Green vs Rose vs Rainbow BTAs

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Thought I'd do a poll about which people like better. "Rainbow" includes all the fancy varieties, like CSB. I had a rainbow in my last tank, which was great, but I've decided to order a green for my new setup, should be coming tomorrow. Hoping I get one with a red/purple foot, but you never know. I don't see many greens, hoping they still split as often as the rose. Trying to fill my tank up, and I don't want to order 20 different anemones.

 

[shakacuz]

voted “rainbow” as i have a CSB, and as it that option has the most color variations. green and red(rose) are great in their own ways but i personally would get bored of the colors almost immediately so it would t work for me long term.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

voted rainbow as i have a CSB, and as it has the most color variations. green and red(rose) are great in their own ways but i personally would get bored of the colors almost immediately so it would t work for me long term.

That's valid. I would like one of the CSBs, but I'm afraid that I'll pay 100s for a rainbow anemone only for it to fade to a normal rainbow/rose color. I know that happens rather often.

 

[shakacuz]

That's valid. I would like one of the CSBs, but I'm afraid that I'll pay 100s for a rainbow anemone only for it to fade to a normal rainbow/rose color. I know that happens rather often.

CSB from what i’ve noticed has phases. gold/yellow phase and an orange phase based off of @inappropriatereefer on YT. could also depend on lighting(heavier blue may show brighter orange, less glue could indicate gold/yellow?)

currently my CSB is colored down because i have low nutrients but i haven’t seen or heard of BTA’s changing back to “normal” colors. this actually happens? seems to me it was already a normal rainbow but colored up due to being acclimated to the tanks parameters/light/flow

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

CSB from what i’ve noticed has phases. gold/yellow phase and an orange phase based off of @inappropriatereefer on YT. could also depend on lighting(heavier blue may show brighter orange, less glue could indicate gold/yellow?)

currently my CSB is colored down because i have low nutrients but i haven’t seen or heard of BTA’s changing back to “normal” colors. this actually happens? seems to me it was already a normal rainbow but colored up due to being acclimated to the tanks parameters/light/flow

I've seen pictures of anemones sold as CSBs that look just like a regular rainbow anemone to me, maybe with a lighter shade of orange/red. I think that they turn redder under LEDs and yellow with halides/T5s, and sometimes go brown with high nutrients. My rainbow BTA came to me bright blue and red, and turned brownish in my old high nutrient system before I broke it down. Lots of green ones also go brown, one of the reasons that I wasn't sure at first about ordering one.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Here's the new green BTA on the move! Hopefully it doesn't make a beeline for the powerhead. I do have an anemone guard, but I don't want to risk disaster.

 

[shakacuz]

chunky boy!

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

chunky boy!

Yes, it's waddling around at breakneck pace. It's mouth is open a little, but I'm going to blame that on acclimation stress and not worry about it too much.

 

[dkelley]

I didn't see an option for white with blue tips?

 

[Petcrazyson]

I kinda like the rainbow ones as I love the red and blue and green combos

 

[JoJosReef]

Black widows!

 

[Nano_Man]

 

[Troylee]

Love my csb! It glows..

 

[trapphd]

Is ‘rose’ typically only used for the all-red specimens? I’ve also seen a fair number of ‘rose’ that look like rainbows but simply with a bit more red and a bit less orange. It could just be a distinction without a difference, lol.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Is ‘rose’ typically only used for the all-red specimens? I’ve also seen a fair number of ‘rose’ that look like rainbows but simply with a bit more red and a bit less orange. It could just be a distinction without a difference, lol.

Rose is for brownish red ones without brightly fluorescent blues. Sometimes they have more green than blue.

 

[D-Nak]

Since these are all simply color morphs, there is no correct answer. It's really what you like the best.

In terms of a CSB, they have distinctive characteristics that the other morphs don't have: yellow towards the tip of the tentacle, typically a small purple dot at the very tip of the tentacle, and a marbled foot.

In contrast, rainbows typically have pink tips, CSBs never do.