Magnifica Update
Recall that I had been having significant issues getting my magnifica to settle down and not keep moving, and a few times it released entirely and ended upside down on the sand.
On Feb 7 (about 3 weeks ago), I added a spotlight on it in case it wanted more light. I added a
32 w led grow spot light (4,000 k, cri 95) that I use on my refugium and put it directly over the anemone island. It was a big lighting boost, and I measured the par today. It was in the 300 range before the spot light, and just over 1,000 with the spot light. Big increase.
Since that time, the anemone has largely stopped moving around, and is perched at the island top, often stretching further toward the light. It has also become much more yellow (even when lit by my normal lights), perhaps due to more zoox or other light pigments it uses. Not as attractive, but health is the goal.
It's too soon to declare total success (I'll wait another month for that), but assuming this trend holds, it might be due to:
1. It wanted very high light
2. It healed a foot issue or internal issue of some sort.
3. Something changed in the tank water that it now likes (no idea what that could be, however).
4. Its purely coincidence and bad things are to come.
Obviously, I'm hoping its not possibility #4. lol
Eventually, I may back off the light and possibly change to a higher kelvin spot light, if I can find one that fits. I'd prefer something in the 6,000 to 8,000 k range. I actually don't mind the yellow look, however. It looks like a sunny day to me.
This picture shows a side view with it stretching toward the spot light:
Tank shot showing how the spot light highlights it:
Two pictures of the color without the spot light. Note the mottling/speckling in the tentacles in the second picture. Not sure what that is, but I have read that it may be nonuniform zoox populations.
