This Heteractis Magnifica Look OK to you?

mwarf · #1 08-21-2006, 07:02 PM

I really like your suggestion of the bubble tip, wish there was a better selection here in Edmonton of that particular variety...I've had good success with LTA as well.

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #2 08-21-2006, 07:09 PM

Did you tell the LFS that you are not running MH because as OCDP (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Person

) stated, this species really needs MH to survive. LTAs & BTAs are lower light requiring creatures, which is one of the reasons they do relatively well in captivity.

Anthony

mwarf · #3 08-21-2006, 07:21 PM

Yep, the store also setup my equipment - so they have an good knowledge of the conditions the anemones are going into. I'm inclined to keep the one that's adapted with my clowns, and coax him a little higher up on the rock, and exchange the white one for a bubble tip.

I'm really looking for an anemone that's easy to keep, but also quite colouful - most of the LTA and bubbletip I've seen have been boooooring brown in colour. ;-)

SeaHorse_Fanatic · #4 08-21-2006, 07:45 PM

Too bad. I have a purple LTA, a bright light green with neon orange tips BTA, & a couple of RBTAs. Yup, love living in the Lower Mainland.

mwarf · #5 08-21-2006, 07:47 PM

>sigh<
got any pics?

mwarf · #6 08-21-2006, 08:37 PM

Alright, I took your advice and moved the big one with my clowns in it all the way up to the top of the tank with a ton of movement from both returns and a powerhead.

OCDP · #7 08-21-2006, 11:02 PM

What's the mouth look like on the healthy Mag? Is it gaping? Or closed? If closed, is it tightly closed? If it's nice and puckered up then that's a good sign. The more open it is, the worse. Definitely a wise choice to move it to the top like that. I still suggest finding someone with MH or if the LFS has MH take them back. Either way, they won't last long-term under that lighting .. at least it's my understanding they need nothing but MH or HQI.

OCDP = Orange County Drum & Percussion