2012 Anemone
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LOL you guys are funny. I'll bring a little hate on myself 
Generally speaking, when people say an anemone is "bleached" it means that it lacks zooxanthellae - the little dinoflagellates in the interior of all healthy clown anemones that provide them with their primary source of energy. In cases of stress, or low light, or high light, anemones can expel some or all of their zooxanthellae. There are even different TYPES of zooxanthellae, and anemones can shuffle their populations based on their environment. Regardless, all zooxanthellae are a chocolate brown in color, though they can be lighter or darker depending on type of zooxanthellae and population density.
Anemones ALSO have pigmentation, which can lighten or darken separately from their zooxanthellae. The two types of colors combined are what give a healthy anemone it's color depth - pigmentation is on the exterior of the anemone while zooxanthellae is on the interior. An anemone with yellowish pigmentation may look green when it has a high population of zooxanthellae. An anemone with pink pigmentation may look red when it has a high population of zooxanthellae. It should be noted that zooxanthellae are opaque, and any anemone with a population of zooxanthellae is translucent. When an anemone is bleached it is often transparent.
If an anemone loses its zooxanthellae population entirely it may take a long time for it recover - 6 months or more is not uncommon. During this time it has only two foods sources; supplemental feeding and its own tissue. If not fed supplementally, bleached anemones will often start to consume their own tissue to stay alive - leading to wizened, shortened tentacles until the tentacles become mere nubs. It is difficult (but not impossible) to keep a bleached anemone alive via supplemental feeding alone; it is typically a short term solution while a reef keeper waits for it to regain its zooxanthellae.
Unlike many temperate water anemones, clown anemones have zooxanthellae populations "at birth". Fertilized eggs come with zooxanthellae from the parents, and planulae and larvae have zooxanthellae in their tissues before they settle and become juveniles. A clown anemone can grow from juvenile to adulthood entirely on the energy provided by its zooxanthellae population - though supplemental feeding accelerates growth and can trigger sexual and asexual reproduction.
And yes, the OP's anemone is bleached
Generally speaking, when people say an anemone is "bleached" it means that it lacks zooxanthellae - the little dinoflagellates in the interior of all healthy clown anemones that provide them with their primary source of energy. In cases of stress, or low light, or high light, anemones can expel some or all of their zooxanthellae. There are even different TYPES of zooxanthellae, and anemones can shuffle their populations based on their environment. Regardless, all zooxanthellae are a chocolate brown in color, though they can be lighter or darker depending on type of zooxanthellae and population density.
Anemones ALSO have pigmentation, which can lighten or darken separately from their zooxanthellae. The two types of colors combined are what give a healthy anemone it's color depth - pigmentation is on the exterior of the anemone while zooxanthellae is on the interior. An anemone with yellowish pigmentation may look green when it has a high population of zooxanthellae. An anemone with pink pigmentation may look red when it has a high population of zooxanthellae. It should be noted that zooxanthellae are opaque, and any anemone with a population of zooxanthellae is translucent. When an anemone is bleached it is often transparent.
If an anemone loses its zooxanthellae population entirely it may take a long time for it recover - 6 months or more is not uncommon. During this time it has only two foods sources; supplemental feeding and its own tissue. If not fed supplementally, bleached anemones will often start to consume their own tissue to stay alive - leading to wizened, shortened tentacles until the tentacles become mere nubs. It is difficult (but not impossible) to keep a bleached anemone alive via supplemental feeding alone; it is typically a short term solution while a reef keeper waits for it to regain its zooxanthellae.
Unlike many temperate water anemones, clown anemones have zooxanthellae populations "at birth". Fertilized eggs come with zooxanthellae from the parents, and planulae and larvae have zooxanthellae in their tissues before they settle and become juveniles. A clown anemone can grow from juvenile to adulthood entirely on the energy provided by its zooxanthellae population - though supplemental feeding accelerates growth and can trigger sexual and asexual reproduction.
And yes, the OP's anemone is bleached
LOL you guys are funny. I'll bring a little hate on myself
Generally speaking, when people say an anemone is "bleached" it means that it lacks zooxanthellae - the little dinoflagellates in the interior of all healthy clown anemones that provide them with their primary source of energy. In cases of stress, or low light, or high light, anemones can expel some or all of their zooxanthellae. There are even different TYPES of zooxanthellae, and anemones can shuffle their populations based on their environment. Regardless, all zooxanthellae are a chocolate brown in color, though they can be lighter or darker depending on type of zooxanthellae and population density.
Anemones ALSO have pigmentation, which can lighten or darken separately from their zooxanthellae. The two types of colors combined are what give a healthy anemone it's color depth - pigmentation is on the exterior of the anemone while zooxanthellae is on the interior. An anemone with yellowish pigmentation may look green when it has a high population of zooxanthellae. An anemone with pink pigmentation may look red when it has a high population of zooxanthellae. It should be noted that zooxanthellae are opaque, and any anemone with a population of zooxanthellae is translucent. When an anemone is bleached it is often transparent.
