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Hey All,
I went down to the LFS for the third time in the last week and a half and this super rad, neon looking bubble tip anemone was Still There! I was nudged heavily by the boyfriend and shop to just do itttt, so I did! I was REALLY excited about it until I had someone comment on a picture of it on FB that it was actually just bleached and good luck with the rehab...
I paid Double the money for this "rose bubble tip anemone" for being so neon. There were 2 other nems just like this one in a tank with the one that's now mine next to a tank with 3 "typical" looking rose bubble tip anemones. So the shop definitely had them separate and at largely different prices.... So now I'm freaking out! Did I just overpay for a sick anemone???
I've googled and stayed up all night worrying about it... I've found some cases with nems just look like mine without a specific name and have lasted 5 years and going strong and even split and the babies all look the same too, but this is a rare google search find... So please help!
In case the pics aren't as good as I think they are, the top parts of the tentacles are fluorescent red with the bottom part being fluorescent green with the whole tentacle being nearly see through (read that's a bad sign being transparent? ). The mouth plate area is a translucent white with more solid white streaks. The foot is still the opaque maroon color. There are white splatter like speckles on the tentacles too (which the bf said indicates that it's not just a typical RBTA?). The mouth is very small/mostly closed and puckered looking. The whole nem was and is super sticky. The foot and tentacles kept sticking to the bag trying to get it out to acclimate even.
I'm kind of extra worried about bleaching now too as I set it in my tank halfway down on some rock, and it's now settled on nearly the highest point in my rock... so I don't know how to keep it from bleaching further if that's what's happening being so dang close to the light by it's own choice... (should I turn my red sea 50w light on acclimation mode for a few days to help??)
So here's the pics I have - acclimating and first set in the tank (it is on rocks there, not just the sand bed):
I went down to the LFS for the third time in the last week and a half and this super rad, neon looking bubble tip anemone was Still There! I was nudged heavily by the boyfriend and shop to just do itttt, so I did! I was REALLY excited about it until I had someone comment on a picture of it on FB that it was actually just bleached and good luck with the rehab...
I paid Double the money for this "rose bubble tip anemone" for being so neon. There were 2 other nems just like this one in a tank with the one that's now mine next to a tank with 3 "typical" looking rose bubble tip anemones. So the shop definitely had them separate and at largely different prices.... So now I'm freaking out! Did I just overpay for a sick anemone???
I've googled and stayed up all night worrying about it... I've found some cases with nems just look like mine without a specific name and have lasted 5 years and going strong and even split and the babies all look the same too, but this is a rare google search find... So please help!
In case the pics aren't as good as I think they are, the top parts of the tentacles are fluorescent red with the bottom part being fluorescent green with the whole tentacle being nearly see through (read that's a bad sign being transparent? ). The mouth plate area is a translucent white with more solid white streaks. The foot is still the opaque maroon color. There are white splatter like speckles on the tentacles too (which the bf said indicates that it's not just a typical RBTA?). The mouth is very small/mostly closed and puckered looking. The whole nem was and is super sticky. The foot and tentacles kept sticking to the bag trying to get it out to acclimate even.
I'm kind of extra worried about bleaching now too as I set it in my tank halfway down on some rock, and it's now settled on nearly the highest point in my rock... so I don't know how to keep it from bleaching further if that's what's happening being so dang close to the light by it's own choice... (should I turn my red sea 50w light on acclimation mode for a few days to help??)
So here's the pics I have - acclimating and first set in the tank (it is on rocks there, not just the sand bed):
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