purple tip magnifica anenome help please

[55semireef]

I would also be interested in looking at a picture of your Magnifica if you don't mind.

 

[dragonwoman]

Thanks rvitko i will have a look for them. 55 semireef the lights are compact. I have been told these are very good . They have a moonlight that stays on all the time. Im trying to get a friend to do the pic's for me and will post them as soon as we organize it.
THANKS AGAIN!

 

[55semireef]

Unfortunately, Power Compacts put out very little PAR (light intensity). Heteractis Magnifica require very strong lighting. Basically, Metal Halides or T5s (t5s that have individual reflectors for each bulb) are your choices. PCs will not supply enough light long term for this anemone.

However, I am still interested in a picture of your anemone. I want to see its coloration and size. I have never heard of a Magnifica only 7cm in diameter before.

Hope that helps

 

[rvitko]

What 55semireef says is true, but at this point more food is more pertinent than light. I have had ritteris (magnifica) get badly bleached and basically on the brink of death and nursed them back and food is really the secret. The ritteri in my current tank description split and half died and I am still nursing the other half, I have had that anemone for actually almost 7 years now. I use a 150w Halide with a 12K lamp.

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9820899#post9820899 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rvitko
What 55semireef says is true, but at this point more food is more pertinent than light. I have had ritteris (magnifica) get badly bleached and basically on the brink of death and nursed them back and food is really the secret. The ritteri in my current tank description split and half died and I am still nursing the other half, I have had that anemone for actually almost 7 years now. I use a 150w Halide with a 12K lamp.

rvitko, do you know what caused your current Magnifica to split in the first place or is the reason unknown? How long does it usually take your Magnifica to be nursed back to life?

Thanks

 

[dragonwoman]

So far it seems to be getting better each time i look at it, the fem clown is taking food to it and it curls itself in to eat. I must admit it seems to like it further from the light as i moved the rock it was on (up top) to mid tank and it seems much happier(it was there before i fixed the salt prob and it went walkabout) . It seems sensitive to to much light. Im going away this weekend and am tryng to get my friend to take pict on mon. Also of her enen as we got them together and her's looks great . Hope to get the pic's sent off so you both can see and we might get some more info on what's happened to mine !!!!!! THANKS GUYS

 

[rvitko]

He lived at my old shop for many years and the new owners upgraded to a bigger display tank with more light and better filtration. I speculate the water in the new tank was too nutrient poor as most of the LPS declined and the SPS colors intensified. This likely was the trigger. The half they kept died after a few months of slow decline. My half has suffered and struggled but is now regaining color, size and stickiness and feeds readily, it is a yellow morph. When it split it was about 2ft across and had been in captivity over 6 years, the size had fluctuated from a high point of about 30" down to about 12". The clone I have is about 8" across at the moment. It generally takes a few weeks to start seeing results and food has always been more critical than light in my expereince as well as just keeping things stable.

 

[55semireef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9823002#post9823002 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dragonwoman
It seems sensitive to to much light.

When you say too much light, are you referring to your Power Compacts? Your Magnifica can easily withstand the light being produced by your PCs. Your lighting is actually inaquedate.