Bleached Anenome At LFS

[BoomerD]

Phew! I'm with RL on this one dood. I thought that was a sebae as well. I've seen the bleached white ones make a great recovery with good feeding and the right light.
Here's a couple of pics of them in their natural colors:
WWM/Sebae

And a couple of FAQ's on them as well:

WWM/Sebae-FAQ's1

And again:

WWM/Sebae-FAQ's2

If you look around the site, you will find many referenes to colored and bleached anemones, usually the Sebae, H. Crispa.

[TDEVIL]

Originally posted by Tosh_Auer
My LFS has a whole heap of anenome's that are very white. I looked at one that had attached itself to the wall of one aquarium and in the middle of the Anenome was a brownish colour. The thing i want to know have these been bleached and if so do you think i should take it up with the owner?

Tosh

the articale that Reeflady posted is a great art to read

you will find these types of anemones at a lot of places, it isnt really their fault, even thou they should know what they are selling, it doesnt always happen that way
it is cheeper for them to get 5 anemones for $10 then 1 for $50, and most of the public doesnt know that you can actually bleach/die an anemone, most LFS are after the quick $$$, and dont have the time to learn every aspect of the hobbie or to teach their people
so, it is your choice weather or not to tell the LFS, if you feel ok doing this then go ahead and do so, i have done this, and have been kicked out of a few stores because of doing stuff like this, i didnt like the stores anyways, just be cautious on how you bring it up, it might make a diff, but, it might not

TD

PS, Dave you should have told me you wanted an anemone, i had the other LFS get some roses in

[wooddood]

yea i saw them yesterday and they are sweet and big ones too. thats me though a day late and a dollar short lol.

[cheeks69]

Here is my sebae after a couple of months in my tank you can see it begin to darken to brown it was white just like yours woodood.


This is about at 8 months in my tank. I think the key is if it's still sticky if it's not then it's on the way out

[pyxis]

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Bright colored tips (often purple) will remain if they were natural originally, as they generally are not a zooxanthellate pigment or readily aborted under duress.
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ok, not sounding stupid here. I have a seabae with purple tips and white in color. a very vibrant purple i might add. Is that saying my seabae is bleached? or is not bleached?

[cheeks69]

I would guess only time will tell.

[ReefLady]

ok, not sounding stupid here. I have a seabae with purple tips. a very vibrant purple i might add. Is that saying my seabae is bleached? or is not bleached?

If the anemone itself is white, it is likely bleached. All that quote is indicating is that even if a anemone is bleached, that the colored tips will likely remain, as they are not usually effected by bleaching. The true indicator of 'bleaching' is the color of the anemone itself, not the tips.

HTH,

[pyxis]

ok, i just looked at mine very close

and it is more of a yellow than white with the purple tips

[cheeks69]

Here's a quote from the article Reeflady mentioned on an earlier post :

" Alas, the practice has not been entirely eliminated, as the occurrence of dyed sebae and carpet anemones is still observed, albeit limited in scope and color. Artificially dyed yellow sebae anemones are perhaps far and away the most common perpetration of the act. Like carpet anemones (Stichodactyla sp.), sebae anemones are naturally brown or green colored (other rare colors too, but NO yellow)".

[cheeks69]

Here's one:

[Maxx]

Originally posted by cheeks69
Like carpet anemones (Stichodactyla sp.), .....(other rare colors too, but NO yellow)".

Ummm....not entirely true on the matter of no yellow carpet anemones........Here is a link where a guy has one. Stichodactyla gigantea....
Not saying that Sebae's can or cant be yellow...just pointing out one yellow carpet.....
The one posted above is almost definately dyed.....IMO
Nick

[cheeks69]

Ummm....not entirely true on the matter of no yellow carpet anemones........Here is a link where a guy has one. Stichodactyla gigantea....
Not saying that Sebae's can or cant be yellow...just pointing out one yellow carpet.....

I believe in that article he's saying the specifically the (Heteractis crispa) is the one that doesn't come in yellow not the Stichodactyla gigantea.

[Tosh_Auer]

Yeah i was under the impression taht zooxanthellae was a brown colour and therefore there is no such thing as a naturaly white anenome. I am no looking at buying an anenome now as i am still seting my tank up. I was just asking weither it is prefferable to ship one as apposed to buying a bleached one localy. I also dought that its because of lighting as even the ones in the display tank they have are a white colour. About the owner not knowing everything about the hobby. He is the owner of one of the biggest fish shop chains in my state. He and Underwater world over here share information with each other and he is a very knowledable person so i guess he knows what he is talking about. and therefore knows they are bleached. He also told me that he gets his stock straight of the GBR. I just hate seeing animals being hurt for no reason other then for someone to make a quick $. thanks for all the info

[Tosh_Auer]

Also how much is a BTA that would be a feature "coral"(i know there not one) in a 3 - 4 foot tank on average be worth in america?

[BoomerD]

Well Tosh, here in the San Francisco area, a nice RBTA of about 6" in size runs from $100 to $150. normally, and sometimes you can find them on sale for a bit less, but not much. I've seen the ones that are almost white/fluorescent pink go for double that.