To All Anemone Guru's

[TRANSMATT]

All right has anybody heard of a sun nem?

My local shop got in some intence bright mustard yellow anemones.

This amazing color run from top to bottom and I have yet been able to find any picture that I can closely compare them too.

They almost look like a long tentacle anemone but the tentacles are shorter .

Would anybody know of a good id site?

And yes i have already looked at the stickey.

If it helps they came from sir lanka.

 

[elegance coral]

I would avoid them. It sounds like a dyed anemone. Chances are that it will not survive.

 

[Ron Popeil]

does the anemone look similar to this:

sounds like whats typically referred to as a carnation anemone...

 

[clowns101]

it sounds dyed to me because the foot is the same as the tentecals are.

 

[Gig 'em]

I agree, usually when the tentacles and foot are the same color that means they have been synthetically dyed. Definitely avoid them or make sure they aren't dyed.

 

[phender]

I think Ron in on this one. They tend to come in a couple times a year. They might be H. malu, but no one is really sure. They are bright yellow and usually have an red/orange foot. They are not dyed, but most people have not reported having great success with them. Most people don't have great success with H. malu in general though.

 

[elegance coral]

Phil,
How were you able to determine that these "carnation" anemones were not dyed? Not trying to be argumentative, just curious. The ones I have seen look dyed to me. They are typically a very bright unnatural looking yellow color. The ones I've watched die in the LFS don't seem to show signs of shipping stress like gaping mouths and cycles of inflation and deflation. They seem to die with the same symptoms as an anemone that has been dyed. They simply shrivel up over time getting smaller and smaller until they die. I've also never seen one with noticeable zooxanthellae.
Again, I'm just curious how you were able to determine that they weren't dyed. I'm not disputing the fact.

 

[Ron Popeil]

the ones ive seen usually always have a bright orange base which differs dramatically from the pale yellow of the tentacles. typically in dyed anemones, there is a uniformity of color.

also, after several months, the colors still hold up with no darkening or loss of color.

 

[elegance coral]

The next time my LFS gets one in I'll buy it, so I can observe it closer. Yawl have me curious now. I've always considered them to be dyed. Maybe I'm wrong? It wouldn't be the first time.

 

[TRANSMATT]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13639110#post13639110 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ron Popeil
the ones ive seen usually always have a bright orange base which differs dramatically from the pale yellow of the tentacles. typically in dyed anemones, there is a uniformity of color.

also, after several months, the colors still hold up with no darkening or loss of color.

Thank you Ron thats looks like it and once they picked it up after I went back it is orange on the bottom.


Do you know any care info?

 

[phender]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13639095#post13639095 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by elegance coral
Phil,
How were you able to determine that these "carnation" anemones were not dyed? Not trying to be argumentative, just curious. The ones I have seen look dyed to me. They are typically a very bright unnatural looking yellow color. The ones I've watched die in the LFS don't seem to show signs of shipping stress like gaping mouths and cycles of inflation and deflation. They seem to die with the same symptoms as an anemone that has been dyed. They simply shrivel up over time getting smaller and smaller until they die. I've also never seen one with noticeable zooxanthellae.
Again, I'm just curious how you were able to determine that they weren't dyed. I'm not disputing the fact.

What Ron said.

We have also had a couple dealers who have had them shipped directly to them on this list who could vouch for the collectors/shippers.