How about some H. magnifica pics

[garygb]

I'll start. Here are some pics I snapped today of mine.

http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd205/garygbb/?action=view&current=Picture062.jpg

http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd205/garygbb/?action=view&current=Picture061.jpg

[reefman13]

Nice pictures!

Wish mine was still around...

[garygb]

Thank you Dave. I'm technically challenged. I wish I could post pics directly, but I don't know how, so I just post the link.

[GSMguy]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd205/garygbb/Picture062.jpg
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd205/garygbb/Re-exposureof2007-11-28150.jpg

[garygb]

Thank you GSM. How did you do that?

[kar93]

just put ** infront of the picture and ** after it but without the stars

[garygb]

http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd205/garygbb/?action=view&current=Picture061.jpg

[garygb]

Thank you kar, I'll experiment with it another time. I just tried to paste between the IMG's and it just posted the link again.

[Dan]

You have to take out the [url] tags.

Example: [img*]http://www.photobucket.com/example.jpg[/img*]
Leave out the * part of the tag. I only put it there so you could see the syntax.
Dan

[garygb]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd205/garygbb/Picture061.jpg

Thank you guys. Slowly getting the hang of it.

[Leopard Man]

I traded this one for sps. I wanted to go sps dominated, and was afraid it may move.

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q306/ClamGuy/IMG_0381_1.jpg

[Mirror Pond]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/128402newmag2.jpg

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/128402newmag1.jpg

[garygb]

Very nice Mirror Pond. You have the purple based ones too. What kind of light do you have? What feeding schedule and foods do you use?

[dc]

http://images114.fotki.com/v642/photos/2/28482/3138600/img-vi.gif




Very nice looking anemones. :D

[garygb]

Leopard, that's a beautiful one too. I find that they don't move much at all as long as you have good, random water flow.

[Toddrtrex]

Gary, you will notice with Photobucket that there are 4 links in the right had said of each picture. The 4th one down (( labeled IMG Code - Forums & Bulletin Boards )) is the one you want to use. Just click on it, and you will see the words "copied". Come back the the thread and hit "Ctrl+V" on your keyboard and it will paste it into the thread for you, don't have to do anything else.

[garygb]

lol. I finally figured that out. I'm kinda slow sometimes. I didn't know about the "control and V" though. Thank you.

[Mirror Pond]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11786580#post11786580 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by garygb
Very nice Mirror Pond. You have the purple based ones too. What kind of light do you have? What feeding schedule and foods do you use?

Thanks. It's in a 6ft tank which is lit by 3 250w single ended halides driven by HQI ballasts, 20k on the ends with a 10k in the middle. The mag is between one of the 20k's and the 10k. I used to feed a smashed up silverside about every other day but I now feed about once a week. Those pictures were taken a few months back when it was going through a "balled up" phase one day. It is usually much flatter and is about 14 to 16 inches across most of the time. I've had it exactly one year this week.

What are the specs and feeding schedule of yours?

[delphinus]

Here's mine :)

http://members.shaw.ca/hobiesailor/aquaria/anemones/ritteri_closeupside1.jpg

http://members.shaw.ca/hobiesailor/aquaria/anemones/20061012/Hmag.jpg

Here's a top-down shot I tried:
http://members.shaw.ca/hobiesailor/aquaria/anemones/20061012/Hmag_fromtop.jpg
7 years and counting with this guy now. :)

[5speedT]

Damn how big is he?

[delphinus]

Mine? I'm not sure actually. At full expansion can seem to reach nearly 24" edge-to-edge. But the base of the pedal disk is more like 12". Large enough that it's quite the challenge to ever move! When I moved him into the tank he's in now, I tipped him into an empty Kent salt bucket and he took up about half of it all wedged in there. The pair of ocellaris in the green carpet in my avatar used to live in him instead and I never saw them because there's just too much space that that could hide out of view. I currently have no clowns in this tank, but I was thinking something larger than a typical A.percula/ocellaris would be nice. Maybe A. akindynos.. guess it depends if I'll ever find a pair. We don't usually get a lot of the more collector kind of stuff up here in Canada so I might be waiting a while.

[Mirror Pond]

Very nice!

[garygb]

Looks great Delphinus.

Mirror, I feed mine every other day or so with silversides, squid, shrimp, krill, occasionally sardines or mackerel. I started off with PC's with the oldest magnifica a little over 5 years ago. It was fine in the top half of the tank with two 96-watt 10,000K or 6700K bulbs. Then I thought I would try MH, so I did that for a year or so, and then a few months ago I decided I wanted T-5 ho. So now they are under a Tek light with 6 39-watt bulbs ranging from 6-10,000K. I've got a small purple based magnifica and put it in the same tank about 3 or 4 years ago. About 15 months ago, both the old magnifica and the newer, purple one divided. Now I have 4 anemones and it's only a 50 gallon breeder. So, I'm preparing to move a couple of them to a 40 gallon breeder tank I have had set up for a couple of years.

