White anemones.......malu

fishkeeprian · 05/08/2019, 03:18 PM

Hello,

Is there such thing as a white anemone.
I've looked in line and it brings up malu as a prime candidate

I thought there was not such thing and white =bleached?

humphreyhh · 05/08/2019, 03:22 PM

I don’t think there should be a healthy pure-white anemone (speaking about normal anemones we can purchase). They look white because stress during shipment/poor tank condition got them bleached. Under good conditions, they should turn dark and brown with shades of different colors.

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ThRoewer · 05/08/2019, 03:36 PM

It's not just shipping stress that causes host anemones to bleach. Unfortunately there are still some collectors and exporters who intentionally bleach anemones. Sometimes just to turn them white, but often also as a pretreatment for dying them with all kinds of crazy colors.

But in the end it's all the same, a white (host) anemone is not really healthy.

That said, there are other, non-photosynthetic anemones that come in white, red, and many other colors that are totally healthy that way.

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05/08/2019, 03:18 PM	#1
fishkeeprian Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: England, Earl Shilton Posts: 1,452	White anemones.......malu Hello, Is there such thing as a white anemone. I've looked in line and it brings up malu as a prime candidate I thought there was not such thing and white =bleached? __________________ If in doubt ask!

05/08/2019, 03:22 PM	#2
humphreyhh Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Posts: 581	White anemones.......malu I don’t think there should be a healthy pure-white anemone (speaking about normal anemones we can purchase). They look white because stress during shipment/poor tank condition got them bleached. Under good conditions, they should turn dark and brown with shades of different colors. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

05/08/2019, 03:36 PM	#3
ThRoewer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Fremont, CA Posts: 9,555	It's not just shipping stress that causes host anemones to bleach. Unfortunately there are still some collectors and exporters who intentionally bleach anemones. Sometimes just to turn them white, but often also as a pretreatment for dying them with all kinds of crazy colors. But in the end it's all the same, a white (host) anemone is not really healthy. That said, there are other, non-photosynthetic anemones that come in white, red, and many other colors that are totally healthy that way. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk __________________ Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +...