White Anemones

[perfectdark]

I thought I would put a post up regarding this subject. It seems that there are some instances where people are being mislead and sold white anemones. And that they are supposed to be this color and are assumed to be healthy. This is by far not true, in general there is no such thing as a healthy white anemone. However the degree of white needs to be clarified. I posted a few pictures as to what the differences are this is just an FYI for anyone interested in knowing what to look for in color when deciding on an anemone.
There are healthy anemones that have a white'ish tone to them.. and by looking at the below pictures you can further see what I mean.
The first one is a bleached out Rose BTA. Note the transparent look to its tenticles and base. This is considered unhealthy....

This is a healthy Rose BTA.

This next set is what is most often seen. The specimen is a Sebea anemone. And the first 2 are severely bleached. Note the transparent tenticles and base again.

These last 2 however are actually very healty specimens and are what should be refered to as white sebae anemones. Although their color isnt what you would say white but more cream to pale yellow.

I just thought I would put some examples up to show the differences in them. If there is already a post like this the mods can delete this one.

 

[blownz281]

thanks this is great info as i myself had talked to perfectdark about this. cause i was going to buy a white BTA from the petstore.

 

[lexluethar]

Thanks dark, nice post!

 

[rebelprettyboy]

nice thread. people should add more unhealthy ones and healthy ones

 

[perfectdark]

I have tons of pictures of unhealthy and healty ones of all species but for refrence, besides the physical differences in the species of anemones the bleaching is the same.
However, by all means if will further help identify potentially unhealty animals and will ultimatly help someone in making an educated decision before purchasing, post away.

 

[blownz281]

I won't get anymore BTA's from that petstore. mine was hiding behind the rocks and i was staring at it with it attached too the glass and it has a hole straight through it!! is mouth is wide open cause its a open hole! what the hell causes that? not sure if i should just throw it away or what?

 

[perfectdark]

Originally Posted by blownz281
http:///forum/post/2525610
I won't get anymore BTA's from that petstore. mine was hiding behind the rocks and i was staring at it with it attached too the glass and it has a hole straight through it!! is mouth is wide open cause its a open hole! what the hell causes that? not sure if i should just throw it away or what?
Could be starting to split. Also a sign of stress but not an indicator that it will die. Leave it and observe it would be my suggestion.

 

[blownz281]

i moved it over to the other tank and will see how it does. i have a hookup on a possbile GBTA from someone on another fish board. i think its time to throw my out its dead.