Anyone help id?

hoodrat · 04/15/2007, 04:08 PM

Can anyone give me any info on this lil guy very colorful. Have seen him for a long time and no color change and always eats well. Thanks

hoodrat · 04/15/2007, 04:12 PM

Ok i dont know why it posted it 3 times but it also wont let me delete the other 2 sorry...

Slakker · 04/15/2007, 04:14 PM

Looks like a BTA to me...but i'm certainly no expert.

hoodrat · 04/15/2007, 04:17 PM

He is about the only orange colored anemone i have seen in a long time. Hopefully my maroons will find it nice also

GSMguy · 04/15/2007, 05:12 PM

tha looks like an unhealthy Bubble tip anemone E. quadricolor.

hoodrat · 04/15/2007, 07:10 PM

actually he just ate a piece of silverside and is comin back out

traveller7 · 04/15/2007, 08:02 PM

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Originally posted by hoodrat
Ok i dont know why it posted it 3 times but it also wont let me delete the other 2 sorry...

Cleaned up the multiple posts ;>)

btw: BTA

hoodrat · 04/15/2007, 08:09 PM

TYVM for taking care of that for me. He is coming out more and more have to wait and see if he likes where he is at right now.

phender · 04/15/2007, 10:37 PM

If you just got him, it is not unusual for them to refuse food for the first few days. Let is get settled in a bit first (a couple days) and then try again with small (pencil eraser sized) piece of silverside.

Is that the "sunset" or "sunrise" bta that are propagated in Colorado? If so, it is a nicer picture than most the ones I have seen before.

hoodrat · 04/16/2007, 07:54 AM

Yeah we did just get him he is already eating. I was giving my clowns some krill and decicided to give it a piece and it ate it so i gave it a second small piece. Ive been tryin to figure out what type of BTA it is. This morning it is open more and lookin good and still sitting in the same spot

GSMguy · 04/16/2007, 07:59 AM

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Originally posted by phender
If you just got him, it is not unusual for them to refuse food for the first few days. Let is get settled in a bit first (a couple days) and then try again with small (pencil eraser sized) piece of silverside.

Is that the "sunset" or "sunrise" bta that are propagated in Colorado? If so, it is a nicer picture than most the ones I have seen before.

wow phender could that is some awsome natural colors do they stay thatt way?

phender · 04/16/2007, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by GSMguy
wow phender could that is some awsome natural colors do they stay thatt way?

When I have heard discriptions of this particular color variety, they are said to have a green base with orange tentacles and yellow tips. Until hoodrat's picture, most of the pics I had seen were either brown with a hint of orange or green bases with copper colored tentacles (which looked like a normal cheap rbta that fades to brown in your tank to me). Hoodrat's picture is the first one I have seen that actually matches the original discriptions of the "sunrise" bta.

Last I heard the prices ranged from $300 to $1200. I don't know how many were actually sold at those prices. There were being sold from the original owner and through a LFS in Colorado Springs (I think?).

The thing about BTAs though, is once you sell clones of your unusual color morph, the people you sell them to can start propagating them and undercut your price.

hoodrat · 04/16/2007, 07:03 PM

The guy i got it from has sold some on the net and he has been propogating them for a long time. He has a bunch of them and they are all brightly colored like this one and some are huge. I might have a pic that i took about a year or more ago with his clowns let me see if i can find it. he is looking better today out waving around.

hoodrat · 04/16/2007, 07:15 PM

Ok sorry for the quality of this pic was a old camera and not a very good pic but the only one i have. I may try and get some better ones once i get my camera back after the wedding.

phender · 04/16/2007, 09:00 PM

That is similar to some of the pics I had seen before. For some reason it is often difficult to capture the true colors of BTAs with a camera.

