My new anemone

RiffRaff

RiffRaff

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<a href="http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/bodypiercer/aquarium/?action=view&current=bluetipanemone.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d55/bodypiercer/aquarium/bluetipanemone.jpg" border="0" alt="anemone"></a>
added him yesterday. He's done a lap across the tank but looks pretty happy. The maroon's I have are checking him out but haven't hosted yet. We'll see
 
so i assumed that he would act like a bubble tip and stick somewhere when he was comfy. but he seems to be just rolling around the tank. should i try burying his foot or will he do it himself? My larger marron clown has started hosting in him and isn't very happy when i do try and move him
 
I would try turning off the power heads for an hour or two so he stops rolling around. If he grabs a hold of something keep turning them off every now and then to give him a chance to pick a spot. If he doesn't grab on then he's happy rolling around so leave him be.

I remember one guy said his would just roll around with clown rolling along and they were both happy that way.
 
Wow, that is gorgeous. What exactly is that and where did you find it? I love my Rose Bubble Tips but that thing makes me say wow.
 
Yes deffinitelly turn off your powerheads and give it a chance to settle.

That's a bleached Long Tentacle anemone. If you've got good water quality and strong lighting, it will eventually turn a tanish color as it becomes healthier.
 
that sucks. i like him the way he is. I got him at aquatic treasures in collinsville, IL he had like 2 or 3 more of them when i bought him
 
According to the staff at Seascape (they had some a few weeks back) the blue is due to the food they were fed. Apparently there is something blue they eat that turns them blue but I didn't ask what because I couldn't afford one then anyway. If you go out there bring a pic on your phone or something and ask Dwayne. He's the one who told me about their's.
 
Definitely bleached and not always an easy anemone to keep. Hopefully, good parameters and TLC will bring it back.
 
Mine darkend up with green hilights. Once they settle pretty easy to care for, but it has to find its spot in the sand. My maroon clown loves it, ignores the gbtas and rbtas.
 
I went in to seascape yesterday and showed the guy and he said he didn't think it was an issue and that it probably wasn't even bleached.weird
 
Mine was the same color, everybody said he was bleached. Finally about a month later he was brown with green tips.
 
Not sure who you talked with at the LFS, but they might want to do some reading before telling you that anemone isn't bleached:rolleyes: I am willing to give a LFS a break but that is just ignorant.
 
Nanook said:
Not sure who you talked with at the LFS, but they might want to do some reading before telling you that anemone isn't bleached:rolleyes: I am willing to give a LFS a break but that is just ignorant.
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I guess the real question here is "is it really bleached?". I will be honest and tell you that I truly don't know. Hence the definition of ignorant even though I believe that is an aweful strong term to use for this discussion especially when the implication involves LFS (and somewhat bashing in my opinion). I know this forum is to provide feedback from what hobbiest have experienced but is it not also suppose to be educational? Is there a reference site that someone can go to that can identify whether an anemone is bleached or not? I know that sebae anemones get color-dyed frequently :sad1: as that has been told to me by many wholesalers over the years. I have seen many things pass through over the last 25 years and I will never claim to be an expert at anything. What I want to do is learn (as I do every day). What we have on this thread is a beautiful animal that may be bleached. How do we know whether it is bleached or not? How do we know that it isn't something in our aquariums that cause it to brown out? We see that happen with other corals - why not an anemone? I am not trying to be offensive here I am just trying to learn. Therefore, where is the reference information that would assist all of us hobbyist in learning more about anemones and for this thread whether it is "bleached" or not? It does truly drive me crazy when people post "bleached" without providing further information to support their opinion and/or fact. By the way, I was not the one asked whether it was bleached or not.
 
Dwayne, with all due respect and not bashing you or whomever made that statement, that anemone is bleached out. It may come back and hopefully it does, if so, it will be a lot darker than its current condition. I am not a rocket scientist, but have been around long enough to know a bleached anemone when I see one, as are many of the folks in this club.
 
There is some great information for newbies and anemones in the third article down on this link:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1381958

Most anemones we keep in captivity are from shallower waters and rely on their symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae for their survival. Most zoox are brown in color which gives the anemone their darker coloration. Anemones that have been stressed often expel their zooxanthellae and appear to be "bleached". This isn't always a death sentence, but the anemone is far from healthy and will require particular care and attention with lighting and feeding, as well as making sure there are no other stressors in their environment.

Since the original poster stated that the LFS employee said the anemone was not bleached in our club forum, then it is up to us experienced members to set him straight. We don't have a sale pending on this and have nothing to lose. It is important that we not whitewash bad information or even pretend that the faulty information was never dispensed in the first place.
 
Thank you!!! :fun4: That is exactly what I was speaking of. I think it is more responsible to throw out information than to just report "bleached". I believe we all love this hobby and the more educated we are the better. This should assist everyone in understanding what is bleached. I get this asked of me frequently and I attempt to explain it but it is good to see a better explanation than I can give.

I am not disagreeing with correcting faulty information just sometimes the mannerism in which that faulty information is being corrected. Remember we are all prone to mistakes and even though the definition of ignorant is not bad the stigmatism of ignorant is.

Hopefully the information you provided will assist future selling and purchasing of anemones. Thanks!!!!!:thumbsup:
 
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