H. Magnifica

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Monstrigity

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Kevin,

About 6 months ago I set up an aquarium designed specifically for H. Magnifica. I have been looking for an especially nice colored one. Ive been checking the Divers Den daily for quite some time and have not seen one. Is this something that you could special order for me? If not, when do you expect to be getting any in?

Thanks,
J
 
Monstrigity,

Thank you for checking with our Diver’s Den section for the Ritteri anemone. We apologize, however we would not be able to special order this for you. In order to be fair to all of our customers, we do not offer a wish list or special ordering for Diver’s Den. This anemone is very delicate and difficult to care for. We do receive these in about every two months.

We encourage you to keep checking the Diver’s Den section periodically for this anemone.

You can also sign up for the email notification for this specimen at:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=631&N=0

We wish you luck in finding the coloration of Heteractis magnifica that you have been looking for.

Tina C.
Live Aquaria
 
Thanks. I'll keep checking Diver's Den. I am aware of the difficulty of this species and because of this I have gone to great lengths to set up a system designed specifically for one. I am confident that starting with a healthy specimen I will be successfull with this species.
 
Monstrigity,

We have an exciting update for you regarding Ritteri anemones. You may wish to check your Diver's Den alerts daily this week, as we hope to be offering one of these great specimens very soon. We apologize we did not mention our plans to offer one this quickly in our prior post. Thank you for your interest in Diver's Den and for your patience.

Donna
Live Aquaria Supervisors
Drs. Foster & Smith
 
Monstrigity,

We have 3 Ritteri anemones collected from Tonga going onto the Diver’s Den site today. Keep your eyes peeled, you don’t want to miss them.

Joyce F.
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster & Smith
 
Yoboyjdizz,

Thank you for your post. To help ensure optimal health of Ritteri Anemones, we recommend keeping them in a system with bright light and a heavy water flow. Besides lighting for photosynthesis, these anemones require a varied diet of mussel, feeder fish, crustaceans, and frozen foods. Supplemental feeding should be performed approximately once per week. The Ritteri Anemone also thrives best in the following water conditions:

pH: 8.1-8.4
Temperature: 72-78F
Specific Gravity: 1.023-1.025

According to Julian Sprung’s book “Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide”, the Ritteri Anemone should be kept away from pump intakes or overflow drains, as the water flow at these areas may be strong enough to cause harm to the specimen. Placing the Anemone on a smooth piece of rock is also recommended.

Mike S.
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith
 
I am looking for one with a little more intense coloring than the 3 that were recently posted on DD. Do you know when your next shipment of H. Mag's will be coming. Thanks
 
Monstrigity,

Thank you for contacting us with your question. We apologize we are unsure when the next shipment of those particular anemones will be in. We will be happy to check with our Aquaculture Coral and Marine Life Facility on Monday to see if we have any anticipated timeframe, and we will repost with any further information we have. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Stacie R
Technical Support
Drs Foster and Smith
 
Monstrigity,

We are constantly adding new items to our site and may have this in the future. At this time we do not know when the next shipment of Heteractis magnifica will be available as they are shipped to us as they are collected.

Please continue to check the Diver’s Den section for new anemones being added. You may also wish to sign up for the email notification for new Diver’s Den specimen being added here:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/DiversDen/DDemailSignUp_form.cfm

If you have further questions please contact us.

Joyce F.
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster & Smith
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11198621#post11198621 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dfs/la2
Yoboyjdizz,

Thank you for your post. To help ensure optimal health of Ritteri Anemones, we recommend keeping them in a system with bright light and a heavy water flow. Besides lighting for photosynthesis, these anemones require a varied diet of mussel, feeder fish, crustaceans, and frozen foods. Supplemental feeding should be performed approximately once per week. The Ritteri Anemone also thrives best in the following water conditions:

pH: 8.1-8.4
Temperature: 72-78F
Specific Gravity: 1.023-1.025

According to Julian Sprung’s book “Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide”, the Ritteri Anemone should be kept away from pump intakes or overflow drains, as the water flow at these areas may be strong enough to cause harm to the specimen. Placing the Anemone on a smooth piece of rock is also recommended.

