H. malu or dyed common sebae?

[davocean]

I agree the crab could be an issue, that crab is fairly big for that small nem, could be bothering it as well as stealing food.
As far as spot feeding I don't stress on that, especially for a new nem.
As long as light is decent and water params are cool.
Maybe just squirt mysis towards it.

 

[deangelr]

Time will tell. Certainly some anemones have been dyed, and there are some brightly colored ones that look dyed, but are not. I HOPE it stays that cool color - nothing upsets me more than dyed animals. I think even brown anemones are awesome.

We had a long discussion on one of these threads about yellow giganteas - and whether there was any such thing in nature. It was clear the giganteas in question were not dyed - since only the ends of the tentacles were yellow. However the only yellow giganteas that could be found were bleached - there were no photos of any yellow giganteas in nature. There was some question about what they would look like when they regained their zooxanthellae. According to one person in the discussion who said he had kept a yellow gigantea from bleached to healthy status - the yellow morph was a natural color, but when the anemone was not bleached it made the anemone look a light greenish color - not a bright yellow.



The only answer - keep a nice photographic record and enlighten us all!

I think I had yellow Gig.. Unfortunately I lost it after about 8 months to a vortech so I cant prove it.. There is a really nice yellow gig pictured in The Reef Aquarium Volume 2, but unfortunately it only shows the tentacles.. Also shows a nice red one in the same picture.. I would find it hard to beleive that there would be dyed anemones or falsly identified anemones posted as healthy specimens in that book... ?

 

[BonsaiNut]

I wanted to quickly add...

I agree with Davocean that you shouldn't panic about feeding a new anemone unless it is showing signs that it is starving. My comments about feeding were in response to your question about "what to do to get it to eat". I'm not sure that (at least to me) it is showing signs that it is starving. With the exception of being bleached, I think your anemone looks good right now.

 

[jayelblock]

BonsaiNut,
the color hasn't faded--my first picture wasn't very accurate. The first pic was shot under metal halide only, and it had that very cold, reflective quality. I added a slightly warmer LED which makes the color look more accurate.

I'll try your feeding advice. I have frozen cyclops and rotifers, as well as oyster eggs, so those should be small and nutritious enough for target feeding, and I'll hold off on force feeding unless conditions warrant some emergency intervention.

Thanks for all the help, and I'll keep those who are interested updated.

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Very interesting read and some great pics here.

 

[davocean]

It would be cool to see some update pics on this.

 

[davocean]

I might as well chime in. I have had this Malu for a few weeks nowhe was in the sand , not happy for a week or two, then he went to the rocks and LOVED it for 2 weeks then bailed back to the sand , its a tough battle with this guy but he eats well and looks great. If you look at the last piture closely you can see it very happy in the top of the rocks were it was for two weeks before it released back down into the sand.

The green looks really nice, but I wonder what made it climb on rocks?
I'm not familiar w/ silent world LEDs, wonder if they are putting out enough light, or how many VHO's you have.

 

[marc price]

For fun, here's a couple of anemones from the same location:

First, H. aurora

Second, H. malu

For bonus points, name the clownfish. It's relatively uncommon.

Are these underwater photos in the wild and where? Should be Marshall Is if Tricinctus?
I thought it looks like the Bali population of A. polymnus.

Here's a hint. First, another photo of the same fish in the malu:

Then an older version of the same species in a mertensii:

The clown in the mertens is clearly not A. polymnus.