Paid Alot for this, did I get ripped off??

[nickxx4360]

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/430/anemone.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/i/anemone.jpg/)


LFS said it was a rare Anemone.

[fishkid6692]

how much is a lot?

[connecticut cichlids]

And what store? Not that place on Tarrytown RD (rt 119) ?

[kkdoughboy]

That's pretty awesome! Never seen anything like that!

[rendogg]

Nice looking anemone! How much? Is that a brand new tank?

[nickxx4360]

200$

[nickxx4360]

nope not from tht place ;-) i live right down the block from there.

[moo0o]

I wouldn't pay 200 for an anemone, too sensitive for me. But it does look pretty rare, haven't seen one like that before. :)

I really hope this isn't a new tank, but from the look of the rocks, looks pretty new to me. I wish the best of luck with your anemone but they tend not to do well in young tanks.

[nickxx4360]

4 months old. My wife and I thought it was 75 buck, till we chked the reciept.

[Flipper62]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15493323#post15493323 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nickxx4360
4 months old. My wife and I thought it was 75 buck, till we chked the reciept.

Hhhhmmmmm..... How did you think $75.00 & then pay $200.00

Didn't you look at the credit card slip before you signed it.

[adtravels]

It's a LTA, (macrodactyla doreensis) needs a deep(ish) sand bed, medium to strong light, medium current not surging, one of the less hard to keep clown hosting anemones if healthy.
I have seen some genuine pink ones and they are not very common so you may have got lucky.
Its natural host fish are A.polymnus, A. perioderaion, A. clarkii, and A chrysogaster(good luck).

[adtravels]

If you skimmer cup fills with a pinkish tinge then it is a dyed anemone.

[connecticut cichlids]

Did they have another one just like it? My saddle backs would look good in that anemone

[RB Chagoi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15493129#post15493129 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nickxx4360

LFS said it was a rare Anemone. [/B]

It depends, are you and the wife wishing you had not bought it now. Does the $200 really bother you? Can you afford the $200? Did the salesperson tell you $75 and the cashier rang $200? Was it marked $75?
If the answer to any of the above is yes, then you either made a bad decision or got ripped off?
If you did not answer no, then do you oooh and ahhh over the coral like most of us here. If so, I say enjoy, great purchase. She is a beauty! Be sure to take adtravels advice and check the skimmer cup.

If you skimmer cup fills with a pinkish tinge then it is a dyed anemone.

No pink, you like = good buy!

[Ritten]

I would call and talk to the manager and tell him you suspect its dyed and try to return it based on that.

[teog]

i dont spend more than $100.00 for anything that can die on me.

[DiscoReefRover]

I agree with the LTA .....the price on the other hand is way off wouldnt pay more than 30 bucks for a healthy LTA no matter the collor I have one very simmiar deep purple marroon base greenish tips really nice ...but i only paid 19.99 at LFS

[jtunafish]

I've seen some advertised as rare blue anenomes and actually went and checked them out and found out that they were dyed also, was told after a few months they wuld be white again, js

[nickxx4360]

It isn't dyed. the color actually got deeper once it found the sandbed. It didnt like the rocks. I also had two black clowns in the sump, moved them to the anemone and looks even better. I am happy with the purchase. I cant find another one like this online.


http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/4503/anclown1.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/anclown1.jpg/)

[nickxx4360]

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5807/anclown3.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/anclown3.jpg/)

[Ritten]

I'm not sure I get why you asked us if you got "ripped off". There is a reason you can't find another one online like it.

[Teelabrown]

Pretty! And you've made that little fishy so Happy!

[NCSUsalt]

all the dyed anemones I always see are a uniform color anyways. looks like a nicely colored LTA, but fair market value is no where near 200. you might want to make sure it wasn't a mistake on the part of the cashier

[pimpinitup6969]

i would def contact the store and let them know you thought it was only 75 and the reciept says 200. Maybe it was a mistake and you could get a refund. either way its really cool i have never seen one that color

[luther1200]

Why did you think it was $75?