芝加哥朝阳海葵是气泡尖端最可识别的菌株葡萄球菌四元在科罗拉多州的森伯斯特开始了RBTA热潮之后。与强烈的橙色科罗拉多州版本相比，芝加哥朝阳更像是金黄色至非常淡的橙色。
但是，任何保留气泡尖端的海葵菌株的人都会知道，它们的颜色和外观有很大的可变性，而且这些NEM实际上可以根据海葵的大小以及保留的照明而改变很大。在早期培养在LED照明传播之前，科罗拉多州的海葵海湾海湾，人们认为有不同的“阶段”色彩，包括大部分红色相位或大部分橙色相。
我们现在明白没有这种东西biological phase of anemones and that the variability in coloration was mostly a function of the lighting. In our modern era of reefing with LED lighting this is a foregone conclusion but there’s still some examples of extreme variability especially in the Chicago variant of the sunburst anemone.
例如，我们现在知道尺寸气泡尖端的海葵会极大地影响其外观，人们普遍认为，柠檬滴海葵只是芝加哥太阳爆炸的外观。但是，由于我们上周在Reefstock Denver自己看到的照明，芝加哥阳光海葵的出现仍然存在一些狂野的差异。
霜珊瑚is a staple of many reef aquarium events and last weekend they showed off two different crops of Chicago Sunburst anemones, one of which was the classic bright yellow-orange we’ve come to know, and the others were nearly all red with just a hint of fluorescent orange. It was awesome to discover that the ‘classic’ appearance of the Chi-Burst was developed under LED lighting but the mostly red specimens were harvested from a tank lit with metal halide lighting!
The reef aquarium hobby has collectively learned how much the appearance of珊瑚可以在不同的照明方面发生变化，但是气泡尖端的海葵可能会变化更大。This just goes to show that it is a fool’s errand to chase after new and fancy strains of bubble tip anemones because unless it’s been around and ‘field tested’ and cultured in a wide range of reef tanks, it could simply be a known variety that has been dramatically altered by extremes of lighting intensity or spectrum.