If an anemone loses its zooxanthellae population entirely it may take a long time for it recover - 6 months or more is not uncommon. During this time it has only two foods sources; supplemental feeding and its own tissue. If not fed supplementally, bleached anemones will often start to consume their own tissue to stay alive - leading to wizened, shortened tentacles until the tentacles become mere nubs. It is difficult (but not impossible) to keep a bleached anemone alive via supplemental feeding alone; it is typically a short term solution while a reef keeper waits for it to regain its zooxanthellae.
Unlike many temperate water anemones, clown anemones have zooxanthellae populations "at birth". Fertilized eggs come with zooxanthellae from the parents, and planulae and larvae have zooxanthellae in their tissues before they settle and become juveniles. A clown anemone can grow from juvenile to adulthood entirely on the energy provided by its zooxanthellae population - though supplemental feeding accelerates growth and can trigger sexual and asexual reproduction.
And yes, the OP's anemone is bleached
Generally speaking, when people say an anemone is "bleached" it means that it lacks zooxanthellae - the little dinoflagellates in the interior of all healthy clown anemones that provide them with their primary source of energy. In cases of stress, or low light, or high light, anemones can expel some or all of their zooxanthellae. There are even different TYPES of zooxanthellae, and anemones can shuffle their populations based on their environment. Regardless, all zooxanthellae are a chocolate brown in color, though they can be lighter or darker depending on type of zooxanthellae and population density.
Anemones ALSO have pigmentation, which can lighten or darken separately from their zooxanthellae. The two types of colors combined are what give a healthy anemone it's color depth - pigmentation is on the exterior of the anemone while zooxanthellae is on the interior. An anemone with yellowish pigmentation may look green when it has a high population of zooxanthellae. An anemone with pink pigmentation may look red when it has a high population of zooxanthellae. It should be noted that zooxanthellae are opaque, and any anemone with a population of zooxanthellae is translucent. When an anemone is bleached it is often transparent.
If an anemone loses its zooxanthellae population entirely it may take a long time for it recover - 6 months or more is not uncommon. During this time it has only two foods sources; supplemental feeding and its own tissue. If not fed supplementally, bleached anemones will often start to consume their own tissue to stay alive - leading to wizened, shortened tentacles until the tentacles become mere nubs. It is difficult (but not impossible) to keep a bleached anemone alive via supplemental feeding alone; it is typically a short term solution while a reef keeper waits for it to regain its zooxanthellae.
Unlike many temperate water anemones, clown anemones have zooxanthellae populations "at birth". Fertilized eggs come with zooxanthellae from the parents, and planulae and larvae have zooxanthellae in their tissues before they settle and become juveniles. A clown anemone can grow from juvenile to adulthood entirely on the energy provided by its zooxanthellae population - though supplemental feeding accelerates growth and can trigger sexual and asexual reproduction.
And yes, the OP's anemone is bleached
you should've made a thread on this... instead of posting on a wasted dead thread...
welcome to SCR...
Just saw this. I'm sure other people here have hook ups too.
On another note, I didn't receive anything that they mentioned in the pack. I wasn't sure of the names but when I looked them up I didn't receive anything like that.
It's cool though. They didn't have to give away anything and they overnighted. That's a lot of money and was really generous.
Do you feel better about me winning now?
Thanks all. I'm an anemone nut - what can I say There's actually been a lot of research lately on zooxanthellae due to coral bleaching. The subject is a lot more complicated than people originally thought. Suffice it to say that zooxanthellae provide benefits to a host anemone only under certain conditions. If those conditions aren't met, or if another set of conditions (like extremely intense sunlight) suddenly become present, zooxanthellae can actually harm (or drain energy from) their host. Anemones have quite sophisticated mechanisms for adapting so often it is just a matter of time to get it to adapt to your tank (assuming all other conditions are met).
There's actually been a lot of research lately on zooxanthellae due to coral bleaching. The subject is a lot more complicated than people originally thought. Suffice it to say that zooxanthellae provide benefits to a host anemone only under certain conditions. If those conditions aren't met, or if another set of conditions (like extremely intense sunlight) suddenly become present, zooxanthellae can actually harm (or drain energy from) their host. Anemones have quite sophisticated mechanisms for adapting so often it is just a matter of time to get it to adapt to your tank (assuming all other conditions are met).
wait a sec let's not get all educational with this thread. let's get back to bombin' on negroes. lol
k ready. glockcoma is dead wrong about the high end nems that Rukis sells. They're not bleached. They are all opaque! None of them are clear. His stuff is legit. Gumbi, your hella annoying. You're on my ignore list but yet you still manage to annoy the heck outta me. Is it possible to also ignore the people that quote your posts? I'd love to know.
And lastly, the so called 2012 anemone is a bleached p.o.s. and this was probably meant to be a lame hype thread that went horribly wrong. Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
hahahahahah lmao :aetsch:
k ready. glockcoma is dead wrong about the high end nems that Rukis sells. They're not bleached. They are all opaque! None of them are clear. His stuff is legit. Gumbi, your hella annoying. You're on my ignore list but yet you still manage to annoy the heck outta me. Is it possible to also ignore the people that quote your posts? I'd love to know.
And lastly, the so called 2012 anemone is a bleached p.o.s. and this was probably meant to be a lame hype thread that went horribly wrong. Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
hahahahahah lmao :aetsch:
