BTA ID please

[PacsAdmin77]

Hi All,

I just picked this up from the LFS. It was sold to me as a black widow BTA. But I can’t really ID it. I can’t tell if it’s a RBT, black widow BTA, or something else altogether. Can someone please positively identify this BTA?

 

[James M]

Looks like a regular rose bubble tip. Hope you didn’t pay for a black widow

 

[Coralsdaily]

it looks like an ordinary RBTA under this light. But again I've seen people labeling anemone "black widow" with all different color morphs I don't even know what the definition of "black widow" is anymore.

 

[fishguy242]

i think rbt,possible slightly bleached ,although i do see the lines in center ,meaning if colors up deeper poss b widow??keep us posted

 

[Reefing_addiction]

this is my black widow

I run heavy blues

 

[Reefing_addiction]

@footgal

 

[footgal]

Hi! Black widow is red tips with black oral plate and white striping near the mouth. No white stripes on your guy so I’d say it’s a rose or a Sherman rose. White may develop over time though if nem was stressed though

 

[JaimeAdams]

I hate to say it, but got any bluer pics? The color and webbing will be much more pronounced in a higher kelvin lighting.

 

[Coralsdaily]

I hate to say it, but got any bluer pics? The color and webbing will be much more pronounced in a higher kelvin lighting.

+1, "bluer" pictures may bring out the "black widow" within this thing

 

[PacsAdmin77]

Took some additional videos/pics under 23K / 20K blue (Red Sea LED90). Hope they help with the ID’ing.

 

[fishguy242]

widow... will color up better in time

 

[vetteguy53081]

RBTA

 

[JaimeAdams]

I'm in the not a widow camp

 

[James M]

There’s no webbing in the oral disk. This is what the oral disk should look like

 

[PacsAdmin77]

Returned to LFS on account of “it’s a basic RTA and not that Black Widow that I wanted”.

 

[ThePhoReefer]

Mine lost its white webbing

 

[ThePhoReefer]

 

[ThePhoReefer]

Pic is when it just came in now it lost its white webbing dunno how or why.