What type of Anemone is this?

daveb

daveb

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My LFS sold me this Anemone as a Bubble Tip Anemone, for $40.00. After some research, I am pretty sure this is not a BTA. Would anyone care to look at this picture and confirm this for me? I live in a fairly Rural area and this LFS is the only one here. I will be very dissappointed to find out they can't be trusted.
Thanks,
Dave
 
bang guy

bang guy

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It's a Rose BTA.
It is severly bleached though. I'd ask for advice on how to get it back to healthy. It's beyond anything I would ever attempt.
 
daveb

daveb

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It is supposed to be a Rose BTA, however, it resembles a Pink Tip Haitian Anemone very much more than a ROSE BTA. This Anemone is very healty, is eating well, and is much more colorful than the photograph suggests. The Tips of the Pink Tip Haitian do "bubble", but they are really just another fish hating CONDY... at least this is what I am thinking from what I have seen online now, now is the wrong time I suppose
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Every picture I have now seen of a ROSE BTA looks nothing like this Anemone...
Thanks,
Dave
 
daveb

daveb

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After this Anemone had been in my Tank a week, it had found a nice spot in the live rock and was sitting there having a great time when my Gold Stripe Marroon Clown found him. As the Clown proceeded to play in the Anemone, it ran, litterally ran from the Clown. Within an hour it had traversed the live rock and climbed up the glass almost to the top of the tank trying to get away from the Clown.
Again, from what I have read, this is typical behavior for a Condy type Anemone. A true BTA would not run from a Clown is this fashion would it?
Dave
 
bang guy

bang guy

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I'm starting to see the darker dots at the end of the tentacles. Now I don't know what it is. The severe bleaching is making it difficult for me.
Perhaps one of the Anemone experts will pipe in :)
 
daveb

daveb

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If you are interested, you can go look at some pictures of Green Tip and Pink Tip Haitian Anemones online. You will see what I am talking about. They are all very light with Bright Green or Bright Pink Tips, which do form bubbles similar to a BTA, however in all the pictures of BTA's I have seen, the tips become lighter as they expand. This Anemone the tips are the darkest colored place on the tenticles.
I am not an expert in anything, and have spent many hours looking at pictures I can find. I was not even suspicious until the Clown started hosting. When the Anemone showed a very distinct dislike for the attention the Clown was giving him, I became suspicious. The reaction of the Anemone to the Clown is very much like what I have seen described about the behavior of Condy Anemones. I had never seen a Pink Tip Haitian before two days ago when I started investigating this a little bit more.
I really hope I am wrong, and that is why I am here asking. But so far I fear that since the Pink or Green Tip Haitian Anemone tenticles to form "bubble" tips, I am more of the opinion that some disreputable LFS owners might be passing them off as BTA's...
Dave
 
bang guy

bang guy

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Originally posted by DaveB
I am more of the opinion that some disreputable LFS owners might be passing them off as BTA's...

...or they came in as BTA from the distributor.
 
will l

will l

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Im goin through the same thing, i have no idea what type mine is but it is identical to yours. What type of lighting do u have?
 
viper_930

viper_930

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Both of yours are RBTA's. I am certain of it. Also, both are very bleached, hence the white color below the pink on the tentacles. Feed it 3 times a week and it should regain its zooxanthelae with enough light in about 3 months, give or take a month depending on what kinds of lighting you guys have.
 
viper_930

viper_930

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:yes: but many RBTA's will have different intensities of the red pigment in them, but all should have the brown tint. If they don't have any brown then they have lost all their zooxanthelae and are considered bleached.
 
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