yellow sebea with purple tips

I would avoid such a specimen. Chances are (unless it is one of those odd Heteractis spp. anemones, some of which actually are yellow) it is a dyed individual. The chances of it surviving are very low. They should be a tan (or brown) to green to purple in color, but never yellow.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10255916#post10255916 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by marc price
not always , if it's a light to lime yellow it could also be a bleached green h. crispa . a pic. would help .
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Regardless, I would avoid the bleached ones also. Also keep in mind that when they bleach, green H. crispa do not always turn that color. When mine (a green one) had a bleaching spell years ago, parts of it turned stark white.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10257292#post10257292 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
Regardless, I would avoid the bleached ones also.

good advice , goes without saying .

in the past few years i've been seeing more of them arrive with partial to just about full to full color . however when i got my first sebae i had to search to find one with a hint of a light tannish brown color on a small part of a few tentacles . one or two in that shipment (of about 24), were light yellow . phender's '95 fama article warned against buying the yellow ones stating that nobody could keep those alive for any length of time . the lfs was getting trans-shippments , i doubt those few yellow specimens were dyed . most of the sebaes in the shipment were bleached white .

i have read that there are naturally occurring yellow tentacled crispas but have never seen a picture of one in the wild , nor have i seen a photo of one which has been kept long term in an aquarium .

i did see a small but healthy specimen in a lfs with blue tipped pale yellow tentacles , a dark brown oral disc and grey column with yellow blotches . i was thinking that the yellow was going to turn green and didn't buy it . i'd like to see what it looks like now if it's still alive but you know how that goes . there was another in that shipment with the exact same coloring except that the tentacles were tannish rather than light yellow . that further led me to think the yellow would turn to green , often (but not always), the case with yellow s. haddoni's .

my current crispa has purple tips with a cast tint of purple extending down the orange honey mustard colored tentacles . they appear more yellowish during the time of day when exposed to direct sun but i'm quite sure it's not the yellow referenced in descriptions .
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yes these photos are pretty bad , i used a non megapix cell phone . it's time for a new one so i may be able to get better shots soon . unfortunately the digacam i'm interested in isn't due out till fall .
the first pic should give you an idea of the yellowish color .

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btw snap that aquacon.com pic looks photoshopped , the outer edges look more like the light yellow/lime greenish color that i often see just more trumped up . is that what you saw at your lfs ?
 
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hay now if it's not dyed get it and don't forget to post follow up pic throughout the year .
oh and good luck with your sasquatch pics .
 
those were taken under 175 watt metal halide about 1 year ago. I will post pictures from today in a little while.
 
cool

yeah 55 , got it almost four months ago . tank lights were out when i read the request , i used the old pic's .

nevertheless if sasquatch's looks like it does in that photo and continues to stay that way i'll be looking for a new home for mine very soon .

although i still have doubts (but what do i know) . other photos on aquacon.com seemed a bit synthetic too . have any other's here been in that store to see these ? the web-site gives the impression that they have more of them (seems to good to be true) . in the early 00's a lfs was getting dyed yellow pagoda corals and some others , thankfully , the staff was quick to tell me not to buy them .
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10269390#post10269390 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snappedbigfoot
lol sasquatch's yeah it look the same i will post pic's tommorrow mourning he is gorgous
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how is it coming along ?
 
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