New Purple Base RBTA

[eeorrandy]

Just brought Home a new RBTA. It is under a 150w DE 15k light w/ no actinics.

I found the color of it's base to be quite interesting. Is it common to see a base this color? The color of the pic is accurate.. at least on my screen

Tell me what you think?

 

[SVXH6]

that is sweeeeeeet.. nice find.

 

[REEFRHEAD]

yes true rbtas have a purpel base congrads

 

[ATX aquarist]

extroardinary! Very beautiful. Good luck with it

 

[cowboyswife]

<---- Jealous!!

 

[arcab4]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9789518#post9789518 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by REEFRHEAD
yes true rbtas have a purpel base congrads

is that how true rbta's are determined? so what would be the regular base color ones be? I've seen the greenish/speckled red ones (i have one) and then i have the really bright red ones that make the greenish/speckled red ones look really bland. I never had a purple base one yet..but this was the first time i heard purple base being true rbta's. just curious.

the purple base does make it look much more stunning. great addition to your tank.

 

[Sway_A_Way]

thats pretty sweet just hope when it settles in it doesnt just bury the purple away into a crevice like they usually do

 

[illcssd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9789988#post9789988 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by arcab4
is that how true rbta's are determined? so what would be the regular base color ones be? I've seen the greenish/speckled red ones (i have one) and then i have the really bright red ones that make the greenish/speckled red ones look really bland. I never had a purple base one yet..but this was the first time i heard purple base being true rbta's. just curious.

the purple base does make it look much more stunning. great addition to your tank.

No, that is not have true roses are determined. Yes, you have a true rose, but some have a brown base, some maroon, some purple, and some just a lightish brown/white. I have one of each, i actually just aquired a purple base one two days ago, except yours is much bigger. Mine barely is two inches.
None the less, the only real rose that would be considered fake is the china rose, and it's still a true rose, it just doesn't do well in captivity.
All of the roses you mentioned are true roses, just different morphs.
fwiw

 

[phender]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9789518#post9789518 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by REEFRHEAD
yes true rbtas have a purpel base congrads

Please, please, please don't let us get sucked into the marketing hype of a "true rose" bta. They are all BTAs. Their color is their color. There are hundreds of different color morphs depending on where they were collected. They are worth exactly what you pay for them or what you can get someone else to pay for them and nothing more.

 

[eeorrandy]

Thank you all for your kind words. I am very pleased with our new addition.

They are all BTAs. Their color is their color. There are hundreds of different color morphs depending on where they were collected. They are worth exactly what you pay for them or what you can get someone else to pay for them and nothing more.

I agree fully. My question was more intended to find out just how common this color base is on a RBTA. I know it is not unusual on some other species of anemone, but I have not seen it before on a BTA

Thanks for your replies, keep 'em coming
Randy

 

[phender]

It seems that tentacle color and base color are not really connected. GBTAs can have any color base as can RBTAs.
Of the 4 base colors on bta's that come to mind; tan, rust, red and purple, purple is not as common as tan and rust, but more common than bright red.

I have seen a few purple based roses, but they are not the norm.

 

[eeorrandy]

Thank you phender... do they tend to hold their colors (base) in captivity?... I believe this animal was wc. And in you experience do their clones hold the same coloration?

Randy

 

[Anemone]

On my RBTAs, the base color and the tentacle color are the same as your 'nem's base. Although I really consider it more of a hot pink rather than purple.

And yes, the color is stable.

Kevin

 

[eeorrandy]

And yes, the color is stable.

Thanks Kevin.. that's good to know.

Although I really consider it more of a hot pink rather than purple.

fuchsia maybe?? :rollface:

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9793001#post9793001 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Anemone
On my RBTAs, the base color and the tentacle color are the same as your 'nem's base. Although I really consider it more of a hot pink rather than purple.

And yes, the color is stable.

Kevin

Haha, yes that was what I was thinking too. More of a hot pink. Nonetheless, the base of that anemone looks spectacular.

 

[bigdaddyadam]

is the base actually the color it appears in that photo? because it looks to be dyed to me...in which case that is not good, very stressful for the animal...I would shoot that pic over to Calfo or Borneman at the Marine Depot forums, one of the two did an article about a year back on coral dying and could tell you more acuraetly if it looks to be dyed

 

[Slakker]

I would think that if it was dyed it would show through in the rest of the anemone.

 

[eeorrandy]

No.. it's not dyed ... That's it's real color. And yes the color in the pic is accurate, at least on my screen. The place I got it from had other RBTAs, but only this one with this coloration. It is very brightly colored though, so it's a logical question.

 

[REEFRHEAD]

by true rbta i mean a true red one not the green base red tenticles ones. and yes other roses can have other colored bases but the most colored ones will have a closely colored base as the tenticles. personally to me only the maroon or purple based bta are the true rbtas.

 

[Slakker]

I'm pretty sure I've seen RBTAs with a rose colored oral disk that didn't have a maroon or purple foot.