Magnifca and percs

[garygb]

I rarely upload pics, so thought I would. The perculas have eggs on the rock, but difficult to see because the anemone shades them.

http://s224.photobucket.com/user/garygbb/media/MOV_5943.mp4.html

Sorry about the poor quality of the video, was using iphone. So I added a couple of pics too.

 

[Winwood]

Fantastic!

 

[CoralsAddiction]

That's pretty awesome!

 

[ca1ore]

Fabulous! My Ocellaris clowns spawn under my mag regularly too - probably about every two weeks. And I have an unblemished record of raising the fry ........ yep, you guessed it, not even one OK, I don't actually try, but you'd think one would make it at some point ...... noooop!

 

[oh207]

Very nice. Is that one nem or several? Its a beauty.

 

[garygb]

Thanks guys.

I've never tried to save the babies ever and I've never had one survive either. I think back to when I kept cichlids and at least one or two babies would survive, but not with clownfish.

Actually there are 4 mags in this tank. I've had the yellow tip ones for 13 years in Nov. Years ago it divided. The purple based ones I've had about 9 years, I sold one of the clones years ago and I kept the latest clone, because it only measure 4 or 5 inches across.

 

[taylor t]

Wow, those are really nice!

 

[Berkeleyaquaman]

That's an awesome looking tank!
Whatever you've been doing...keep doing!

 

[OrionN]

Very nice but are you sure you have enough Magnifica in that tank?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Very nice but are you sure you have enough Magnifica in that tank?

Those clowns don't look happy at all. Looks like they might need a couple more big ones....obviously joking

 

[garygb]

Lol. Yeah CoralsAddiction, maybe my maroons would even things out a little in there.

Minh, I've thought about selling the smaller clones several times, but I read all the horror stories about people and their mags. I'm afraid I'd sell one or two only to find out the anemone died, then I'd feel awful. Of course crap happens, and they could die on my watch too. To keep them from getting too big I only feed sparingly, once every other week or so now. I've fed more heavily in the past, and as you know, they respond by growing. The largest one measures about 14 inches across and the smallest of the clones measures about 5 inches. In the wild H. magnifica often live side-by-side, so maybe they think they're out on the reef ; )

 

[monkeybiz]

how big is that tank?

 

[garygb]

24"x24"