Sebae Anemone

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Purple Tip Sebae →

The classic and most widely traded Sebae form — a pale beige, tan, or whitish leathery column with long flowing tentacles capped in **magenta-to-purple tips**. This is the signature look that makes *Heteractis crispa* recognizable on the trade, and the magenta/purple tip is the standard natural color expression of a healthy, photosynthetic specimen.

Tip: Give it deep sand or a crevice it can bury its leathery foot into, with strong lighting and moderate, indirect flow; never aim a powerhead directly at it. Spot-feed small meaty foods. Note that *H. crispa* is notoriously difficult to keep long-term, with high import mortality — buy a richly colored animal, not a bleached white one.

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Yellow Tip Sebae →

A Sebae whose tentacle tips read **yellowish-green to yellow** rather than the usual magenta, often over a tan or greenish body and oral disk. Yellow-green tips are a documented natural color form of *Heteractis crispa* alongside the standard purple-tip form.

Tip: Strong lighting (it relies heavily on its zooxanthellae) plus regular spot-feeding of small meaty foods helps it hold color after import. **Buyer beware:** a solid-yellow body or a stark-white animal with bright colored tips is very often dyed or bleached — these are not natural and are far more likely to die. Choose a naturally tan/green specimen showing genuine yellow-green tips.

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Colored Blue Tip Sebae →

A higher-grade import selected for richer overall body color (green, brown, creamy, or purple) finished with **blue-tipped tentacles**. The blue tips read strongly under actinic/blue-heavy lighting.

Tip: Place under blue-rich LED or T5 to show the tip color, but acclimate light slowly over weeks so a freshly imported animal doesn't bleach. As with all *H. crispa*, give it deep substrate to anchor in, strong lighting, and regular feeding; survival rates are low, so prioritize a healthy, fully colored specimen.

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Purple Sebae →

A specimen where the **column and oral disk themselves carry a lavender-to-violet wash**, not just the tentacle tips. One of the more desirable color expressions of the species, since deeper body pigment indicates a healthy, well-symbionted animal.

Tip: Because deeper body pigment depends on a healthy symbiont population, give it intense, stable lighting and avoid moving it once it has settled and anchored. Feed regularly and acclimate slowly; like all *H. crispa* it is difficult to keep long-term.