Neon green bta?

[guido_kp]

your maroon could be a juvenile gold stripe. the stripes start out white and turn gold (going from head to tail) as they age, i think.

 

[Slakker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10392683#post10392683 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JM68
Your nem is not bleached.

White is never a natural or healthy color for anemones. Zooxanthellae populates the entirety of the animal and is brown/green in color. If the anemone was completely healthy, this brown/green color would be present in the tentacles.

 

[phender]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10392683#post10392683 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JM68
Your nem is not bleached. There are BTAs that are neon green through out, but yours just has green tips. I have one identical to that. I bought it like that and i has remained like that. Mine also has a bright pink base. If it was bleaching out the base would also be bleached so if yours still has its pink foot and green tips i believe that it is doing just fine. My friend at the lfs who knows more about marine life than anyone i've ever met told me that they get nems like this occasionally and they r perfectly healthy just a color variant. You will see for yourself the longer u have it. A bleached nem means a dying nem and after u've had it for months and its still perfectly healthy you will realize that its just a different color.

I'm not sure you understand what bleached means. Bleaching is the loss of the symbiotic algae that lives within the anemone's tissues. The color of the base has nothing to do with whether or not it is bleached because the algae doesn't contribute to the color of the base.
Many anemones come to the LFS beached, some species more than others. It is something they do on their own when they are stressed. Bleached anemones are not necessarily unhealthy. Some will live a very long time (years) and never regain their zooxanthellae as long as they are able be fed.

Since the anemone pictured isn't totally bleached, I would guess it will brown-up a bit in the near future. But, as long as it keeps its feeding response, it can survive being bleached.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

I can't believe your crab and clown are sharing that little anemone!! Very lucky, enjoy your good fortune!