Bleached bubble tip?

[shifty51008]

From those pics i can see a bta now

 

[CoralsAddiction]

BTA. 100% not Ritteri. I had a small one and it looked very different than yours especially the mouth area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymHoknbdGCQ

 

[D-Nak]

Yes -- BTA. And the white tipped ones are fairly common despite what some stores want to you think. If you Google "white tip anemone" the first few photos are BTAs.

White tipped Magnifica do exist as well, but they look a lot different. Here's mine:

When trying to ID a BTA versus a mag, just look at the mouth. BTAs have white steaks that radiate from the mouth, resembling sun rays.

When comparing the white tipped BTA versus mag, BTAs have a distinct pointed "nipple" especially when the tentacles are bulbous, white the actual tip of the mag is the part that's bulbous.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

the ritteri is absolutely what I was thinking that nem was instead of the bubbletip ive seen ritteri with fatter tentacles which resemble that of a bubbletip but do not actually bubble and your anemone isn't looking like its bubbling either just has fat tentacles

I do not see what your talking about there is no clear bulb-like tentacles. there is just an anemone with fat tentacles and when scrunched up and not stretched it could be perceived as bulb-like but I just don't see that at all.

I agree 100%

 

[D-Nak]

I agree 100%

Guys... All of the photos clearly show a nem was pointy tips. Mags have blunt tips. I think given the evidence we have thus far we can say with relative certainty that it's a BTA.

If you Google "white tip magnifica" you'll see what I'm talking about.

 

[hotelbravo]

Now seeing the mouth I have to agree with the bta its clearly for the white stripes coming out of the mouth. I was very reluctant at first to believe it but I do now

 

[addictedreefer]

Guys... All of the photos clearly show a nem was pointy tips. Mags have blunt tips. I think given the evidence we have thus far we can say with relative certainty that it's a BTA.

If you Google "white tip magnifica" you'll see what I'm talking about.

+1. I thought this was open and shut since the first pic. Don't know why there was even a debate. Perhaps it is my 20/15 vision.

 

[Joeb1983]

Haha! Thanks guys. So its a BT and not bleached then. I like it! :beer:

 

[hotelbravo]

+1. I thought this was open and shut since the first pic. Don't know why there was even a debate. Perhaps it is my 20/15 vision.

Nah I have 20/15 vision I still didnt see a bta at first

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Guys... All of the photos clearly show a nem was pointy tips. Mags have blunt tips. I think given the evidence we have thus far we can say with relative certainty that it's a BTA.

If you Google "white tip magnifica" you'll see what I'm talking about.

Now seeing the last two pictures I agree. I've just never seen any BTA like this before.

 

[Joeb1983]

Whatever it was it took a turn for the worse and I had to pull it. It wouldn't eat. It's tenticles weren't sticky and would retract from any food source. Only tried tried feeding twice. Krill and a piece of silver side then let it be as to not stress it.

It eventually ended up attached upside down in the arch out of the light/flow and began to sag. Came home from work and it looked like melted wax with a huge gapping mouth. My rose was plump and bubbly as usual.

My buddy has a dedicated nem tank and said get it out asap; which I did.

I barely tried removing it from the rock and it fell right off. It's was very, very mushy. I didn't want to risk nuking my tank. Also did a water change to be on the safe side per his suggestion.

I feel bad, but what can you do... RBTA shows no issues what so ever. I'll just stick with the one for the foreseeable future.