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Ritteri Anemone

The Ritteri Anemone is also referred to as the Magnificent Anemone or Heteractis Magnificent Sea Anemone. Some aquarists still refer to it as Radianthus ritteri, but this name was recently changed to the current H. magnifica. It can grow to over three feet in diameter in the wild, although it generally does not grow larger than 1½ feet in the aquarium.
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Orange Ball Corallimorph

Very attractive nems that rarely grow more than an inch in captivity, lots of variety including white ball, green ball and orange ball. White ball corallimorphs are related to mushroom corals/anemones and have several concentric rings of long tentacles tipped with white balls that house nematocysts. ...
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Malu Anemone

It can be difficult to acclimate, so its care should only be attempted by the most experienced aquarists. It prefers to have a sandy substrate allowing its base to be hidden from sight. It should not be placed on a rock. It requires strong lighting, moderate water flow....
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Magnificent Anemone

The Big boy of the Anemome world. It can grow to over three feet in diameter in the wild, although, it generally does not grow larger than 1½ feet in the aquarium. Its tentacles have a long, non-tapering shape that may, on occasion, appear swollen at the tips. They can almost completely retract into the base....
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Corkscrew Anemone

Long Tentacle Anemone generally hides in the rubble or sand with just its tentacles being visible and therefore needs a sand bed of 3.5" . Macrodactyla doreensis generally hosts the clownfish such as Amphiprion perideraion and Amphiprion clarki to name some. ...
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Condy Anemone

The Condy Anemone is found throughout the Caribbean and Western Atlantic, in lagoons or on inner reefs, as individuals, or loose groups. Its disc diameter is 16" (40 cm) in the wild, but a disc of about 4" (10 cm) is common in an aquarium. This species has diverse colour variations....
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Tube Anemone

Ceranthus membranaceus is found in the Indo-Pacific region and Britain and may grow to a height of around 12" and lives in its tube which is permanently buried in sand, gravel or mud. It occurs in brown, tan, chocolate, yellow, pink, green, orange, blue and purple colourations. ...
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Bubble Tip Anemone

The Bulb Anemone is one of the most beautiful ornamental anemones for the home reef. When housed beneath intense aquarium lighting, Entacmaea quadricolor develops a unique bulb tip at the end of its tentacles. When hungry, this member of the Actiniidae family will stretch its sweeper tentacles to grab food from the water column....
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