Purple tipped Sebae Anemone (bought at Pet Zoo)

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Yeah, after more research on H. magnificas, this one does behave more like one than it does a Sebae anemone (as I originally thought). In the LFS, it was on the glass up near the top. I have it on a rock with a large hole to stick its foot into up against the back glass. This was to give it the option of staying on the top rock or moving up onto the glass in the back. Either option would be great for me, since it is then a bit more isolated & has a bit more room to expand.

Never really considered getting one of this species before but it was sent to the LFS as an x-lg purple tipped sebae & that's what we all thought, but I think you guys are right. I'm glad I posted a pic here.

I was also under the impression that Magnificas/Ritteris had knobby tips but apparently some do & some don't. Anemone identification is sooooo hit/miss eh.

Thanks for the heads up.

I'll keep a close eye on it & if it does not do well in my tank, I'll look to getting it into another, more suitable home.

Anthony

[Chin_Lee]

wow thats already huge..... and how much bigger does it get???? (for the sake of clarity, i'm referring to the anenome )

[Delphinus]

Here's a picture of mine (my ritteri that is ) to give you a size comparison.




This is a picture of my 115g cube (30x30x30). In this picture he's probably about 23" tip to tip diameter. (Oral disk diameter is probably around 10" but you can't really tell without him lifting up his skirt .. err .. kilt ..so to speak).

He does not open to full expansion (the 23" - 24" diameter) all the time, that's more of a "peak" than nominal. However he is rarely under 21". It sort of depends on a number of things, such as, how sunny of a day it is, how close is the time to high-noon, how much he's been fed in the last week, if he's getting ready to take a poop, and so on. Spawning events are usually pretty.. uhm ... "interesting" too..