BROWN? pink tip anenome

[unsalted]

What would make a pink tip anenome that was white 1 week ago when I put it in , now turn light brown. It is eating great, and is bigger than when I bought it. The tank parameters are in wnl.
lights are pc 2x6500 2x10000
water is 80

 

[spsfreak100]

This is a sebae, correct?
Having a bleached Sebae (which will have pink or purple tips) turn brown is a good sign. It's a sign of increased amounts of zooxanthellae. During shipping, many anemones are left for weeks without lighting. When they arrive at your LFS, they're completely white. In a healthy environment, they'll regrow their zooxanthellae. Consider yourself very lucky
Take Care,
Graham

 

[wrassecal]

Congratulations! You must be doing something right. The white might have been a "prettier" color but Graham hit the nail on the head. Most people end up losing their anenomes because they never recover their zooxanthellae and waste away.

 

[unsalted]

It's a haitian condylactus, am I still lucky?
They did say that they just got it in. It was $8 which I thought was a good buy.

 

[unsalted]

Hey wrassecsal,
see you in the national championship game.
GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bdhough]

People don't realize a white anemone is a bleached anemone due to stress. It may "look" right to be white but its not. I've had lots of customers come into the LFS and not realize this. If you're gonna keep an anemone you might as well get a frogspawn which is easier to keep and will host clowns nicely if the clown will host at all....

 

[wrassecal]

Nawlins sounds pretty good doesn't it? Our eight-year-old asked why all the statues around campus were holding bags of sugar Did you see our game Sat? That 4th down fake punt was sswwweeet Well, it's early on but hope we see ya there.

 

[unsalted]

The clowns seem to like the goniopora, which I have read will cause the goniopora to wither, so I bought the anenome, I know the crpet had a better chance of being a host, but I haven't seen one locally.

 

[wrassecal]

Oh yeah, the condy I forgot the original question. It should be a light brownish/whitish with pink tips. They tend to wander around the tank a lot and they can shrink down to the size of a golf ball and stretch out to the size of a football, I mean a plate. Good luck with it.

 

[wrassecal]

Carpets are the most likely to eat fish Your clowns may not host the condy though, it's not a natural host for them. They may stay with your coral if they are already there.

 

[unsalted]

thanks for the feedback. got to go back to yhe buccaneers kickin the eagles tails on MNF in Philly!!

 

[wrassecal]

What, can't see your tank and your TV from the computer? It'sTB 10 Eagles zip.