Speckled RBTA, small - Calgary

[Delphinus]

I somehow missed the discussion on this thread. Sorry for weighing in on my own thread a little late.

I have seen a few of these "speckled" roses featured on RC and other places before. To me it's just an interesting colour morph. When I bought this anemone initially it was very small (approximately 3/8") and at that size it showed no visible speckling. It had since grown to approx 3" before it split. Both daughter anemones are about 1.5"-2" at the moment and both retain the speckled patterning. Rest assured I would not knowingly sell an unhealthy anemone. I simply called it speckled to give the anemone a description for this thread, but I promise it was healthy and doing well in my tank. Otherwise I simply wouldn't sell it. $40 isn't worth burning a bridge over and potential friendship over by unloading something onto an unsuspecting Canreefer.

For what it's worth, zooxanthellae death would in fact be a more systemic event resulting in the overall bleaching of the anemone. Bleached roses have a very fluorescent pink look to them and just a generally "anemic" sort of look and feel to them.

Bear in mind that different tanks and different conditions will also cause anemones, just as corals, to take on different colourations. Maybe in a year's time there will be no speckling left. I don't know. To me the fact that's it's a rose anemone and that it's a healthy tank split specimen is the more important description.

Hope this addresses your concerns.

Also just as a footnote (actually what I meant to update this thread with initially!) was to thank everyone for the interest, but the anemone did sell and go to her new home a couple days ago. Thanks and if there's another split down the road I'll post up again and try to remember all who contacted me with interest if they haven't found another one by then, then they'll get dibs.

cheers