My new heteractis magnifica anemone

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To give you a background I have been trying to successfully keep this species for a long time. I have tried multiple times, most of my try were from vendors online (which I think was my issue). I have even tried to treat these anemones with Doxycycline in the past which is a type of antibiotic with no success.




Okay Sunday I went to my local fish store on hopes that they still had this anemone available. My friend Sean told me that have had this thing in the stores greenhouse for at least 1 month. When I went to the store they had it all the way at the top of the vat in a makeshift basket. So I put my hand to see if it felt sticky, which it was. The mouth was a little open but I couldn’t resist so I made the purchase. Below are some pictures on day 4, let me know what you think. I have bumped my lighting period down to 5 hours a day for light acclimation.

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The base of the anemone is bright blue here is what the actual color looks like please ignore the pink.

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The pictures are a little out dates its going on week 2, I will try to snap a couple of pictures this weekend. Let me know what you think.
 
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Looks great! What's the story on the system you're keeping it in? Lighting, flow, etc?

Would it be too much to ask for a FTS? :D
 
Thanks for the kind words guys!

No Chuck its the same one you saw.

Tyler I will work on a fts shot soon.

Its a 75 gallon t-5 lit mixed reef.
Flow I have a k4 and k3 with a large return, I also have a video that I will put up soon.

He/she is doing okay still sticky and taking mysis shrimp readly.
 
Awesome! They are my favorite anemones. Mine likes meaty chopped foods. I would avoid silversides just from people have bad batches of them.
 
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