Blue Haddoni

All the picture other than the last pictures show a very bleached anemone but otherwise seem OK. I would take a chance on this one if I really want a blue Haddoni. I bring back plenty of bleached anemone.
I don't think you find any of us here who would disagree that this is a bleached anemone.
 
You're not getting many replies because most of us feel that if we can't add value to the conversation, we don't want to waste people's time by reiterating what's already been said.

I can only point out the obvious: bleaching is lack of color. But unlike coral where for the most part bleaching means the coral is white and dead, anemones that are bleached can still be alive and have color of some sort. They lack their symbiotic zooxanthellae -- which is typically brown or green -- and is essential to keeping the nem alive. Without zooxanthellae, the nem will die.

Specifically with haddoni, the brown color is much less pronounced as with other nems, such as gigantea which have a brown base color and an accent color on the tips of the tentacles which is typically green, blue, brown or purple. Haddoni that are bleached appear to be somewhat transparent but still have color throughout their oral disc and tentacles (in contrast to gigs) which is typically red, purple, blue, green, or brown. Brown haddoni and gigs can appear white or transparent.

Your haddoni appears to be completely bleached in the photos. In the first photo it even appears to be transparent. You cannot see "through" a healthy haddoni, which has an ample amount of zooxanthellae.

I hope that helps!



Thank you and I do understand.

Sometimes people do not believe others till they hear it multiple times:

The part you highlighted is also why I risked it and the picture was not great..

I also agree anemones more often than corals retain their pigments when bleaching, a coral mostly turns white which makes it much easier to tell. It is Why I think there is a problem here, everyone thinks bleached means pure white.


All the picture other than the last pictures show a very bleached anemone but otherwise seem OK. I would take a chance on this one if I really want a blue Haddoni. I bring back plenty of bleached anemone.
I don't think you find any of us here who would disagree that this is a bleached anemone.

The same thank you..

By last picture you mean my gigantea?.

Even a damaged anemone can seem healthy for a while.
I do not know if you remember my giant Crispa that originally was bleached? He grew very large, well Ended up loosing him in a tank transfer.
I grabbed the rock I thought he was on but a small part of the foot was attached to another rock and the rock tore his foot. He bleached but he slowly died but once torn it can be impossible to save.
My point it a anemone can appear healthy even being bleached for a while like this one did in the first picture and still be damaged..
 
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Like everyone else said, it is bleached. I don't have much to add, other than the guy that sold it to you has no clue.

If you take a picture of it under 5K lights, the pic will show the degree of bleaching better. But the transparency of the anemone says it all with that one. Next time you're questioning it, make them send a picture under 5K lighting. You'll see the amount of brown in it with that lighting. But when transparent like that, no 5K light needed. That's severely bleached.
 
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This Gigantea was sold to me as a Haddoni and the guy swore up and down it was a haddoni. Anyway I knew different and is was almost totally bleached if not 100 percent so they gave it to me as a steal. They had 3 and I almost bought all 3, they had a nice blue pigment but no Zooxanthellae. Anyhow thought I might have a blue Gigantea and that is how he is now, not blue but very healthy.
Nice!
 
Well I final got a replacement well kind of, they gave me a partial credit for mine but this time they sent me a good looking anemone.

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Haddonis have two blue color morphs - the dark blue and the light sky blue. The darker blue is more common than the light blue, but neither is as common as the greens (or browns).
 
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