Flame Rose Bubble Tip Anemone?

tdtiger

tdtiger

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Hello everyone, I was at a LFS this evening and saw an amazingly colorful anemone on display. The store told me it is called a Flame Rose bubble tip anemone. I took a picture of it on my cel phone but not too sure on posting a picture..also not a great picture.

The anemone is a rose red and orange bubbles with a orangy/yellow tip. It's approximately 6" in diameter partially closed. Has anyone heard or seen something like this before?
 
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lets see if this works
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8833049#post8833049 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquaruki
Why is it all curly, that's what I'd like to know...
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I asked them if i can take a picture of it. First I tried to take a picture from directly above and it closed up a bit due to my movements and adjusting water flow. (yeh bad idea) It is a very beautiful color and show size. I've never seen any anemone like it before. Anyone know how much something like this should go for and what a good deal would be on it?
 
The pigment in the tentacles doesn't look right to me. When anemones are dyed, the base holds the dye longer than the tentacles. The tentacles fade more quickly than the base and they usually do so unevenly. I know it is not a high quality picture and the anemone is closed, but to me it looks a little like an anemone about a month after a dye job.
I hate making judgements like that, but that orange/yellow color is just not a color I have seen in any anemone before and the distribution of the color in the tentacles looks unnatural.
 
I'm pretty sure it's not dyed. Usually if it is, this store has notified me if it is or not to their knowledge. They've been pretty honest and knowledgable in regards to marine fishes n their corals.

I've contacted a member Karen, in regards to anemones and she has seen orange anemones before. I'll try to get a better picture. That camera phone does it NO Justice.

SuperNerd, it's a hole in the wall call Bob's Tropical fish off the 60fwy. They are one of the best maintained LFS I've ever seen. Locally at least.

Anyone else with info regarding this? Pricing?
 
i have an orange bubble tip that is a little bleached doesnt look like that i think that could be died
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8834382#post8834382 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender
.......I hate making judgements like that, but that orange/yellow color is just not a color I have seen in any anemone before and the distribution of the color in the tentacles looks unnatural.
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And this why I hate making judgments like that. I went by to see the anemone in question. The picture wasn't a very good representation of the anemone's color. I have seen this color before. It is basically a rose anemone with yellow/goldish tips. It is very pretty.
The person I talked to (owner's son I think) said that it had been shipped directly from Indonesia. He said he thought that there may be a new area opened up for collection because he is seeing some new/unusual things on the stock list.
For example red gigantea carpets. I have seen these before but not for some time. He said the price in Indo was going to be $150 and that was before its even gets out of the country. He said he wasn't very thrilled to pay what he thought would be over $200 for an anemone that might not live long enough to be sold.
Very nice guys. Beautiful little store once you get inside.
 
Marina, I have not way of knowing what the shippers are charging. I do know that the wholesale price for the red giganteas 5 years ago was around $200.

I forgot to mention that when I saw the anemone today, I also bought it. I felt a little bad, but tdtiger hadn't pulled the trigger yet and for all I know tdtiger was doing some free advertising for the shop.
Anyway, I was wrong again, once it was in my tank I realized that I really haven't seen anything quite like this before. See if you agree.
One pic was taken with flash the other was not. I don't know which is which. Judging from the size of the mouth, this is going to be a big anemone when it gets aclimated.
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tdtiger, if you were going to buy this today, I am sorry. You can have first dibs if it ever splits.
 
People Believe it or not, there is an orange variation to the RBTA, my lfs has one that splits every 3-4 months. HE sells them for $500 a pop, but lemme tell ya they are beautiful!
 
I'm trying to get some pics that capture the luster of the yellow/copper tips, but I'm not having much luck.
Here is what I have today. I just saw a post from someone in Australia that has one. Keep an eye out. It may be available from a new collection area.

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I can see the copper highlights...now I know why we can't quality livestock in CO. It doesn't make it out of LA. :)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8847365#post8847365 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DivaMan
People Believe it or not, there is an orange variation to the RBTA, my lfs has one that splits every 3-4 months. HE sells them for $500 a pop, but lemme tell ya they are beautiful!
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This guy lives in Colorado.:D
This anemone didn't go through the usual wholesale route. It was shipped directly from Indo. to the LFS.
 
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