Blue LTA -

[Meggie2409]

I know but mine does not have a red foot at all.... that why I keep getting confused, I am a newbie to nems but love them... it does have the spotted veracue. Of course it's foot is buried under my sand into the rock wall I have to cant really get a pic of it... my other LTA had a gorgeous red foot. This has the same color foot as its body.... lol I wish I had a pic but the color to best describe the foot color is that it looks like it had its foot out in the sun and got a nice tan lol... I think I am just getting caught up in all the names everyone is using... And I didnt know LTA's came in so many colors lol

 

[davocean]

Well that's the thing, in my years of exp I haven't seen alot of the bright colors either, so it sometimes makes me wonder if natural, and that's as far as I wish to delve into that, not looking to start stuff towards collectors/vendors.
I suppose there could be other factors/possibilities...
But anyway, here is a lame pic overall of my Sebae/crispa, but good ID pic.
Notice how spots are more random, rather than straight line on the LTA/doreensis?
And see how foot is more yellow?
I don't have any good BTA ID shots, maybe someone else does, might want to look at those.
At first glance of your pics, my first thought was RBTA, but tents are not best indicator.

 

[guilloryreef]

You know, I've had SW tanks for about 25 years now, and almost always kept nems w/out probs.
The 2 blue LTA's I had never really attached or seemed ok like most(And I did have one green LTA/doreensis for 5.5 years w/ a sebae/crispa also 5.5 years same tank)
I'm not sure what to think on them, I've never seen anyone have a healthy one for very long.
It could be a number of reasons, but I can't help but think something neg on collection of them.

You way way more experience than I do. I've been in saltwater for the past 8 years and also have not had difficulties keeping nems. The only time that I lost one was from 2 hurricanes and one chiller issue.

 

[guilloryreef]

I'm sorry it didn't acclimate to your tank. Although i think mine would've done better if the sebae anemone weren't present, i'm in agreement with you about not trying another blue anytime soon.
Thanks so much for the questions/updates and keeping this topic alive.

Thanks. I talked to the LFS and found out that the guy that I bought it from was incorrect on it's delivery date. I thought it was in the store for over a week... not one day. That may have been the issue.

 

[Meggie2409]

@davocean thank you for the pic.. I will try to see what it looks like at feeding tonight... the only pic I have of the underside the nod. start in a straight line and then look like the sebae u put up lol thank u for ur help I am just fascinated by nems lol...

 

[t4zalews]

i saw one of these yesterday at a LFS, has anyone kept a healthy specimen with these colors?

 

[marc price]

You know, I've had SW tanks for about 25 years now, and almost always kept nems w/out probs.
The 2 blue LTA's I had never really attached or seemed ok like most(And I did have one green LTA/doreensis for 5.5 years w/ a sebae/crispa also 5.5 years same tank)
I'm not sure what to think on them, I've never seen anyone have a healthy one for very long.
It could be a number of reasons, but I can't help but think something neg on collection of them.

Here's another little one i just came across at a local Petco:

 

[Apercula]

My lfs had one of the blue-looking LTAs back before MACNA. It had been there a month and was well attached, open and reportedly feeding well. I had decided to buy it, but didn't want to put a new anemone in the tank then leave for 5 days, so I held off. When I got back from MACNA they had moved it to a different tank :rolleye1: and it had not attached and it looked stressed so I passed on it. Two weeks later when I went back to check on it someone had bought it so I don't know how it ended up doing, I would bet it died.

 

[swampy42]

So no success stories of blue LTAs?? I just stopped by Petco and saw a bunch that looked just like Marc's pic. Ugh I want one so bad but I don't like tan or dead things in my tank.

 

[isseym328]

I picked up a red LTA with the white tips a few weeks ago. Had a really hard time to get it attached as well. I tried a few positions in the tank, and it always attach for a few days and then let go. However I did notice that there are times when the body will be in the sand , and not attached to any rocks. That is when I realized this guy likes the sand. Did some research and turned out I was right. It got sucked into my Tunze 2 times, and I guess I got lucky both times there were only minor injuries. Now the LTA has attached itself inside a cave, with minimal light and low flow. Been like this for about a week, so I'm crossing my fingers.

So from my exp (and from what I read here and other articles) here's what I think they like:

1. low light
2. low flow
3. sand (I have about 3-4 inches in that cave area)

Hope this helps.