Purple Tip Sebae
A variant of Sebae Anemone (Heteractis crispa)
Representative Sebae Anemonephoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
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.
📜 Backstory
This is not a designer line but the standard wild-collected color form, listed simply as 'Purple Tip Sebae Anemone' by vendors such as LiveRockNReef, Barrier Reef Aquariums, Violet Aquarium, and others. It is wild-collected out of Indo-Pacific imports. Beware: bleached, all-white tank-faded specimens (which have lost their zooxanthellae and often die) are frequently sold under this name, so a richly colored, photosynthetic animal is the desirable version.
Keeper tips for this variant
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.