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[worm5406]

I have a friend that has the below. He picked it up at a LFS, IDK how long ago, and sent me a picture. It is in good shape and has been for a while. I dont think it is bleached at all just it's coloring.

Any ideas so I can tell him?

 

[BossHoggin]

FWIW I had a mini-maxi anemone that had similar coloration when I bought it. That white/green. I too did not think it was bleached. It grew and even produced a clone in 8 months. But, when I got more diligent with water quality when I introduced harder to keep corals it colored up to a burnt red. I think your friend has a moderately bleached gbta.

 

[bradleym]

I would absolutely agree that it is bleached, but the rough texture of the base leads me to believe it is a H. Crispa. They are often sold bleached like that because they don't ship well. It does not look healthy or happy in the picture. I hope it is eating, or it may fade away over time.

 

[worm5406]

Eating up a storm and a bright red base.

 

[bradleym]

There is nothing red in that picture... Can we see a picture of the anemone as you just described it?

 

[worm5406]

Well it's foot is planted. I will ask him to see if he can ruffle it up some and get it to close to get the foot in the picture.

 

[worm5406]

No luck with foot picture. It is planted in the substrate.

He is going to try tomorrow to brush some substrate away and get a good picture.

It is doing good eating well and doing normal anemone stuff. (hahahaha)

 

[worm5406]

I did find these two pics that I forgot he sent me.

 

[worm5406]

Yes he knows about the aptasia... He is working on cleaning it out.

 

[bradleym]

Based on your statements about the red base, along with the 2 pictures above, I would now lean more towards LTA, or Macrodactyla Doreensis. In the last set of pictures, the underside appears smooth with rows of dots called veruccae. This all fits the M.Doreensis decription very well, but again, they do not come in white. This anemone can't be naturally white unless it is non-photosynthetic (which I doubt).

 

[worm5406]

In the last thread I posted the first picture you can see coloration on the tips. It is SLOWLY getting some color.

I should get a new pic tomorrow from him and I will see how it is doing and an update.

 

[OrionN]

Don't dig him up. He is doing well your friend should just leave him be. Definitive ID will come, health of the anemone should come first. The verrucae on the column of the last picture, straight vertical rows cause me to ID this as M. doreensis. I am certain of it. Clearer picture of the upper column should verify this ID.

 

[worm5406]

Ohhh no... no digging him up.. that is a no brainer. We were just hopping to brush away a bit of the column, to see a corner of it.

Here is another pic I overlooked.

Hard to see in the picture but the tips are getting some color.

 

[saltyair]

100% LTA - have never seen one white - chances are its bleached - they are very hardy so it should pull through with great water parms and lighting.

Based on your statements about the red base, along with the 2 pictures above, I would now lean more towards LTA, or Macrodactyla Doreensis. In the last set of pictures, the underside appears smooth with rows of dots called veruccae. This all fits the M.Doreensis decription very well, but again, they do not come in white. This anemone can't be naturally white unless it is non-photosynthetic (which I doubt).

 

[God.]

Ive seen a bleached H.crispa that looked almost identical to this.

Hmmmmm

 

[OrionN]

Ive seen a bleached H.crispa that looked almost identical to this.

Hmmmmm

Malu and Crispa have more random verrucae, not in vertical lines like LTA.
Here is a picture of the verrucae of a Malu. Crispa have similar verrucae

 

[worm5406]

New Picture

 

[OrionN]

That look like the column of a H. crispa, not M. doreensis

 

[bradleym]

That look like the column of a H. crispa, not M. doreensis

+1 I still don't see the red mentioned earlier, and the base is tough and wrinkled rather than smooth like I had thought from the second set of pics. I am going to have to go back to my original ID.

 

[worm5406]

It had it on puchase but I do not have pics of that. I wonder if the red was maybe from another one seen in the tank at the LFS.

But I can only go with what is in the pics... so we will go with the pictures at hand.