Anemone Oddity...

[gREEF stricken]

To the Invert Collective:

Recently acquired a rose bubble tip from a friend. He fragged it about a month ago. I brought it home a week ago. When I brought it home it was a brilliant hot pink with a slightly clear-white translucent base. It has done some moving around and seems to have found a spot in a nook/cranny. In the past two days it has tripled in size, and the clear-white translucent Color has dominated 70% of its total coloration now. With only the last 10% or so of the tentacles are pink, and not brilliantly so. I fed it a sliver of raw scallop p yesterday which it gobbled happily...any explanation as to why it's gone so oddly pale ? Thanks

GS

 

[deangelr]

What are you using for lights?

 

[gREEF stricken]

Taotronic tropic cheap [profanity]LED's but my other RBTA, which admittedly is ROSE colored not Olivia Newton John got pink!! And I did a slow burn acclimation(like 2hrs) and put it about 6" away from currently happy one. It slid down to visible crevasse and parked...for about 24hrs, then it ran for the hills. It dissappeared for about 24hrs then came out to its current spot and 3X it's size...WTFO?

GS

 

[_divad]

Would love to see some pictures.

Sounds interesting.

 

[gREEF stricken]

He's virtually impossible to photograph where he has moved to in the past 24 hrs... But I will get as soon as HE decides its the right time I guess

GS

 

[Alohadood]

Lighter coloration is typically indicative of filling itself up. It may be expanding to get more light. What light was it under before? Is it actively taking food? It could also be expanding to get a larger range for feeding.

 

[phender]

Anemones are mostly water. Your anemone hasn't actually grown, it has just inflated itself with water. That's a good thing. Unfortunately, the pigment gets spread out as the anemone inflates. If it is translucent with hot pink tips, it is bleached. As it acclimates to your tank it will likely start to regain its zooxanthellae (which is a brown/gold algae). Your anemone will then become more brownish with rose colored tentacle tips (its natural color).

 

[alb_56]

I have three under a Taotronic, I started with one and fragged it twice. A month to change tanks after fragging is a little early in my opinion. Mine have always had healthy color but after fragging they take a little while to heal and will bleach a little from the stress IME.