Magnifica anemone garden.

Sir Bubb · Jan 7, 2023

Nice pair! They took to that mag fast!

Seancj · Jan 7, 2023

Sir Bubb said:
Nice pair! They took to that mag fast!

It was instant! They literally left my hand and went straight into that big blue mag. It was meant to be! I'm quite happy. I've been looking for a mature pair of wild pink skunks for a long time.

BamaCoastPyrat · Jan 16, 2023

Seancj said:
Daylight spectrum

I love your daylight setting. Is this just the kessels or do you have the 2 ATI blue plus T5's, and 2 Blue/violet/UV light strips running in this video as well? What are the settings on your kessel?

Seancj · Jan 17, 2023

Hello BamaCoastPyrat! Thanks for the compliment! The daylight setting is with all lights on. At peak daytime, 1:00 to 5:00, Kessils are set at 70 color spectrum, 95% intensity.

Seancj · Jan 23, 2023

A few updates....
Added a few new Mags over the last several weeks. 3 small purple with yellow tips, a large blue, a large gold with purple tips, and a very nice purple with bright blue tips!
After adding all these new Mags, I felt that the tank was just too congested with rock, so I removed a few pieces of rock that housed my remaining SPS frags and reoriented one of the large rocks to create a center atoll.
Here's a video of the tank before the new aquascaping:

Here's a video after the new aquascaping:

Here's a video, under daylight spectrum, today of how the Mags, and my LTA's decide to relocate themselves:

And heck, why not one more? A top down video taking this evening under all blues. I just love my top down viewing of these amazing anemones! Flow is off so the water is smooth and nems are showing off their size!

Hot2na · Jan 24, 2023

whats the dimensions of that tank ?

Seancj · Apr 26, 2023

Update: Lost two of my favorite Magnifica over the last few months, but added a few more. Everyone seems very happy at the moment.
This video is under blue and violet LEDs strip and Kessils at 100% blue at 5% intensity, just before lights out.

MartinM · Apr 27, 2023

Seancj said:
Update: Lost two of my favorite Magnifica over the last few months, but added a few more. Everyone seems very happy at the moment.
This video is under blue and violet LEDs strip and Kessils at 100% blue at 5% intensity, just before lights out.

That’s terrible, what happened?

Seancj · Apr 27, 2023

Not sure. One started to disintegrate along it's edge which progressed even with quarantine and Cipro treatment. The other was a 'rescue' that had some bad tears in its foot, which I knew about in the beginning, and lasted for several months before simply deflating and never again inflating. Again, did not respond to quarantine and CIpro.

D-Nak · Apr 27, 2023

Have you noticed a hierarchy amongst the mags? Is there one that's dominant? Are there any that are slowly withering or deteriorating?

MartinM · Apr 28, 2023

I had three for over a year, one was just never happy. I finally gave it away. The other two are getting really big and do just fine.

Did the mags that died eat something that the healthy ones didn’t?

Anecdotally, my anemones often seem to me to get annoyed if I go too long without running carbon or don’t change it when I should, and they definitely get annoyed when the nutrient levels get too low (I have a dozen clams in the system so that happens easily).

I feel your pain though. I had a beautiful dark purple carpet anemone slowly die a mystery death, possibly from being fed oysters (I won’t make that mistake again) but also possibly not. Meanwhile the other 4 carpets in that system are huge and happy to this day, praise God. Sometimes these things are just inexplicable unfortunately. I’m glad your current mags are doing well!

Seancj · Apr 30, 2023

No Mag is showing any kind of dominance at this time. My large blue base/pink tentacle (middle right) initially was fairly dominant until it founds its spot. Now it lets the littler ones climb all over it until they find their spot.
Sunday movies!!!
Added another Mag (back wall right side) yesterday. He looks happy today!
Moved some rocks around again so that almost all the Mags are now visible. Still a few small ones hiding in the back though. Planning a bigger tank as I type!
Early morning light:

Daylight full spectrum:

Seancj · Apr 30, 2023

Oh, I have noticed that they all look a bit better now that I'm dosing Iodine once a week. I thought my Tropic Marin All For Reef had it, but I have a batch that was formulated before they added the Iodine. Thanks to Dr. Mac at PacificEastAquaculture for that tip!