Green Magnificence Anenome

[Ryanqk]

I recently got a huge "Green Magnificence" anenome, thats what the store owner ID'd it anyways, and as far as i can tell its an accurate ID. I'm interested in any and all information and experiences and pics you may have of this one. I'll post a pic of her on here soon, she is about the size of 2 grapefruits. I want to get a breeding pair of clownfish to live in her, whats a good looking, hardy 3 stripe you can reccomend that can live in groups?
Thanks for the advice!
Ryan

 

[Ryanqk]

Can anyone explain to me how to post a picture on here?

 

[BonsaiNut]

I always put my photos up on my own Internet web space, then when I create a ReefCentral post I hit the "IMG" button that appears at the top of the page (with all the other formating buttons) and I cut and paste the image URL into my message.

ReefCentral does not host your images so you have to have your image up somewhere else on the web in order for it to work. There are a lot of free image hosting sites you can find if you do not already have one yourself. I get about 50 MB of space just with my Internet cable account.

 

[only4fudge]

www.imageshack.com if you want it to host any pictures
www.hunt101.com

 

[818]

www.photobucket.com

 

[only4fudge]

ya, that works too, anything free

 

[Flighty]

Sometimes it is best to go with the scientific names because the common names can cover several anemones with widely different care requirements.

I have never heard of a Green Magnificence, but the closest name would be either a heteractis magnifica (also called a magnifica or a ritteri ) or an Entacmaea quadricolor (also called a GBTA or green bubble tipped anemone)

I'm hoping you have a large GBTA, otherwise the lighting, flow, and water stability for a magnifica are nearly impossible to achieve in a 30 gallon.

IDs can be really tricky especially between a BTA and a magnifica, but the husbandry requirements are so different it would be important to find out which you have.

You can check out my gallery (camera button above this post) for some photos which might help you ID or email me pics if you want help getting them online.

 

[Ryanqk]

Ok thanks guys, I posted a couple pictures of it on a blog spot, they can be viewed at the following URL :
http://ryanreef.blogspot.com/

Let me know what you think,
Thanks,
Ryan

 

[OrionN]

Here is one of your pictures

It is a H. magnifica. It requires very bright light, strong water movement and stable clean water of a mature tank. It is a dificult anemone to keep. Good luck with him.
Minh

 

[only4fudge]

holy, that thing is huge!

 

[TOURKID]

i have a bta so im not to familier with magnificas... but... Id still cover that powerhead, its grazing it!!

 

[Ryanqk]

Excellent i've got all those parameters covered, any info on preferred eating habits, substrate and compatible clownfish that can live in numbers?

 

[BonsaiNut]

Primary source of food/energy is the light. I have never heard of H. magnifica surviving in captivity for an extended period of time without direct metal halide lighting (regardless of WHAT you feed it). They can live indefinitely without "food" (here defined as pieces of fish, shrimp, krill, etc) if they have bring enough light.

In the wild they are always found high on rocks, never in the sand. You will often see more than one individual in a grouping - especially if it is a high exposed coral outcropping.

In an aquarium these anemones will often wander if conditions are not perfect. Wandering often includes climbing up on the glass walls of the tank close to the surface of the water, which typically removes it from bright light and accelerates declining health. Best environment in a tank is to build a rock or coral "bommie" or tower/stack and stick the anemone on top (so it would have to climb down to get off the bommie.

 

[Ryanqk]

I'm not sure if anyone has heard of this scale for determining water flow but i found it in a fish mag recently, water flow in the mag. article was rated on a scale of 1-4 based on the movement of tenticles of anenomes, i want to know on this scale how strong the flow should be... as best i remeber the scale goes:
1-no movement in arms
2-gentle swaying motion or tendency to lean in one direction
3-rapid swaying of arms, yet retains ability to pull arms in disired direction
4-rapid water flow, all arms flow rapidly and sway out of control, no ability to return an arm to its mouth.
I did indeed build her a lil live rock tower in the center of her tank and she seems to like it, i'm just wondering how strong the water should blow across her....
Thanks,
Ryan

 

[Ryanqk]

Much better pictures now, check out the same url:

http://ryanreef.blogspot.com/

great fully open pics with fish for size comparison...
See yall later.. and thanks for the info, very helpfull!
Ryan

 

[OrionN]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7704862#post7704862 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ryanqk
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1-no movement in arms
2-gentle swaying motion or tendency to lean in one direction
3-rapid swaying of arms, yet retains ability to pull arms in disired direction
4-rapid water flow, all arms flow rapidly and sway out of control, no ability to return an arm to its mouth.
....

Three is good for H. magnifica, but you should find a way to make the direction of the current change very often or creating random wave movement.
Minh
Here are your pictures:

 

[Ryanqk]

How much do you typically find these for sale for in shops?

 

[Jadran]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7704670#post7704670 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BonsaiNut

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WOW!, great pic, :bum:

 

[Ryanqk]

THATS SOOO COOL

 

[Ryanqk]

THATS SOOO COOL, theres a lil neon goby in the field of view of that purple one, right in front!