purple BTA in the diver's den from LA?

[marc price]

just out of curiosity tpd, what did the colors look like in ambient light when you took 'em out of the shipping box?

 

[tpdpercula]

Alright you animals are you ready........for some really crappy pics? Should have my friends camera here in the next few days and will post better pics then. Shall we begin?

The box which arrived 2 hours earlier then expected. Im suprised I woke up to the doorbell considering I got about 2 hours of sleep do to work.

Base color of the anemone with the lights out after acclimating. No FLASH no nothing!

THE BIG GUY (listed as 6" I would say maybe close to 8")

The smaller one with male GSM, hiding behind some liverock.

Full tank shot showing them bottom far right corner.

Like I said they are located under the overflow box, in the shade and pics were taken with an old crappy camera. I'll see what I can do once I have a better camera. I am very pleased with them and can't wait for them to get settled in and eating.

 

[tpdpercula]

Any suggestion on how to take a good picture with a camera that has no flash only a light and VHO ICECAP 660 with (2) 50/50 and (2) True Actinics?

 

[goalieman92]

Ugh. I want one.

 

[tpdpercula]

Marc to anwser your question, granted I was still half asleep, the stalks look similar to a very light colored BlueBerry and the tips (bubble portion) was an Icy-Purple Haze with deep purple tips. The problem with viewing them in the bag was they were shipped with the black bottom border and once the bag is flipped you get some distortion due to the creases from the clamped top. The are really COOL, they were worth the price. Think about doing a 30 gallon Oceanic cube with just them and a pair of my Picassos.

 

[Heterodonut]

TPD you lucky guy! They look good so far. Wish I had the dough to snag one of them before you got them. Looking forward to drooling over better pictures in the future.

 

[tpdpercula]

Heres some more pics (Top Down) some closer pics.

 

[ezcompany]

fantastic! td i was able to get one for myself the next day

 

[Canarygirl]

VERY cool!

 

[Jamie1210]

Nice! They were in the diver's den on Friday too? Dang, missed it then...

 

[ezcompany]

three were posted on Friday, they all sold in less than an hour!

 

[tpdpercula]

Well the I guess you beat me to it on Friday EZ!!! I guess you'll get yours on Tue. you better post pics. Do you have the pic of yours from LA?

 

[delphinus]

Super nice snag dude!

Haha, is there a waitlist for a split??? If so I want in!!

 

[ezcompany]

you were trying to get another one!??

 

[tpdpercula]

Ya, I would not mind a tank of just them. I think we should call them "BLUEBERRY" BTAs. What do you think?

 

[ezcompany]

are you positive on the ID that its a bta? i'm still not too sure

 

[tpdpercula]

Seeing them in person, I am. I have been wrong before but I would be suprised if they were not. Just wait my friend.....just wait.

 

[marc price]

o.k, in the no flash/lights pic the column looks like a coraline algae (toothpaste) pink color, but if they are a light blueberry (purple-blue) color like you describe... as much as i've grown to hate bta's after having a rbta "trouble with tribbles" episode, i'd want one. very cool color esp. under the 20k's! can't help but think how stunning it'll contrast with of a pair of gsm clowns (or any orange/red clown) hosting.
good luck with them.

 

[Jamie1210]

if liveaquaria's selling more of these purple guys, I wonder if they could be clones of each other? I realize they're collected, but I wonder if they were clones of each other in the wild. Also wondering how rare are they? I thought it was interesting that though we've never seen one before, they were still priced less than a RBTA.

 

[Flighty]

Hey, EZ! I had that one in my shopping cart and by the time I entered my credit card info, it was gone I got the next one on the list though

You have to find out if those are eggs in the tentacles or what, even if it takes snipping a tentacle off to find out.