Phishy yellow BTA, PICS
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55semireef
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dont forget your what profession is; HVAC TECH, not an anemone expert. If I had questions about heating or my a.c unit i might be inclined to listen to you, but we are talking about anemones and serdar has no reason to lie. I did a search and found several anemones that were yellow in the wild, just search for stock photos.
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A lot of coldwater anemones are yellow. One that comes to mind immediately is the strawberry anemone. And a british anemone, Sagartia troglodytes
I wouldn't doubt anything in nature. Any color is possible. There's even a glow-in-the-dark shark, and one that fluoresces. Steve Zissou will attest to this.
I wouldn't doubt anything in nature. Any color is possible. There's even a glow-in-the-dark shark, and one that fluoresces. Steve Zissou will attest to this.
triggerfish1976
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10550236#post10550236 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Casshern
A lot of coldwater anemones are yellow. One that comes to mind immediately is the strawberry anemone. And a british anemone, Sagartia troglodytes
I wouldn't doubt anything in nature. Any color is possible. There's even a glow-in-the-dark shark, and one that fluoresces. Steve Zissou will attest to this.
Now that's a yellow anemone. Great example.
55semireef
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Thanks for stepping in Debi.
I appreciate all of you that actually did the research and provided examples of yellow BTAs. Good job guys.
I appreciate all of you that actually did the research and provided examples of yellow BTAs. Good job guys.
DidYouSayReefer
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I live 5 minutes from Phishy. It is the real deal. No trick lighting or photoshop. I have purchased every peice of coral from there and got nothing but the best. If I had the money it would be in my tank and we would not even be having this discussion!
Look, I've seen it in person. It is yellow, maybe not canary yellow but it is yellow. Serdar shut his shop down when he went on this trip and it was a big hoopla to all of us in Columbus when he came back with his hand picked stuff. He's a stand up guy, I've been buying from him since his business was run out of his basement. If he says he picked it up himself on a reef somewhere, he did you can take that to the bank. He wouldn't risk his reputation all over this country as one of the best suppliers for a few hundred bucks.
delphinus
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Wading in a little bit late on this and sorry if I'm pouring salt into wounds, but ... I just have to share this:
I would call my anemone yellow. Not yellow"ish", yellow. And this is its natural colour. I have had it over 6 years now. This however is H. magnifica, so not fair to compare to carpets or BTA's perhaps, but I thought it was worthy of showing. FWIW I have seen this colour variant in the wild on dives. Yellow is most certainly possible in at least some host anemone species.
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I would call my anemone yellow. Not yellow"ish", yellow. And this is its natural colour. I have had it over 6 years now. This however is H. magnifica, so not fair to compare to carpets or BTA's perhaps, but I thought it was worthy of showing. FWIW I have seen this colour variant in the wild on dives. Yellow is most certainly possible in at least some host anemone species.
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55semireef
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Poor Dawman.
delphinus
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In all fairness, Dawson is only saying something that I've heard repeatedly over the years. I've heard several well respected anemone people say that there's no such thing as yellow anemones. It's just that in those cases, I like to whip out a picture of mine and say "Well what colour is this then?" just to be a smart aleck.
The bottom line though that as far as BTA's or carpets go, yellow is unusual. The yellow carpets that I've seen that were really truly "yellow" were really more bleached anemones that did not look healthy. And well, I've never seen a BTA that look like the ones in this thread. They're definitely neat, I'll give them that, but you know what, to me, at the end of the day, they're just Entacmaea quadricolor. Maybe I'm just not the same anemone geek I was a few years ago but really I only get excited when I see purple and red gigantea carpets and everything else, I'm just sort ... "Eh, it's nice but it's not a red or purple gigantea."
The bottom line though that as far as BTA's or carpets go, yellow is unusual. The yellow carpets that I've seen that were really truly "yellow" were really more bleached anemones that did not look healthy. And well, I've never seen a BTA that look like the ones in this thread. They're definitely neat, I'll give them that, but you know what, to me, at the end of the day, they're just Entacmaea quadricolor. Maybe I'm just not the same anemone geek I was a few years ago but really I only get excited when I see purple and red gigantea carpets and everything else, I'm just sort ... "Eh, it's nice but it's not a red or purple gigantea."
