tube anemone - luminescence

[stoneyj33]

Trying to capture the luminescence in from my tube anemone.

I am really Interested in seeing other people pictures of the Tube Anemone.

 

[xtlosx]

wow that is an awesome picture..

 

[LeLutinBanni]

Are they really glow?

 

[BonsaiNut]

Are they really glow?

It is fluorescent - i.e. it needs ultraviolet light in order to glow.

If it glowed by itself it would be bio-luminescent.

 

[gcsoupman]

That is a very cool pic. Really nice work.

 

[Reefvette]

Bonsai, so mertens are luminesence, ive never seen an anemone do that under just actinics besides mertens

 

[BonsaiNut]

Bonsai, so mertens are luminesence, ive never seen an anemone do that under just actinics besides mertens

Some clown anemones can have fluorescent pigmentation, and possibly all can. I know for a fact I have seen it on S. mertensii, S. haddoni, S. gigantea, M. doreensis and C. adhaesivum. It is most often separate from their standard pigmentation, so you can, for example, have a purple S. gigantea with secondary green coloration. It is normally heaviest around the mouth and the center of the oral disk - though I have seen some S. haddoni that may have been completely covered:

I have never seen fluorescent pigmentation other than green, though there may be an orange/pink out there. I have seen some BTA's that look like they might glow under UV lighting...

 

[BonsaiNut]

I've never really looked for photos before, but here's some C. adhaesivum that I'll bet would fluoresce under UV lighting. The last one shows the "secondary pigmentation" around the mouth that I often see.

Additionally, now that I think about it, there are some mini-maxis that I have seen with fluorescent pigmentation - including bright orange.

 

[Reefvette]

Mertens glow red under actinics

 

[BonsaiNut]

Mertens glow red under actinics

I was having a discussion with a diver who had taken some photos of red S. haddoni on deeper reef slopes. He said there were several types of red haddonis, and he said that there was one coloration that was reddish orange and that "glowed" in the deeper water. His photo is somewhat notorious, because people have questioned whether the coloration is actually true - or whether it is a result of the filters he had on his camera that day. It is certainly possible and I trust this person's description of what he saw.

I saw a photo of what looks (at least to me) like an orange S. mertensii. However the photo was not extensive enough for me to really tell. Pigmentation can be so misleading depending on the camera, the lighting, etc.

Do you still have a mertens? I'd love to see one glowing

 

[Reefvette]

I have videos and pics. Ill pm you my photobucket account.

Mertens i have seen only glow red under actinics under regular light they were brown.

I have a feeling those haddoni are brownosh red

 

[stoneyj33]

Thanks for thethe comments. The redtech carpet is awesomeI took the picture under 20000k radium.