Anemone ID

[carlosandre]

Hi,

Plz, can anyone ID this anemone?

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/841/anemonabp6.jpg


thanks

 

[phender]

Heteractis magnifica (aka ritteri anemone)

 

[OCDP]

Ritteri, AKA H. Magnifica

One of the most light and flow demanding anemones.

(edit: beat me to it )

 

[OrionN]

Agree. Very beautifull specimen.

 

[OCDP]

It is very beautiful indeed.. the colours are amazing. Looks super healthy.

 

[Flighty]

That pic must be from the ocean. Where I wonder?

 

[phender]

It looks like there is a clone behind it. I read somewhere that Tahiti is famous for having "fields" of magnifica clones.
Someone posted a pic recently of a field of purple based mag clones.

 

[Flighty]

The main one in the pic looks like it might be more than one anemone together on the same rock.

 

[OCDP]

I was going to say that as well, either that or it's all balled up into some weird position.

 

[Flighty]

Anemone yoga

 

[Flighty]

My question is, how much would you pay for a healthy specimen like that? (hint hint, someone out there needs to look into farming these in the ocean)

 

[OrionN]

200.00
Got to be healthy.

 

[OCDP]

200!? Yowza... I'd pay 100$ tops.

It's too hard to say though, size matters when your playing with prices.

 

[OCDP]

Double post. Damn these mouses at work!

 

[Flighty]

I think I would do $400+ if really really healthy especially if it was somehow supporting a more responsible collection or propagation practice. I am sick of seeing near dead ones in the stores time after time

For a color like that I wouldn't care about the size. They grow so fast and I would think that a smaller one would be easier to get here without damaging.

I think an online suppler who gave info about how carefully it was collected and shipped could get $1000 from someone.

 

[OCDP]

I think anything beyond 100$ is paying too much money (for any livestock) that's just me though. I will refuse to pay more than 100$ for any piece of livestock. It's just too much, and too easy for something to happen to it.

1,000$ says you have too much money to throw around

I made reference to size and price as in, I am not paying 100$ for a tiny little Magnifica. If it were a large, healthy magnifica, (or any other harder to keep anemone) I would put 100$ down on it.. maybe a little more, if I really liked the species.

 

[OrionN]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7773316#post7773316 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by OCDP
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It's too hard to say though, size matters when your playing with prices.

Size does not matter, or rather, the smaller the better. Smaller anemones shipped much better. They can grow like you would not believe.
Look at the color of the colum and of the tentacles, and the fact that this is a clone that likely will divide in captivity.

 

[OCDP]

Hey it's just me.. I could not justify paying 200$ for a tiny little magnifica.

Just me...

 

[Amphiprion]

$100--way too pricey for me. I wouldn't pay more than $75, otherwise, they can keep it.

 

[phender]

What would you pay for this one!

Sorry about the poor quality. It is actually more a royal blue than purple. I used my camera to take a pic off my computer screen showing a DVD of the Marshall Islands underwater.
Its the same guy that took the pic of the orange haddoni.

I'll feel better about posting the pic if I post the website as well.
http://www.underwaterkwaj.com/wlr/wlr.htm