Blue Carpet Anemone Question?

[1UCKY]

Question, a local fish store has had a Blue Carpet Anemone for about 2.5 months now and I'm interested in purchasing it this weekend. The problem is that they have had it under PC for the whole 2 months and it has losted it's deep blue color to light blue. It eats everything they put in the tank (seen for myself). I have a 75G cube with a 250W MH light and two 65W PC (Atinics). Do you think that once it's in my tank it will regain it's great blue color again?

 

[scumonkey]

...so what's the question?:scratchch

 

[crox99]

Do you want to know if it's going to regain its color?

 

[1UCKY]

Sorry guys, lol....was carrying the baby and kind of explained it wrong, lol...YES, do you think it will regain it's color given the current set-up I have for it? Thanks!

 

[reefman]

theres a chance it wasn't blue to begin with. it may be dye.

 

[crox99]

If it's kept in the proper environment it will color up.

 

[1UCKY]

If it's kept in the proper environment it will color up.

Thanx Crox! I think I'll give it a try and see what happens.

 

[1UCKY]

theres a chance it wasn't blue to begin with. it may be dye.

From what I've read online, people do dye them, but the dye stays in them for a short period. This carpet has been in their system for quite a while now. I think it should have losted it's blue completely by this time. No?

 

[Awibrandy]

Not necessarily! By the way, please be aware of the fact that they can, and will if the opportunity comes along, eat fish.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

It may regain it's color but keep in mind due to the stress it has possibly been under it may bleach itself with the increase in lighting intensity as well and as awilda said they do have a habit of eating fish.

 

[1UCKY]

Not necessarily! By the way, please be aware of the fact that they can, and will if the opportunity comes along, eat fish.

Thanks! I'm aware that they can eat unsuspecting fish. On the goodside, I think it would be a great idea since I've been trying to catch this dottyback for the longest, lol.

 

[Awibrandy]

Hope is the dottyback, and not your priced fish.:Yikes:

 

[ireefny]

eat fish, and sting everything it touches as it moves around to find a good spot for itself. good luck if you decide to try it.

 

[1UCKY]

Right now I don't have any corals that are "prized" in my reef. My main concern is whether anyone here has had any experience with this situation, where you bought or had a carpet anemone loose it's color and then regain it?

 

[ireefny]

no. only person I can think of that could chime in is Cb747

 

[crox99]

Once I got a completely bleached sebae and that I bought back to life.

 

[Awibrandy]

G, the problem besides can it be brought back is whether it was blue to begin with. I don't think you know for sure that it was not died. If it is loosing the color because it was died, then of course you will never be able to get it to color back up for you.

As to "will it recover if you provide the animal with all of it's requirements"? I believe no one can honestly answer that for two reasons. 1) It would depend on how far gone it is to begin with.
2) Is the specimen strong enough to fight for it's survival.
If you want to try, and bring it back it would be your decision. Like with everything in this wonderful hobby of ours, "you take your chances".

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Yes to echo awildas statement, if it is dyed it will never regain that blue color. Also again you will need to reacclimate it to the higher lighting because or it wil stress bleach (more) and die.

 

[1UCKY]

Thanks guys! I actually drove out to LI today to take a second look at the carpet and is was actually turning brown from last time I saw it. I decided now to buy it. I then drove to a LFS in manhattan where I bumped into a beautiful 4" neon green carpet anemone that they had there for the past three weeks. I ended up buying it for a grand total of $60:biggrin:. The color on this guy is amazing! I will try to post some pics of it when I get a chance.