Red M. dorneesis on DD

You know, every now and then I see these super bright red or blue LTA's posted, and since LTA's/doreensis is one of my favorite, I really pay attention to the outcome or progress of them.
Since I've been a member on this site I have not seen one keep that bright color any length of time.
It makes me wonder exactly where they get color'd up or what the deal is?
I hope the guy that got it has a positive outcome, I'm very curious.
 
that thing must fetch for alot of money and i am sure my rose anemone would look as nice and cost 1/4 of the price.
 
Dr Mac had a few of them about a year or so ago. They were around a buck and three quarters, not to expensive or a that much more then sizeable RBTA's or any RBTA on DD and nothing like red carpets. Some of them hung around long enough to get marked down too.
 
Pictures please please. I love to see what it look like in your tank. I love to buy a few things from DD. Clams and fish are OK but the few anemone I got from there, I have been disappointed at the color.
 
deangelr said:
such positive comments in this thread..

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Well, aside from price check comment, most of us that have been on here for a while are more so sharing our experience as well as being hopeful for a pleasant outcome.
I keep hoping to see one of these superbright color LTA's hold true to their pics when posted for sale.
So some of it is being skeptical, some giving a heads up, but most of us are just hopeful you got what you bought and it stays that way.
Now quit being a tease and post some pics man!
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FWIW, i missed this one on DD and don't know what it sold for, don't care all that much either. I'm much more interested in how its doing now and years from now, including how it's holding it's color and how that color compared to the DD pix. Someone bought up cost so in that the OP didn't comment on what he paid, let alone a simple follow up after the thread kept going, i tried to put the line of questioning in perspective with what i've seen them sell for. The market changes and we are in the height of the "reefkeeping" season. Either way i don't consider around $180 that i last saw them at expensive for that color of a LTA. Actually, looking at the color depicted in the DD pic posted here i wouldn't have a problem with $225 but that's neither here nor there. That some may be just as happy with another type of anemone which cost less is a subjective call on their part. After all it's all relative, was less then ten years ago that a nice size ≥6" rose bubble tip anemone would fetch more than that at the LFS's here in the East. Again it's relative and shouldn't derail the main reason we're following this thread which is to learn from each others experiences both positive and negative, simply put many of us who have been here for some time aren't shy about telling of our success and failures. I for one find it frustrating when people post a hey look what i got without continuing to post follow ups when interest has been generated. Nuff said, sorry for the rant.
Good luck with it.
 
marc price said:
I for one find it frustrating when people post a hey look what i got without continuing to post follow ups when interest has been generated. Nuff said, sorry for the rant.
Good luck with it.
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Serious? I am not the OP, this is not my thread..

And cost is all relative.. .what is expensive for you or someoneelse may be a good deal for me or someone else.

I think Copps has it in his sig line "Yes, i know, there is a cheaper and prettier fish/anemone out there.. "

Thanks for the rant..
 
Just for the record, there are purple LTA's that hold their color. The purple varies from individule to individule, but if you get one of the rare, really dark purple ones, they can hold their color. I had one for several years that was incredibly purple. I have pics on a disk, but there's also a virus on the disk, so I can't retrieve them. Sorry.
 
I think Dean has a good point- he did not start this thread to document his purchase- me merely admited to purchasing the animal. I can understand people wanting information about the animal, but If I were in his position I would not have the ability to post fotos, nor the time to keep up on a thread someone else started for me. On to LTA anemones- red colored. My first LTA back in the eighties was red. It was not as red as the foto- more of a orangey red mine was- kind of like the same color as the foot often is- but all over. It held its color for years. At that time red ones were common-much more than purple.
 
marc price said:
Someone bought up cost so in that the OP didn't comment on what he paid, let alone a simple follow up after the thread kept going, i tried to put the line of questioning in perspective with what i've seen them sell for.
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deangelr said:
Serious? I am not the OP, this is not my thread..
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my apologies for misusing the acronym, despite which the direction is rather obvious given context: "the OP didn't comment on what he paid".
syrinx said:
I think Dean has a good point- he did not start this thread to document his purchase- me merely admited to purchasing the animal. I can understand people wanting information about the animal, but If I were in his position I would not have the ability to post fotos, nor the time to keep up on a thread someone else started for me.
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Well, in that this is a open forum and to dismiss reason for not replying, benign or other whatever it may have been, i'll say regardless of who started the thread he participated from the start and i found it odd that after responding here he had started a post requesting to see pix of other RC members clownfish and anemones - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2058694 (which btw i enjoyed, ty for starting it Dean), all the while seemingly ignoring request asked here. Furthermore given the linked post plus at least two dozen or more others between then and now i don't feel as though it was unreasonable to guess that Dean may not have been having the best of luck with it, hence the doubtful negativity on my part.
As i previously said before going on with my general statement of situations regarding post in general which frustrate, my intent wasn't to derail. Sorry for the confusion my response may have caused and thank you for the additional LTA information.
 
Hey, this is a free country so to speak (I know there are poster from all over the world here). deangelr can post a picture if he want too, it not it is too bad for me or anybody else who want to see this anemone. All we can do is say Puurrleeeese. If that is not enough so be it.
 
I just didn't like the attitude in the thread.... I dont know, maybe I am off..

I am out of town.. It is as red as the poinsettias in my living room, very nice.. But those photographers at LA have real skill.. I have a shitty camera no skill and a super blue light so its hard to capture..
 
deangelr said:
...I am out of town.. It is as red as the poinsettias in my living room, very nice.. But those photographers at LA have real skill.. I have a shitty camera no skill and a super blue light so its hard to capture..
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Thanks for the description, it sounds very nice. All the ones i've seen Dr Mac's Pacific East Aquaculture post for sale weren't anywhere close to a poinsettia red, more of a salmon color.
IIRC, shutinny posted pix of her red LTA looking more like what you've described.
You never know with LA DD pix, i've seen before and afters here where the anemone isn't nearly as colorful as their pix. Or the red S. haddoni pix on DD depicting a intense blue oral disc which until proven wrong, i find hard to believe to be true, certainly not under natural sunlight.
But yes i know how difficult it can be to realistically capture the true color. I personally just picked up a small bright purple LTA in trade for some LE sps from a club member today and it keeps photographing blue with my crappy digicam. Tomorrow i'll try to photograph it with the actinic's off and see if that'll do it, if not best i can do if asked would be to describe it's color like this or that as you did.
 
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