H.magnifica from Madagascar

[shutiny]

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/anemones022.jpg Has any one ever seen one of these before? What temperture/salinity do you keep yours in?
Thanks

Shu Tin

 

[shutiny]

One more pic http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones041-1.jpg

 

[SVXH6]

i have seen a few like that.. if that is yours, amazing, and good luck with it!! i always kept my H. Mags in 1.026 salinity, and around 81 degrees temp. i believe i have a few photos of my H. Mags in my gallery.

 

[traveller7]

Only one for an extended period of time. Directly under 175wt 10K+actinics, random flow generated by airpumps on a wave timer, lots of lance fish, gentle clowns, 76-79F, 1.025, nitrates in the 10ppm range. Tank 4+ years old.

 

[shutiny]

OMG yours is huge! Thanks for sharing. How long have you had it?

I was told by Chad(reefscience) that he keeps his about same parameters as yours. Because it is coming from very different parts of oceans than the ones that I have already, I hope it will do ok.
Thanks for the info

 

[shutiny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9932740#post9932740 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by traveller7
Only one for an extended period of time. Directly under 175wt 10K+actinics, random flow generated by airpumps on a wave timer, lots of lance fish, gentle clowns, 76-79F, 1.025, nitrates in the 10ppm range. Tank 4+ years old.

Thanks Scott. It is under 1000w/20K in mine main tank. It moved from mid tank(about 4.5 feet from light) up to top of the reef and mowed down every thing on its way up
It would be a challenge to find the right balance of flow for it and others.
I was wondering are there much different in chemistry from water of the Africa verses the Indo-Pacific?

 

[shutiny]

I hope it does well because I don't have actinic and not much random flow at this time. I am waiting for Tunze to send me the 6300's.

 

[GSMguy]

its very very pretty good find, hope it does ok and tunze gets you those monster pumps soon.

 

[traveller7]

I don't think the actinic matters.
Mine did not like 20K, but they were only 400wt, so it may be moot vs 1000wt.
Mine did seem to like the 3x6100 streams, but really did well with the 4 messy airstones on timers. Just a data point, likely meaningless

fwiw: I would not recommend moving it for any reason, I wacked my healthy and happy specimen while trying to "improve" it's home for no darn good reason

 

[vaporize]

I am more interested to know that they do export stuff out of Madagascar?

 

[traveller7]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9934551#post9934551 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by vaporize
I am more interested to know that they do export stuff out of Madagascar?

I doubt they do.... call it marketing.

 

[Bones18]

AMAZING! HOw big is that aquarium btw??

 

[GSMguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9934994#post9934994 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bones18
AMAZING! HOw big is that aquarium btw??

i think its 3600gallons

 

[ryan_reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9932807#post9932807 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shutiny
I hope it does well because I don't have actinic and not much random flow at this time. I am waiting for Tunze to send me the 6300's.

It will do better under 10K i recon thats what I've got mine under(400watt) and it loves it, think about it in nature they sit at the top of the water cloumn where there is no blue spectrum only the stuff that live further down in the water column like the blue spectrum

 

[illcssd]

You would be suprised, some of these magnifica's are found alot deeper than you would think. My mag has done fine under 20k radium's with lumenarc reflectors.

 

[shutiny]

Thanks for the info Scott.

I have two left from the old tanks and one from last year(got from Tyler at the Dolphin Pets) and they all seem to have different needs. The one from Tyler was very small may be 3" at the most and it was brown color when I got it. It stays in the same rock in this pic: http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=Aprilpictures009.jpg
It now has to purple tentacles with bright royal blue tips and blue high lights through out. Ugly duckling no more, it is over 12-14".

And the other standard light purple ones seem happy at mid levels and never moved, not even during crisis/tank troubles. These were from mine old tanks you could see one of them next to this guy:
http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=anemones023.jpg

But this new one, it is very different than the others I ever had and I want it to do well, sooo bad.

I'll not touch it, I am too afraid to look at it too long. Can its color change so dramatic? It was magenta /bright purple base with green tentacles and now it has crimson base with magenta and royal blue oral disc. I'll try to get anew pic after David cleans the windows.

I don'think I can change mine bulbs just for one or two anemones, so I hope it will do well in the 20k with out actinic. The tank gets a lot of natural sun light when is not cloudy.

Keep mine finger crossed for this one.
Thanks every one for your support and info.

Shu Tin

 

[shutiny]

Todays pictures:http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=May2007046.jpg

http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r111/shutiny/?action=view&current=May2007044.jpg

It has moved to the top of the coral boomie, can it be looking for different lighting? Other magnificas are happy in their spots under the same lighting.

 

[Ron Popeil]

fantastic colors on that specimen. well done.

 

[shutiny]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9941836#post9941836 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ron Popeil
fantastic colors on that specimen. well done.

Thanks Jordan, I hope it survived. Looks like people with success with this anemone(you, Scott, and few others) got 10K lighting not 20K. I hope with natural sun light and 20K, it will be happy to some degree.

I just ordered 14K bulbs and would like to see if it would stay put with the new bulbs.

 

[Ron Popeil]

i use 20k. ive only used 20k.....20K IS WHERE ITS AT!