Bunch of anemone IDs needed please

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Been wondering what kind of anemones these are for awhile now, please double check my guesses from top to bottom thanks!
0665: Chicago Sunburst BTA
0667: Normal RBTA
0666: Rainbow BTA
0668: Black Widow BTA
0669: Colorado Sunburst BTA
0671: Colorado Sunburst BTA
 
IMHO bubble tip anemones have become like zoas, new names every month and not really that much difference in look. It might be helpful if you had photos taken in normal daylight type lighting.
 
i agree with all of the ID's except the last two. i do not believe the last two are colorado's.
 
IMHO bubble tip anemones have become like zoas, new names every month and not really that much difference in look. It might be helpful if you had photos taken in normal daylight type lighting.
I agree its insane, I can try to get some daylight pictures if that helps.
 
i agree with all of the ID's except the last two. i do not believe the last two are colorado's.
Ok do you think they are rainbows? Normal? Definitely orange compared to the potential Chicago but not the same.
 
0665: Chicago Sunburst BTA - judging by that pic, no. You need to show green streaking on the tentacles.
0667: Normal RBTA - Maybe Sherman
0666: Rainbow BTA
0668: Black Widow BTA
0669: Colorado Sunburst BTA - potentially, but hard to tell with that pic
0671: Colorado Sunburst BTA - looks different than one above so no
 
0665: Chicago Sunburst BTA - judging by that pic, no. You need to show green streaking on the tentacles.
0667: Normal RBTA - Maybe Sherman
0666: Rainbow BTA
0668: Black Widow BTA
0669: Colorado Sunburst BTA - potentially, but hard to tell with that pic
0671: Colorado Sunburst BTA - looks different than one above so no
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Heres another picture of the potential chicago, I dont see any super obvious green streaking through the yellow though a few spots like in the middle where its a darker streak through the tentacle. Its definitely noticeably more yellow then any of the others what am I looking for if its a colorado?
 
IMHO bubble tip anemones have become like zoas, new names every month and not really that much difference in look. It might be helpful if you had photos taken in normal daylight type lighting.

I'm 100% on this bandwagon. They rose bubble tips. Not that my opinion matters - it's going to disappear over time. 15 years ago store owners were saying "I don't pay attention to those goofy names. They're zoanthids." and nowadays they're like "these are toxic radioactive space invader pandora blasters! That'll be $200."
 
I don't think you have any Sunbursts, unfortunately.
 
I have a red one with white webbing that looks like your black widow... I just sell it for $30-$40 and call it a rose.. came as a hitchiker.. seems wrong to give it a name without any lineage although people can just lie about that too.
 
None look out of ordinary for me except maybe the black widow. First looks like a watermelon or something ASD would have, rest are rainbows or rose.
 
as far as sunbursts go, you won't get one without knowing it is one. No one will sell/give away a sunburst as a regular bta.
 

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