[EnderG60]

here is mine, its closing in on 4 years now. Havent fed it a thing in at least two years. Ill start feeding it when I get the 180 up and it has some room to grow.

http://www.mytankpics.com/tanks/albums/userpics/10025/IMG_1071_%28Medium%29.JPG

and its tenants
http://www.mytankpics.com/tanks/albums/userpics/10025/IMG_1052_%28Medium%29.JPG
http://www.mytankpics.com/tanks/albums/userpics/10025/Picture_102b_%28Medium%29.jpg

[garygb]

Very nice pics there Ender--great looking tank. So no food in two years, wow. Does it snag food that is intended for the fish?

[EnderG60]

Thanks, it catches a bit yeah, but every time I would try and give it some squid or a silverside or anything the clowns would actually try and remove it. Its pretty close to the 400w halide so im sure thats helping.

I just realised how small it is in that pic. When its happy it will stretch all the way over to where that anthias is sitting.

[garygb]

Yeah, I would expect the 400 watt MH provides alot of nutrition, along with whatever bits and pieces it grabs. I would love to see a pic when it's fully open.

[liquidfunk]

nice!

[Ron Popeil]

here are two i had for several years way back when in my 120 gallon. oh how i loved that white based magnifica.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b293/ronaldpopeil/P1010012.jpg

here is a recent picture of what i have now in the 60 gallon.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2366/2240216008_e345a675cc_b.jpg

[adtravels]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/113133IMG_5022.jpg

heres one that I had it was a wonderer though so it had to go:(

[lancer99]

Wow....beautiful magnificas!

I tried one in my former life as a reefer...did (what I thought) everything right, an acrylic baffle with siliconed windowscreening to protect all the powerhead inputs, 250W halide over a 29G, and got a beautiful yellow one.......

....which melted six days later.

You guys give me hope!

BTW garygb, I got a couple of black misbar clowns...I think they may already be pairing up!?!


-R

[reefman13]

It has been tempting since I first read up on these things to get one, and with all these beautiful pictures, and well, Ron Popeil's being absolutely the most stunning specimen I have seen, I think once I have found a healthy one, I will take the plunge...

[Gary Majchrzak]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/512/7144137_3732.JPG

[Pacific Reefs]

nice keep em coming!

[garygb]

Beautiful pics, do keep them coming. Ron, that is an unusual color variant with the white base.

lancer, good to hear your clowns are hitting it off. You mentioned that you had the setup just right and the magnifica you tried a while back melted in a few days, bacterial infection can do that. I believe the key to this species is getting a healthy one to begin with. Once they are established, they seem to do well. Even when established, I don't think they are as resilient as say RBTA's, but for an example, once my nitrates hit something like 60ppm and they actually looked okay. As soon as I recognized the problem, I took several steps to lower the nitrates, and over the course of a month the nitrate went back to undetectable. I would not have guessed they could tolerate that until it happened.

[Pacific Reefs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11799608#post11799608 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ron Popeil


http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b293/ronaldpopeil/P1010012.jpg



Ron did these guys ever move and damage your stonys?

[Ron Popeil]

never in the two years that tank was set up. it was specifically oriented with them in mind, so the flow and light was geared at keeping them satisfied. they did very well.

i will agree that once established they can be remarkably hardy. and yet inexplicably fragile at the same time. ive had some survive powerheads, while others that appeared healthy wither away for no apparent reason in otherwise perfect conditions.

[MarinaP]

Nice mags, J. :)

Mine is going on year 5 in captivity. I rarely feed it (maybe once a month), it sits happily 10" away from 400W MH and does not move (like yours) :)

http://images34.fotki.com/v1121/photos/5/54587/4769165/DSC_6128-vi.jpg


http://images33.fotki.com/v1118/photos/5/54587/227214/DSC_6131-vi.jpg

P.S. Post some pics of your chrys pair.

[baldomero]

can those anenomes be kept in fowlr tanks are they hardy because they are beautiful

[delphinus]

I'd love to see video of a H.mag in a tank with a wavebox :) ... It's too bad my current H. mag tank setup is too small for a wavebox (30" cube) otherwise I'd just do it :)

[AliKat]

What kind of setup do you guys have that's successful re: powerheads or wavemakers?

I'd like to try one one of these days. Just wondering what kind of a powerhead or wavemaker setup I'd have to buy I have mH lighting, so everything else should be okay. Just wondering what kind of an investment I'm looking at.

Also, I have very blue lights in my tank. What color should I get?

[garygb]

I have a tunze stream that powers up and down to give some wave action. Before the tunze, I had a seaswirl on the tank. As far as Kelvin, I have 10,000K t-5 ho and one 6,000K.