Mike S.
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith
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I know this is old but I was just looking through and saw this information and thought it would be best to add for anyone else that may read this.

The information given above is nothing more then just basic information for keeping any anemone. H. Magnificas not only need a strong flow, but it has to be a strong, random current from mutiple directions. High light is just a general term. 400 watt MH or even 1000 watt MH would be best and be smart about the placement of the fixture above the water and the aquascaping as they usually find the highest point and stay there.

Water conditions must be stable and consistant. Pretty much as perfect as you can possibly get them. H. Magnificas, along with S. Gigantea, are not for beginners. Even with many years of experience these are very hard to keep long term.

I'm surpised the difficulty was not stressed upon.

HTH
 
Lance M.,

Thank you for providing additional information in regards to the Ritteri Anemone. We understand the specialized care requirements on anemones, and have many of these specimens listed on our LiveAquaria website as a moderate to difficult care level. We also have information on appropriate lighting and water conditions listed for much of the livestock we carry. This information is available to assist our customers in making the best possible decisions for their aquarium.

Mike S.
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith
 
I purchased one of those H.Magnificas from Foster Smith in November, and it arrived in excellent shape. It still looks great, but I can not seem to coax it into eating yet:( I'm keeping my fingers crossed. My Soloman Island percs. immediatley took it over as home and are constantly fighting off my pair of black ocellaris that want it just as bad (but are smaller so they lose). I'll try and post a pic soon.
Craig
 
gojicraig,

We are very happy that the H. magnificas arrived in great shape and that your Clownfish took to the Anemone immediately. We are also hopeful that the Anemone will start eating. We are not sure on the type of set up you have, but as stated above these specimens will require strong water flow, intense lighting, and perfect water conditions. With these conditions provided it should be okay and may be taking a little longer to acclimate to its environment.

The Anemones in our Aquaculture Coral and Marine Life Facility are fed frozen Mysis and vitamin enriched Brine Shrimp before shipping. Offering a variety of foods may tempt the Anemone into eating. If you have additional questions or concerns that you wish to discuss, please call our Technical Support Department at 1-800-334-3699 extension 225.

Gwen S.
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith
 
Gwen,

Thanks for the quick response. My setup is as follows:
Main tank 270 gal]125 fuge
1-400mh 14k, 2-xm250 10k
320 watts daylight vho's
320 watts blue actinic vho's
MRC-4 protien skimmer
Kent phosban reactor
Sequence Barracuda for main circulation
Considering putting on my Amp-master 2800/ MY OCEANS MOTIONS 4-WAY?
 
gojicraig,

Thank you for getting us the information on your tank set up. From the watts given you have approximately 5.7 watts of light per gallon. We recommend trying to target feed the anemone with vitamin enriched mysis or brine shrimp. During target feeding the power heads should be turned off. We strongly recommend contacting us by phone at 1-800-334-3699 ext 225 in order for us to better assist you with this. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Stacie R.
Technical Support
Drs Foster and Smith
 
Try silversides, or scallops or squid soaked in something like Vita-Chem. Once a week, or even every other week, would be fine for the amount of light you have.
 
Stacie,

There isn't any inconvienience at all. You guy have been great! I had thought of trying live brine shrimp after a few hours in a selcon bath. I noticed that you suggested about the same thing. I am not overly worried at this point, it still is inflated and looks great. I know they are sometimes slow to come around. Thanks for the offer to call. I will today. It slightly holds on, its mouth will bubble up as to seem that it is about to eat, but it just ends up letting go. Does anyone have any feedback on when woud be to long for it to not eat, and begin consuming itself? I've read some say that they feel it's not that important to feed it, that it will get it's nutrition from the light and water. I personally, don't buy this view.
 
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