green bubble tip

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  1. mikekx65

    mikekx65 Skunk Shrimp

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    I was at my lfs this weekend and seen a green bubble tip anemone. It didn't look like other ones I've seen where they have t entices this one was like flat and just had bubble tips sticking up maybe a quarter inch not long tentecales is there something wrong with it or is that normal?
     
    mikekx65, Jun 2, 2014
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  2. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Are you certain that it was a green bubble-tip? The rock flower anemone is flat with short, beaded tentacles. If it was in fact a GBTA, what type of lighting was it under? FWIW, the bubbled tentacles themselves are a deformity from intense lighting. :)
     
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  3. mikekx65

    mikekx65 Skunk Shrimp

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  4. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    I would say that definitely looks like a bubble tip but it appears to be very bleached
     
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  5. mikekx65

    mikekx65 Skunk Shrimp

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    It still has pretty good color the pics make it looked bleached though. What would cause the tentcles to get this short
     
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    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    I would say poor health.
     
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  7. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Starvation, absorbing the tentacles is the anemones last chance/attempt to survive.
     
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    Literally eating itself. Crazy. Thanks coralline for the information you provide you living encyclopedia you:p
     
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    Corailline Super Moderator

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    knowledge is never worthless!
     
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