A few look down shots

[micki]

The tank was off for a water change today so I took  few look down shots. Here is my clam and GBTA:






This is a reflection shot of the GBTA:


Here are a few of the caps:

[Joel]

Nice Pics Micki,

I'm going out on a limb here......

You sure thats a bulb / bubble tip anemone?

Looks alot more like a Long Tentacle (macrodactyla Doreensis)

Either way, great looking stuff.....

[micki]

Nice Pics Micki,

I'm going out on a limb here......

You sure thats a bulb / bubble tip anemone?

Looks alot more like a Long Tentacle (macrodactyla Doreensis)

Either way, great looking stuff.....

Thanks Joel!  Yep I'm positive it's a GBTA.  I bought it about the size of a 50 cent piece over 2 years ago. It was the perfect looking bubble tip anemone. It split two weeks later and hasn't had "true" bubbles ever since.  It has split at least 5-6 times since then.  Every one that I have given away has looked like this except for the one I gave Travis, his is awesome! 

[scott wilson]

love the clam

[micki]

Yeah I got it from a pretty cool place too! 

[slandis3]

Micki, did you say you had a GBTA under pc's? I am thinking of using 2- 96w pc's on my 65g and putting a Anemone of sort in that tank. wasent sure if that would be enough light. Also what type of pc's did you use, 50/50 or 10k ?

[micki]

Yep I've had a few GBTA under PC lighting.  I had 4 50/50 65 watt PC  lights and no problems at all with the anemone.

[slandis3]

cool, i think i will give it a try

[ohioreef]

FWIW, My GBTA is under VHOs and is growing like a weed!

[micki]

Gary's GBTA is one of my grandchildren! 

[slandis3]

how big do they get and how often do they split?

[micki]

Some people have them split a lot some never.  Mine tends to only split when I move them from one tank to another.  They can get very big.  I stopped feeding mine over a year or so ago because it was getting too big too fast. 

[Joel]

Makes me wonder if there are more than one anemone that is being called a bubble tip. I get them in and from time to time one comes in a little different that the others. I've never seen one that lacks tentacles in the center, that's whay I wondered if it was a long tentacle. It's weird how some have the bulbs / bubbles on the tips of thier tentacles and others don't. Well, what ever they all are, they sure are neat!!!!

I agree that they, and several other  specie of anemone will do fine under VHO /  PC's.

[micki]

I'm not sure.  I'll have to see if I have any pictures of this one when I first got it.  It was beautiful!  Bright green and very pretty bubbles.  I don't remember if I had it a few days or a few weeks but it split and the two lived happily with no bubbles.  Maybe Travis can chime in and show us a picture of his "bubble" tip anemone. His is BEAUTIFUL!!!  I've seen it in person and I can't believe it's one that I gave him! 

[bigfalcon36]

I'll have to dig around and see if I can find some pics of it.  Mine looked like Micki's when I got it from her.  I had it under T5 lighting, then switched to a single ended 400 watt XM bulb. After that, the bubble came back and it turned an electric green...it's been like that ever since.

[bigfalcon36]

This is the only pic I have of it from my old tank.  It's down towards the middle left...I didn't doctor the pic either.

[rmstevensiii]

I read somewhere that most BT's tend to lose the "bubble tips" not long after they are added to a tank.  It was in a forum somewhere.  Sorry for not having any add'l info on the post, but has anyone else heard this? 

BTW... nice looking tank Micki.

[micki]

Thanks rmstevensiii!  I've read that too.  I think it happens a lot but as I said with Travis's it's neon and has it's bubbles.  I wish he had a bigger pictures it's cool!

[verper]

The bubble tips or lack thereof probably have something to do with flow 

[micki]

The bubble tips or lack thereof probably have something to do with flow 

Aren't you just SOOOOOO Funny!