Can Sick Anemone Affect Other Anemones

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I was wondering friend have a sick BTA will it affect other anemones also ?
 
Sick (infected) anemone can pass the infection to other anemone, especially of the same species.
 
Sick (infected) anemone can pass the infection to other anemone, especially of the same species.
Is here a way to tell infected from very badly bleached? Any tell tale signs one way or another?

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Infected anemones will often deflate and/or expel dead zooxanthellae (looks like brown poop). While some species deflate more than others -- many BTAs deflate after a large meal -- most healthy anemones rarely deflate.

Bleached anemones are just pale or white, but otherwise appear healthy.
 

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