Sebea or bubble tip?

jimmy 4

jimmy 4

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I bought this anemone about 3 weeks ago. I was dumb and
bought a bleached anemone, or atleast i think it is bleached.
But now it is getting pinkish tips and starting to look like a bubble tip.
They said it was a sebea. It has a redish base. Im confused.

Most of the pink tips are forming where it contacts a different
anemone of mine. Could they be fighting?
 
jimmy 4

jimmy 4

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Its a 30 gallon long. I have a 96 watt. PC 50/50 bulb. Ive have had a sebea in my tank for about a year and he is doing great, it has grown a lot since i bought it. I bought the bubble tip already bleached from the lfs. I didnt realize that white anemones where bleached untill i started looking at this forum.
My other anemone. I has grown about 30% since i bought it.

The bleached anemone is in the bottom left
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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Originally Posted by Kevin34
Are bleached anemones bad? Is that what gives them that white clear look?
yes its s ign the anemone isnty doing good because it has lost all of its photosynthetic symbiotic algae. it will rely in feeding to recover, and good light to promote the regrowth of the algae. if not fed enough it could starve for lack of being able to photosynthesize.
unfortunatly a lot of places intentionally bleach anemones thinking it makes them appealing, and a lot of unwary hobbyests end up with a dead anemone for buying the crystal white one instead of the brownish looking one. thinking the brownish one looks crappy whent in fact is is the color of a healthy anemone.
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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they definatly are fighting, keeping several species of anemone isnt usually reccomended as they can sticg and dump chemicals into the water, in the long run if you dont run LOTS of carbon one will end up dying. this can take up to a year or two before one dies but lets keep in mind these creatures can live 100+ years, so succesfully keeping two in one aquarium for three years is only a very short success, and have no Idea what the final out come will be.
 
jimmy 4

jimmy 4

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The funny thing is that when i bought the white anemone, the first thing it did was move right by the other anemone. there are plenty of other places it could have gone, but it likes it there for some reason
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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probably the lighting and flow combination at that location is what the anemones want. they will fight eachother for the spot one will probably end up dying.
 
kevin34

kevin34

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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
yes its s ign the anemone isnty doing good because it has lost all of its photosynthetic symbiotic algae. it will rely in feeding to recover, and good light to promote the regrowth of the algae. if not fed enough it could starve for lack of being able to photosynthesize.
unfortunatly a lot of places intentionally bleach anemones thinking it makes them appealing, and a lot of unwary hobbyests end up with a dead anemone for buying the crystal white one instead of the brownish looking one. thinking the brownish one looks crappy whent in fact is is the color of a healthy anemone.
My LFS, which is very good by the way, had a "green bubble tip anemone". Is there such thing? It was kinda white near the bottom but the bulbs were a light green. It looked very healthy.
 
dogstar

dogstar

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First pic is IMO a bleached BTA, Entacmaea quadricolor. The second pic is a Beaded Anemone, Heteractis aurora. Dont see many of those.
 
kroch3rd

kroch3rd

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Originally Posted by Kevin34
My LFS, which is very good by the way, had a "green bubble tip anemone". Is there such thing? It was kinda white near the bottom but the bulbs were a light green. It looked very healthy.
i'm pretty sure there are geen bubble tips, heres a pic i have of 1(its the iphone picture)
 
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