpet:








http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l58/SRTDave/nem.jpg

[biggyclops]

saw that a few days ago.. Looked wicked!

[~Flighty~]

I can't tell from the pic, but chances are that it is a gigantea carpet which is the absolute hardest by far to get a healthy one and have it survive the first three months. might be a haddoni though. You could tell if there were purple spotsright at the top of the blue area or not. Very interesting though. Thanks very much for posting the pic!

[sciknen]

how much is it any one know?

[cujo6984]

one million dollars lol looks nice tho

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

but chances are that it is a gigantea carpet which is the absolute hardest by far to get a healthy one and have it survive the first three months.

Trying to put me out of my misery before it begins? :D

[LosingSleep]

Third times a charm R.H-F? :)

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Either that, or three strikes and you're out. :D

[this is me]

The more I look at it, the more I think it's a gigantea. But it doesn't have the purple spots on the top of the underside though. Most of the haddoni I've seen have the smaller tightly packed bubbly tentacles but this one seem to have the longer and more spaced out tentacles. But most of the Gigantea I've seen have the purple spots also. I don't know, could be a hybrid.
I will post pics later.

[this is me]

Also, another characteristic of the Haddoni is that they prefer to stay within the sand. Gigantea seems to prefer the rock.

[~Flighty~]

Whats taking so long on those pictures ? ;)

[this is me]

After reviewing the pictures and taking several close look at the anemone. I'm almost 99.9% sure that this is a gigantea. The reason why the purple spots are not as apparent is because the anemone is not fully expand. And the blue foot just make the purple harder to see.

The clowns took it really quick. And they're liking it!
http://www.pbase.com/nickphoto/image/107942652.jpg

Close up of the purple spots.
http://www.pbase.com/nickphoto/image/107942648.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/nickphoto/image/107942650.jpg

My Picasso is getting darker!!
http://www.pbase.com/nickphoto/image/107942654.jpg

[LosingSleep]

You scooped that up quick. :D

[biggyclops]

that thing is bad A#$!

[Palyanna]

Great score Nick! Gorgeous pics, as always. :)