Anenome shrinks with metal halide

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Im curious. How can you tell it was bleached? They sale these white anemones on many different websites. This one turned metallic green under blue lighting. Really kool.
I was thinking it was a combination of the pesky white crab and sand that got dropped on him from the dragon and yellow golden head sleeper.
Or maybe the chemicals released from the coral I had in the tank. I bring plankton and minerals into the tank. Any ideas let me know?
The MH bulbs I have are 15k. t5s are a little old. I was thinking the lighting could be given off the wrong spectrum.

[justahobby]

Zoanthellae is never white. Companies leave anemone in the dark to make them turn white. It probably started as unattractive color. Or collected poorly. When under stress or lack of light the anemone will lose its zoanthellae and turn white. Then they can no longer feed them self off photosynthesis. When that happens they shriek from light and spill their guts. Some research on the subject can provide more insight than can recall.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Zoanthellae is never white. Companies leave anemone in the dark to make them turn white. It probably started as unattractive color. Or collected poorly. When under stress or lack of light the anemone will lose its zoanthellae and turn white. Then they can no longer feed them self off photosynthesis. When that happens they shriek from light and spill their guts. Some research on the subject can provide more insight than can recall.

Thanks for the reply. I can work with that. But now my long tentacle is upside down. ugh There has to be something else. White host crab has been moved to sump.
Under my impression both anemones were healthy at first. Then they flip themselves and slowly die. Does anybody have magic juice?
Maybe I am feeding wrong. The carpet lasted a lot longer than this long tentacle. It should have been reversed. Again both were very happy and appeared healthy.
Both were purchased here in town at 2 different locations.

[BBQHILLBILLY]

Justin just need a little help here. So bleaching is the principle of depleting the anemone light so the algae dies in it and the anemone turns white. yes/no
I drove to the vance jackson store to look at their current white carpet anemone. It looks healthy. They have cheap lights over it.
So this anemone is bleached too?? Their is a large lack of light with it. If I bought it and put in under MH it would probably spit its guts out too?
If your right this store is saleing dead anemones. And I have to find a store that sales anemones with MH. yes/no
Am I thinking right? There is another store thats does the same thing. Take a drive to vance jackson/410 and let me know what you think.
Their anemones look healthy with cheap lights. I need to find out why anemones are dieing under MH. Are they allready dead?