I'm glad yours is looking better everyday.

hoodrat · 04/16/2007, 09:17 PM

well and that is in a tank with 2 vho's sinc ethen they are all in another system. Not to mention that was the sweet ancient 35mm. I will try to get pics this weekend with a diff camera. Do they normally like alot of current or a little?

hoodrat · 04/17/2007, 07:09 PM

WHOOOHOOOO came home from work to see my male maroon in the new anemone. But now its time to figure out if the anemone likes it or not he is closed up a little but not even close to all the way so we will see i guess. I will try and get a pic posted after dinner

04/15/2007, 04:08 PM	#1
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	Anyone help id? Can anyone give me any info on this lil guy very colorful. Have seen him for a long time and no color change and always eats well. Thanks __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank

04/15/2007, 04:12 PM	#2
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	Ok i dont know why it posted it 3 times but it also wont let me delete the other 2 sorry... __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank

04/15/2007, 04:14 PM	#3
Slakker Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southeastern Wisconsin Posts: 4,523	Looks like a BTA to me...but i'm certainly no expert. __________________ -Tyler Oceanic 58RR display/20H sump/fuge thread...follow the red house. Current Tank Info: Oceanic 58g, 20H sump, AquaC EV-150, 175w Hamilton 14k + 2x39w T5HO Actinics

04/15/2007, 04:17 PM	#4
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	He is about the only orange colored anemone i have seen in a long time. Hopefully my maroons will find it nice also __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank

04/15/2007, 05:12 PM	#5
GSMguy Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Mexico Posts: 18,862	tha looks like an unhealthy Bubble tip anemone E. quadricolor. __________________ Nick. Conehead. Shallow Reef club. Current Tank Info: 48"x27"x14" Envision Acrylic rimless, 6x39w ATi Sunpower, Custom ATB Deluxe Skimmer, 4x tunze nano stream,ATB flowstar 1500, ACJR, Tunze osmolator.

04/15/2007, 07:10 PM	#6
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	actually he just ate a piece of silverside and is comin back out __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank

04/15/2007, 08:09 PM	#8
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	TYVM for taking care of that for me. He is coming out more and more have to wait and see if he likes where he is at right now. __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank

04/15/2007, 10:37 PM	#9
phender Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Yorba Linda, CA Posts: 4,182	If you just got him, it is not unusual for them to refuse food for the first few days. Let is get settled in a bit first (a couple days) and then try again with small (pencil eraser sized) piece of silverside. Is that the "sunset" or "sunrise" bta that are propagated in Colorado? If so, it is a nicer picture than most the ones I have seen before. __________________ Phil Current Tank Info: 50 gal reef, 60 gal reef, 40 gal reef, 2-20 gal clownfish tanks which are also reefs.

04/16/2007, 07:54 AM	#10
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	Yeah we did just get him he is already eating. I was giving my clowns some krill and decicided to give it a piece and it ate it so i gave it a second small piece. Ive been tryin to figure out what type of BTA it is. This morning it is open more and lookin good and still sitting in the same spot __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank

04/16/2007, 07:03 PM	#13
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	The guy i got it from has sold some on the net and he has been propogating them for a long time. He has a bunch of them and they are all brightly colored like this one and some are huge. I might have a pic that i took about a year or more ago with his clowns let me see if i can find it. he is looking better today out waving around. __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank

04/16/2007, 07:15 PM	#14
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	Ok sorry for the quality of this pic was a old camera and not a very good pic but the only one i have. I may try and get some better ones once i get my camera back after the wedding. __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank

04/16/2007, 09:00 PM	#15
phender Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Yorba Linda, CA Posts: 4,182	That is similar to some of the pics I had seen before. For some reason it is often difficult to capture the true colors of BTAs with a camera. I'm glad yours is looking better everyday. __________________ Phil Current Tank Info: 50 gal reef, 60 gal reef, 40 gal reef, 2-20 gal clownfish tanks which are also reefs.

04/16/2007, 09:17 PM	#16
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	well and that is in a tank with 2 vho's sinc ethen they are all in another system. Not to mention that was the sweet ancient 35mm. I will try to get pics this weekend with a diff camera. Do they normally like alot of current or a little? __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank

04/17/2007, 07:09 PM	#17
hoodrat Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Aurora Posts: 428	WHOOOHOOOO came home from work to see my male maroon in the new anemone. But now its time to figure out if the anemone likes it or not he is closed up a little but not even close to all the way so we will see i guess. I will try and get a pic posted after dinner __________________ Back down to just a frag tank to watch stuff grow and grow and grow. Mike Current Tank Info: 150 gallon rubbermaid half display half frag tank