My LFS said this anemone they sold me was perfectly healthy

[SCIronMike]

but I've heard that anemones shouldn't be white. It died a month after I bought it. What do you think?

 

[reefNewbie]

looks bleached to me.

 

[SCIronMike]

looks bleached to me.

yeah, that's what I said, but the dude at the LFS was like, "No, that's the normal color". I dunno.

 

[teevee]

LFS = satan

 

[reefNewbie]

LMAO HAHAHAHAHHA ROFL!
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Good point!

 

[Anemone]

Nicely bleached anemone. At least it wasn't dyed yellow! :roll:

However, if that anemone had been healthy, it would have been a nice tan to chocolate brown in color.

Kevin

 

[Panagiotakis]

Yep what the others said, you`ve been sold a bleachie!
Would you trust those who take your money with a smile? :wink:

 

[MattM]

I'm not convinced that it is bleached. It looks like an H. malu, and they are often pale beige. Compare the anenome color to the color of the stripe on the clownfish -- the anenome is not as white as it could be.

That being said, 1) the H. malu is not a species we sell or recommend -- they seldom survive for long in captivity, and 2) even severely bleached anemones can often be nursed back to health with regular feeding. Of course this only applies to species that have a chance in the first place (E quadricolor, M. doreensis, C. aurentica, C. gigantea, B. annulata).

 

[dizzy]

I agree with Matt. That looks like a healthy anemone to me. They are often sold as "sebae anemones" and that's how they usually look. I agree that species is difficult to keep.

 

[Anonymous]

I agree with Matt. That looks like a healthy anemone to me. They are often sold as "sebae anemones" and that's how they usually look. I agree that species is difficult to keep.

Sure they're often sold looking that way. That doesn't mean it's healthy though.

 

[Mac1]

I agree with Matt. That looks like a healthy anemone to me. They are often sold as "sebae anemones" and that's how they usually look. I agree that species is difficult to keep.

I dunno Dizzy, when I got my Sebae it looked like that. Got the tan color, than kinda chocolate, then got a purplish cast to it... Sure looked like a Sebae to me. Had it for a number of years too.. died when I made a plumbing mistake, drained the tank, and had it baking under the haldies for god knows how many hours, until I got home from work...

- Mac

 

[LFS42]

I'll go with bleached.
The tentacles look almost clear.
I've seen these last 3-4 months in a store, then die in 1 week at home.

special note:
I'm not saying that they are thriving in the store, or that the'll live forever in the store.

That said, the tentacles should be a more creamy white for them to healthy.

I'll just sign off as,
Satan

 

[dragonkid]

newbie <----- whats LFS?

 

[LFS42]

Local Fish Store

 

[kevinpo]

Yes it is bleached and may actually be H. crispa. It's difficult to tell them apart when bleached unless you can check the column for prominent verrucae.
Both H. crispa and H. malu are shallow water, sand dwelling, high light species.

Regards,
Kevin

 

[reefland]

If the anemone was actually unhealthy and on its last limb so to speak I don't think the clownfish would have adapted it as shown in your pictures. A clownfish that abandons a host is something to worry about.

 

[Will C1]

i have seen quite a few of these so called "seabae" that look almost identical to this one come through my lfs lateley but most of those ones died a few weeks later the only one that did survive had more of a yellow tint and the tenticuls were not transparent.