White or Bleached?

[carraig]

It turns out that BTA's can be white (do a search on google images) and this one is normal. It's a color found naturally around Bali.

Thanks for the replies,
Carraig

 

[bencozzy]

hmm this is a interesting thread.

unforunately that anemone is bleached nothing special about it.

if it were healthy it would be green with pink/purple tips and a nice pink/purple base. its sad that stores can still sell a white/bleached anemone as being special or a different type.

and i believe the pictures you seen didnt have the correct light correction for the blue lighting they were being taken in or they were of tan anemones appearing white or better yet were bleached themselves.

there are BTAs that have white bands around their bubbled tips!! but thats only around the bubbles when they have them.

anyways keep your parameters good and get it eating and it will recover.

best of luck

 

[carraig]

If a white BTA is always a bleached BTA, saltwaterfish.com wouldn't be using this pic as their selling point for the BTAs.
<img src="http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/images/318_a23.jpg">

 

[Toddrtrex]

Yea, a place selling something would never lie.

I've seen that picture on there, and it is bleached.

 

[elegance coral]

Man... This is truly a sad thread. That anemone is bleached. It's not a special color form found around Bali. I don't know where you got that from but they lied to you. The color can be found naturally. After something has caused the anemone to bleach. Anemones need zooxanthellae to survive. Zooxanthellae produce different shades of brown. ALL healthy host anemones have them. The anemone you posted has none, or very few. Definitely not enough to sustain it. One of two things will happen. Either the anemone will die, or it will get darker. It will not survive in its present condition.

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12169984#post12169984 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
Yea, a place selling something would never lie.

I've seen that picture on there, and it is bleached.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[carraig]

If it turns green then I have a GBTA and I'll take it back, if the LFS isn't lying then I have a nice light colored specimen. Either way, I'm pretty curious.

 

[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12169953#post12169953 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by carraig
If a white BTA is always a bleached BTA, saltwaterfish.com wouldn't be using this pic as their selling point for the BTAs.
<img src="http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11_03/images/318_a23.jpg">

You can find pics of bleached H. Crispas for sale all over the place.

 

[Toddrtrex]

All I know is that I wouldn't trust a place that sells a "white Sebae anemone"

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_1...ategory=4&category_search=63&root_parent_id=4

 

[elegance coral]

What's bad is that they know what they are doing. It's one thing for some high school kid with a part time job at a LFS to give bad advice, it's something different for a large company to advertise like that. It should be a crime.

 

[maxheadroom]

The LFS (coral sea aquarium in WPB (the NEW owners) ) I went to told me the same thing. Also told me I wouldn't find that color nem anywhere else. Yeah, right! They also sold me a Paired set of clownfish. Told me there would be no problem with them. Turns out 1 is a clarkii and the other is an oscilerus. The only thing that they didn't screw me over on was the zoas I bought. Needless to say, I won't be going back there.

 

[maxheadroom]

Here's a pic of the "special" anemone they sold me:

The only good thing is it's super stickey and has stayed put. My new lights should be here tomorrow!

 

[kimsie]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12170057#post12170057 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by carraig
If it turns green then I have a GBTA and I'll take it back, if the LFS isn't lying then I have a nice light colored specimen. Either way, I'm pretty curious.

I do believe it is a bleached BTA (sorry - not what you want to hear I know) But you never know - maybe it'll be a Rose BTA - not a green one and you'll have a beautiful contrast!

Either way do keep us posted on it in the upcoming months - it'll be valuable information either way.

Good luck!

 

[Jovreefer]

Even the pink foot on this is bleached.

 

[carraig]

The original pic makes it look whiter than it is. It's more of a light neon green color which is why I said that if anything it'll become a GBTA.

As for an update, it's now eating great whenever I feed my tank and it's bubbled up nicely. The color hasn't changed at all yet.

Hmmm

 

[gearbox-xl]

I've got a BTA that is stark white, hosting a pair of clowns, and has eaten well and regularly for the past 6 months. I have yet to see any color coming back though I wish it would. It seems happy cause it has not moved the entire time I have had it since it took hold.
The only problem with it is that I just found out that it is the reason all of my pepp shrimp have been disappearing. Should I still be worrying about its color after this long?