Chicago sunburst vs. Colorado sunburst

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What are the differences in chicago nems vs colorado nems? For them being in the same price range, Chicago nems seem underwhelming to me compared to Colorado’s. The reason I ask this is because my father picked up a chicago for black friday but am a little let down by it compared to a colorado which wouldve costed relatively the same.
 

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It depends on lighting and parameters how nice they can get
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To each their own. They look completely different to me FWIW. The defining characteristic of Chicago is green streaking on the orange/yellow tentacles. They are typically much cheaper than a lineaged CSB.
 
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The still photos do. The video looks like a much better representation of a Chicago sunburst to my eyes.
To me this is what a Colorado looks like? My chicago has more prominent yellow and then green hints at the base. Unless my LFS told me wrong. But google confirms it.
 
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It depends on lighting and parameters how nice they can get
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Here's a conundrum on the parameters,flow,lighting.
I have 4 csb (Colorado) 2 in the display 2 in the sump. Each pair are natural splits from the one they are with.
Now 1 in the display is bubbled and red phase while the other far less bubbled and yellow phase.

Same thing with the o es in the sump.

Both the ones in my display, 400g are on the backside of the rockwork in direct flow . Each is about 10 inch across the mouth. Ones in the sump are about 5inch across the mouth.
 

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Here's a conundrum on the parameters,flow,lighting.
I have 4 csb (Colorado) 2 in the display 2 in the sump. Each pair are natural splits from the one they are with.
Now 1 in the display is bubbled and red phase while the other far less bubbled and yellow phase.

Same thing with the o es in the sump.

Both the ones in my display, 400g are on the backside of the rockwork in direct flow . Each is about 10 inch across the mouth. Ones in the sump are about 5inch across the mouth.
Well depending on location they wont get the same par or same flow, and size as well as maturity are factors. We also don't know how exactly everything affects those visual characteristics but if you look at an individual specimen changing parameters will have some effect on certain characteristics.
 
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Parameters and size matter as I watched my Chicago grow out which was about half the price of a Colorado un-impress me at first till it had a decent size and the tentacles were long and full of the gold/yellow and orange tentacles. At times it was close I thought to a very nice rainbow anem next to it. As it grew out it is now strikingly different from the rainbow. and it has split as well. It is next to the black widow, a rainbow and a cloned chicago and each one is very different short of the 2 chicagos. Give it some time and you should be pretty happy and I do not subscribe to some people claiming a rainbow anem will kill it some may have had a different experience from an anemone but genetically they must be very similar so I doubt they could war with each other. Any thoughts from others??

It seems like the idea of needed seperation would be like separating my bowerbanki colonies by color and thinking they would battle one another. My frags have never attacked one another whether its a beetlejuice, one of several rainbow bowers, a bleeding apple or reverse bleeding apple sitting next to the other.
 
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Give it some time and you should be pretty happy and I do not subscribe to some people claiming a rainbow anem will kill it some may have had a different experience from an anemone but genetically they must be very similar so I doubt they could war with each other. Any thoughts from others??

It seems like the idea of needed seperation would be like separating my bowerbanki colonies by color and thinking they would battle one another. My frags have never attacked one another whether its a beetlejuice, one of several rainbow bowers, a bleeding apple or reverse bleeding apple sitting next to the other.
I don't think anyone has had any bad experiences with coral in the same tank unless they are within stinging range but anemones are a different story. There are too many instances where mixing has gone wrong especially with wild nems. If you buy any higher end nems no seller would recommend you mix with wild or any other bta. Even @FarmerTy that has mixed many nems wouldn't recommend it to others.
 
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I don't think anyone has had any bad experiences with coral in the same tank unless they are within stinging range but anemones are a different story. There are too many instances where mixing has gone wrong especially with wild nems. If you buy any higher end nems no seller would recommend you mix with wild or any other bta. Even @FarmerTy that has mixed many nems wouldn't recommend it to others.
I’ve had them all. Chicagos are more open to being mixed with no issues. Try it with a Colorado sunburst and it’ll die slowly over a couple months.

Chicagos are beautiful in their own right. I was impressed with all the color forms of it.
 
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I’ve had them all. Chicagos are more open to being mixed with no issues. Try it with a Colorado sunburst and it’ll die slowly over a couple months.

Chicagos are beautiful in their own right. I was impressed with all the color forms of it.
Yep. This happened to my Colorado. ;Drowning;Sorry
 
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I just picked up a Chicago and the Colors in this pic don’t do it justice. No filters and the Yellow tips are super bright and the neon green streaks are even brighter. I love this thing.
 

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Well depending on location they wont get the same par or same flow, and size as well as maturity are factors. We also don't know how exactly everything affects those visual characteristics but if you look at an individual specimen changing parameters will have some effect on certain characteristics.
Same level in tank same light, par, pur measured. Both are from a natural split each being a half of the split. Also same with the 2 in the basket.
 

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