Anemone split, uncommon color?

[rynon]

Not really a question but I wanted to share what my anemone looked like during a split. This was the first time it split and it had a hard time with it......took 3 days to fully seperate. The clone is now in hiding under a rock, the original has been doing some moving around but seems happy now? One question, is this a rare color? I've had this anemone for a year and a half and work at a LFS. I have never seen an anemone this color other than this one. We had one shipment of anemones like this at the store in a year and a half and have never seen another one. Just curious???? Here's a couple of pictures.

 

[rynon]

In case you wondered, that pump was off

 

[Bradly88]

ive never seen that colour! only the brown one!

 

[rynon]

Thanks. I'm wondering because I never see pictures of this color anemone. It's super neon with pink tips......it seriously almost glows in the dark. I have 10K lights with NO actinic at all and it's still that bright. I've seen a million green anemones but never one this color?????

 

[xxpipedreamxx]

I have a green one just like that but mine has more stripes that glow.

 

[rynon]

And another????????? BTW this thing is driving me insane..walking across my tank...geez. This would be number 3 if it does divide.

 

[rynon]

What do you think of this? I now think and believe with the help of WWM's crew that the connective tissue was a third anemone. It has a split going to it's mouth, BUT, it's healed. This picture was taken after lights out....................2 feet? I may need to do some cutting? I've posted this everywhere I can think of.....please give me your thoughts.

 

[traveller7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10822766#post10822766 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rynon
I may need to do some cutting? I've posted this everywhere I can think of.....please give me your thoughts.

That picture looks like a recent division which is healing up. Let it settle in over the next few days and enjoy.

fwiw: The color morph is certainly not the most common, but it is not uncommon either.

Good luck.

 

[rynon]

It has not split, that's the part that's driving me nuts. It's only half split.....it split 12 days ago and now looks like this. I have no clue what's up with this? Thanks for the reply.

 

[traveller7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10823181#post10823181 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rynon
It has not split, that's the part that's driving me nuts. It's only half split.....it split 12 days ago and now looks like this. I have no clue what's up with this? Thanks for the reply.

I'd wager, it has split, but half or a third is hiding out, "melted down", been sucked up the filter, etc.,etc.

Either way, a knife to it will not help in this situation. Let it settle back in and keep an eye on the water quality. Especially if a portion of the division is lost somewhere and dying/dead.

Good luck.

 

[CruzinKim]

Green BTA with pink tips. I've seen several reefers with this, one was lime green and another was more deeper green.