Blue mag

[mcwoodhill]

I'm currently working in Beijing and lfs's seem to have quite some cool mags. when i got this one, it was really in bad shape and thus sold to me at a low price even in the local perspective. after 10 day quarantine with cipro, it now looks ok but its mouth keeps quite open with a brown chuck stuck at a corner of it. i tried to remove it with a glass stick but the chunk seems to root deep. ill leave it there, watch it closely and finger cross to myself

you guys can see there's the brown chunk. i guess those chunks literally makes a mag sick coz every time i treat a sick one, it always blows off lots of chunks and then looks good.

its bleached to some point

 

[Pinkskunk]

wow that is a very pretty mag. just give it some blow it will expel those waste by itself. if you can suck it out with a turkey baster it would be better but dont use any physical force that may harm it in anyway Good luck with it i hope to see the progress it makes as i have not seen a blue mag on here.

bleaching is due to cipro treatment it will bounce back once the mag is recovered. try NOT to feed it for another week or two.

 

[Kinetic]

Wow that blue looks intense. Goodluck, hope it does really well. Keep us updated!

 

[LauraGreenImp]

So beautiful I can hardly look away. Best of luck.


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[garygb]

Beautiful!

 

[davocean]

I'm wondering if the blue has more to do w/ it being bleached, and if it will become more purple as it regains health and true color.

Keep posting pics so we can see how it goes.

 

[mcwoodhill]

I'm wondering if the blue has more to do w/ it being bleached, and if it will become more purple as it regains health and true color.

Keep posting pics so we can see how it goes.

It's tentacles are starting to get darker/browner

I guess the base and the tips will remain blue while the tentacles become quite brown

 

[ClownNut]

looks like photoshopped. all the coralline algae look odd.

 

[mcwoodhill]

looks like photoshopped. all the coralline algae look odd.

No ps job at all and I can post a video even without white balance correction

 

[OrionN]

Is there anyway you can bring him back to the US?
Color wise, IMO, both blue and purple are nice. I would love to see this guy with white compensated. Regardless, he is an exceptionally nice Magnifica.

 

[drtrash]

Whats the game plan if it wanders? Would like to have one but never could get them to stay put. Metal halide not an option, awesome blue

 

[mcwoodhill]

Is there anyway you can bring him back to the US?
Color wise, IMO, both blue and purple are nice. I would love to see this guy with white compensated. Regardless, he is an exceptionally nice Magnifica.

id really wanna do so but the customs wont be happy about it:headwalls:

 

[mcwoodhill]

Whats the game plan if it wanders? Would like to have one but never could get them to stay put. Metal halide not an option, awesome blue

the gyre pumps seem to be less harsh on nems. I once had a ritteri that wandered str8 into a gyre pump but it was blown off of the pump right away with quite some tentacles minced. seemingly it didnt get sucked into the pump and minced up entirely.

Long in short, well, basically i dont have a good way to prevent it from wanderin but i do think MH and strong waves can make 'em stay put. insofar it behaves well. I'll get a pair or trio of occ's this week. finger cross. occ's usually will clean up their home and pick the chunk away

 

[OrionN]

Whats the game plan if it wanders? Would like to have one but never could get them to stay put. Metal halide not an option, awesome blue

Strong LED light is a good option. That is how I keep mine now. No longer any MH in my house.

 

[SI_reef]

Wow beautiful mag , best of luck with it.

 

[davocean]

All my mags have stayed put under T5's, w/ a couple LED strips(nothing super strong on LEDs)

Given a high up perch close to that light seems to keep them in place as long as params are stable.

Will be nice to see this one as it colors up.

 

[RIGUY314]

What a mg! great colors. yes please keep us posted with lots of pictures. a video wouldn't hurt either. best of luck.

 

[mcwoodhill]

A video clip

https://youtu.be/6vVVp_fC3QE

 

[Pinkskunk]

wow that blue mag is very large and pretty. i like it alot. what did you do with your red carpet and the other mag you used to have with the red carpet? do you know if your blue mag comes from China or elsewhere in Asia?

 

[ClownNut]

A video clip

https://youtu.be/6vVVp_fC3QE

this looks a lot more purple vs the photos a lot bluer. i think it might be a bleached purple.
beautiful mag.