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Originally Posted by mwarf
Hi all,
I added two Heteractis magnifica from my favourite LFS yesterday, one is thriving with my clowns flocking to it immediatley - the other, well - I'm not much of an anemone guy - but I thought I'd send some pictures.
Is this normal?
This look OK to you?
How 'bout this one?
My Clowns love this one and it's pumped up nice and fat. |
I don't want to sound like I'm flaming you at all here.. but if these two are your first anemones, please return them. H. Magnifica is one of the hardest to care for anemones along with S. Gigantea. The first one does not look well at all. What kind of lighting and flow are these anemones under? Please know that H. Magnifica requires MH or HQI and nothing but. They are one of the most light and flow demanding anemones out there.
They like to be placed on top of rock works, as closest to the surface of the water (to obtain as much light and flow as possible) In the wild, they are usually found on top of rock piles.
As mentioned, if you haven't kept anemones before, and this is your first (or one of your first) I would return it for a differenct species. They have a VERY low survival rate in captivity.
These anemones are extremely sensitive to tank changes, the smallest change often stresses these guys out. They may appear to be doing well (well, the second one) but they will slowly decline in health given they don't have proper tank conditions and other requirements.
They are from my understanding , quite the challenge to keep for the average reef keeper. This is not meant to sound like a flame at all.. but I would advise against keeping it if it's your first try at keeping anemones.
Go for a bubble tip, very hardy, easy to care for and to the average reefer just as amusing as a Magnifica.
Also, 4 clowns may cause problems later on... they are all juvi's right now, but once they start developing into male/female.. you may run into some problems there.
Scott