Ron Popeil
Love them clownfish.
i took some pictures yesterday of my aquarium and its main focal points, the anemones and clownfish.
the purple base magnifica i have had for over 10 years, maybe even closer to 15. which in retrospect seems like a ridiculous amount of time to keep an anemone considering all of the changes ive gone through since i purchased it in college and where i am now.
there are two more magnificas in the tank, one of which is out of sight but i think needs to be more up front. while it has a rusty red base, its tentacles are electric green with pink tips. it just would rather get blasted by my MP40 than be out in the open.
an interesting thing of note, the pair of chrysogasters had the purple base anemone to call home for a very long time, and yet would never go in it. my female would sleep beside it on the rocks at night, but during the day would go nowhere near it. then i added this little pinkish based magnifica, and both male and female IMMEDIATELY responded positively to it. they both sleep INSIDE it at night. why was this? same species of anemone. my guess is the anemones are from different geographic locations. perhaps the purple base one is from an indo pacific region, and the pinkish base is from an african collection site.
the purple base magnifica i have had for over 10 years, maybe even closer to 15. which in retrospect seems like a ridiculous amount of time to keep an anemone considering all of the changes ive gone through since i purchased it in college and where i am now.
there are two more magnificas in the tank, one of which is out of sight but i think needs to be more up front. while it has a rusty red base, its tentacles are electric green with pink tips. it just would rather get blasted by my MP40 than be out in the open.
an interesting thing of note, the pair of chrysogasters had the purple base anemone to call home for a very long time, and yet would never go in it. my female would sleep beside it on the rocks at night, but during the day would go nowhere near it. then i added this little pinkish based magnifica, and both male and female IMMEDIATELY responded positively to it. they both sleep INSIDE it at night. why was this? same species of anemone. my guess is the anemones are from different geographic locations. perhaps the purple base one is from an indo pacific region, and the pinkish base is from an african collection site.