[Mirror Pond]

I just picked up this second one two weeks ago. It's not as pretty as the first, but it is healthy and had been in another tank for over a year.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/128402mag9.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/128402mag10.jpg

[garygb]

Baldomero, these anemones are considered among the most difficult to keep. If you had a fowlr tank with a low bioload and excellent water quality, you might have success with one. However, they are known to sometimes eat fish, so that could be a problem. A pair of clowns would be a good idea as they tend to keep any fish away from the anemone and also, the anemone gets the benefit of feeding from the fish and also might benefit in other ways from the clowns--ocellaris and percs are natural symbionts with this species, among several others.

[garygb]

Great shots there Mirror. Looks like a pair of happy skunks there.

[AliKat]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11822390#post11822390 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by garygb
[However, they are known to sometimes eat fish, so that could be a problem. [/B]

Uh, oh. Does that mean if I got one that it might eat my small Rod's onyx?

As for the powerheads/wavemakers, is there an inexpensive way to get a sufficient set up? I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars.

[Ron Popeil]

great find dave! how does the whole tank look?

alikat, while always a possibility, i wouldnt worry about them eating fish, especially not your baby clowns. i currently have a swarm of domino damsels in mine, and in the past have had a school of orange striped cardinals hover precariously over my magnificas with no losses.

[AliKat]

What color would look good with my pink skunks? I have a lot of blue light in my tank.

Also, would something like this work for waterflow? http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+4588+12061&pcatid=12061

If so, which model? Just trying to figure out the cheapest way to get enough water flow. If there is a cheap way...

[Gary Majchrzak]

Heteractis magnifica is not a good choice for a first anemone.
This species gets very large, packs a very powerful sting and is a potential fish eater. (Certain fishes such as Domino Damsels and Cardinalfishes naturally associate with anemones and these aren't a high risk.) Additionally, IME a stressed H. magnifica can kill many or all of the fish that share it's aquarium with a sudden massive release of toxin (perhaps nematocysts?). Others have witnessed this as well. This anemone can act aggressively towards neighboring corals and/or anemones of a different species.
For more info on the species make sure to read the Anemone FAQ located at the top of this forum.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/512/7144135_3551.JPG

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/512/7144136_3647.JPG

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/521/7144141_4144_3_.jpg

[Mirror Pond]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11822837#post11822837 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Ron Popeil
great find dave! how does the whole tank look?



Thanks Jordan. Tank is pretty bare except for the anemones and a few clams and sps frags.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/128402full1.jpg

[ssavader]

Garygb, Leopard Man, and delphunus, those ritteri are simply phenomenal. It looks as if you all have them in dedicated tanks. Did you start them off in a community tank and where did you purchase them?

[garygb]

I personally started off with mine when it was small in a tank with soft corals (mushrooms and star polyps). Then it kept growing and I put it in a dedicated 50 gallon. I purchased both of the two original ones from a lfs. I snagged them very soon after the lfs got them and was lucky that they were healthy, without tears and not too bleached.

[dadonoflaw]

do any of you keep the water temps higher? i have an rbta what are the differences between these anemones and other anemones in terms of care?

[Leopard Man]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11824419#post11824419 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ssavader
Garygb, Leopard Man, and delphunus, those ritteri are simply phenomenal. It looks as if you all have them in dedicated tanks. Did you start them off in a community tank and where did you purchase them?

Thanks. I had mine in a softy tank, but took out all my softies then went with clams, sps and the h magnifica. I was scared that the h magnifica might move and wreak havoc to my sps, so I then traded it for more clams.

[delphinus]

I bought mine from an LFS in Calgary. I did start mine off in my community reef tank at first, which at the time was a 55g, but it very quickly outgrew this tank. Purchased size was approx. 5", within about 6-8 weeks it was up to 18". About a year after I had it I moved it into its own tank which I considered a "dedicated species setup" but really was more of a "second reef tank built around the needs of the anemone."

It is a very large thing to house so a dedicated setup is more or less mandatory IMO. The anemone also puts a large bioload on a system (nitrates), and is capable of killing off a tank full of fish if distressed (ie., I've found that removing the anemone off the rock to accomodate a tank move is a bad idea).

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11824419#post11824419 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ssavader
Garygb, Leopard Man, and delphunus, those ritteri are simply phenomenal. It looks as if you all have them in dedicated tanks. Did you start them off in a community tank and where did you purchase them?

[garygb]

I keep my tank around 80F.

As far as care between H. magnifica and RBTAs, which I also have, in my case basically the same. I feed the same food and do the same as far as water changes, etc.

[dadonoflaw]

so the mags are just less forgiving when chemistry is off. i heard that they prefer warmer water. like 84 degrees

[amphirion]

Hey that's a great tread, please keep posting, h.magnifica has always been my favorite anemone. The colour and the shape with the special symbiosis they have with clownfish are just amazing. I once had a h.magnifica that lasted about 4 months in my tank, I liked it so much and it was pretty hardy compared to other anemones. Maybe I'll give it another try soon because I plan on changing my aquascaping this week so I'll put a few rocks together and make a place for the anemone near the surface since I only have 150w MH and want it to receive sufficient flow.