Purple crispa

[m0nkie]

They are mags, definitely no malu or BTA

BTW: They also have a few of this kind, just in case someone is crazy enough to put these into their tank...

that's a nice looking nem.. Hellfire? I have 1 in my tank but it's much smaller and less colorful.. all red

 

[vhuang168]

Here is how mine looks like right now

 

[scuzy]

Always treat

 

[OrionN]

Keep us update.
It would be interesting to see how these anemones progress in a few months.

 

[ThRoewer]

I was at Aquatic Collections today and while there ran into Rich Ross. So I asked him what he thought this anemone was .After a short inspection he determined it's a magnifica.

It has brown tentacles with bright green tips and a magenta column.
I was tempted to take it home, but this was the one with a hole in its foot, so I rather passed. Though it seems otherwise healthy.

 

[OrionN]

There are multiple tentacles with rings on them. How bug is that anemone? If it is less than 6 inches it is not a Magnifica but a Malu

 

[ThRoewer]

I had a close look at those "rings" and they are not rings but aberrant markings in the form of short stripes. They don't go around the tentacle and there are only 2 or 3 tentacles that have this. Also there is no ring on the base where the tentacles go into the oral disk.

I also can't see how size would be a measure as there are most certainly magnificas which are at some stage in their live smaller than 6 inch in diameter. I doubt they just materialize fully grown out of nowhere.

Also, it would be totally new to me that malus have green tips. Purple, yes, green, no.

Column and verrucae placement also match a magnifica.

Finally, if a guy who studied this and made it his living (and saw it in person) says this is a magnifica, then I believe it's a magnifica.

 

[OrionN]

Magnifica have verracues that are the same color as the column and can be difficult to see. They don't have verracues that are white like the ones in the pictures. Malu don't always have rings but when they do it is the possitive ID characteristic for them

 

[ThRoewer]

They are not really white, just lighter, which is within the range for a magnifica.
Fautin states: "Column is with longitudinal rows of translucent verrucae same colour as column or slightly lighter or darker."

More important than the color is the arrangement and number of the verrucae. Malus have much more and they are in less neat rows.

And again, I've never seen a malu with green tips, but that is quite common for magnificas.

Also the entire texture of the tentacles and column are not right for a malu. This one feels more like a manifica.

 

[OrionN]

Here is a picture of the clumn of my Malu, and a picture of the tentacles of the same anemone. As you can see, they are very similar, other than the color. Mine is a male, about 5 inches in the pictures below. As you can see the verrucae structures and placement is virtually the same as the anemones we are talking about. So is the look of the tentacles. I will post pictures of tentacles of small Magnifica after I search for them from my pictures.

 

[OrionN]

my female Malu with fertilized eggs

 

[OrionN]

Tentacles of my small Magnifica. Notice the different in tentacle tips. Blunted with the very tip the same size or bigger than the main part of the tentacles

 

[OrionN]

H. malu can have no bands on their tentacles or a lot of bands. Here is a picture from the net that show the bands of Malu. As you can see. The pictures of the anemone we are talking about have the same band structures and look. Just not as much.

To no bands

 

[OrionN]

Here are pictures of H. magnifica verrucae that I got from the net. Notice that other than the color these verrucae are not raised from the column. They are the same color of the column, just darker. I have seen Magnifica with verrucae that is the same color of the column. In these cases the verracae are very difficult to see, to the point that many Mag seem to have no verrucae. Other case, the verrucae are darker as in the pictures below. I have not seen any that have lighter color verrucae. This does not mean that it does not exist.

 

[OrionN]

This is a picture of the verrucae of these anemones

 

[OrionN]

There is absolutely no way that these anemones are H. magnifca. If you say that these anemone are 8 inches or more then they are not H. malu, but they all seem to be small. The only reason I am not a 100% sure is the color of the column. I have never seen a Malu (even on line) with that color column before.

 

[Winwood]

I had a close look at those "rings" and they are not rings but aberrant markings in the form of short stripes. They don't go around the tentacle and there are only 2 or 3 tentacles that have this. Also there is no ring on the base where the tentacles go into the oral disk.

I also can't see how size would be a measure as there are most certainly magnificas which are at some stage in their live smaller than 6 inch in diameter. I doubt they just materialize fully grown out of nowhere.

Also, it would be totally new to me that malus have green tips. Purple, yes, green, no.

Column and verrucae placement also match a magnifica.

Finally, if a guy who studied this and made it his living (and saw it in person) says this is a magnifica, then I believe it's a magnifica.

Malus certainly come in green tipped versions.

 

[blackgate]

Agree, that is not a mag

 

[OrionN]

Malus certainly come in green tipped versions.

That is for sure. I got a Malu with green tentacle tips. A male and my purple tipped a female.

 

[vhuang168]

Well mine moved off the rock and into sand. At least it's trying to. The gap he moved into is a pretty long narrow drop so he has to stand on his tippy toes to get his tents above the rock.