New Heteractis magnifica

[Ron Popeil]

so i stumbled across this heteractis magnifica at a local fish store and i am not exaggerating when i say i have NEVER seen this color form in all my years of searching (nearly twenty!), let alone this color form AND one this incredibly healthy. sometimes i still rub my eyes in disbelief seeing this thing in person. all i need now is a pair of amphiprion chrysogaster and i'll never need anything else again.

 

[bradleym]

Wow…. My jealousy knows no bounds! That is absolutely stunning! Congrats and good luck with it!

 

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Wow that is gorgeous, I hope it does well for you!

 

[D-Nak]

I haven't seen these in years. The red base is stunning, especially combined with the lighter tentacles. I was told years ago that these were exported from the eastern coast of Africa.

 

[nanotanknewbie]

That deep red looks stupidly good

 

[Ron Popeil]

I haven't seen these in years. The red base is stunning, especially combined with the lighter tentacles. I was told years ago that these were exported from the eastern coast of Africa.

i had always heard the same. so id try getting my local stores to get an import from their kenyan suppliers. but every time id see what came in it would be some rusty brown based specimen. usually struggling.

ill have to see if i can trace back the origin of this one.

 

[MikeyA]

I have a very similar one I just bought. I think we got ours from the same place lol. Here's mine going through qt. But arrived very healthy and quite large. The largest of my 3 ritteri's

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I have a very similar one I just bought. I think we got ours from the same place lol. Here's mine going through qt. But arrived very healthy and quite large. The largest of my 3 ritteri's

Gorgeous looking!

 

[Ron Popeil]

that looks exactly like this one. did you get any sourcing info about your anemone?

 

[Vitabella]

I have a very similar one I just bought. I think we got ours from the same place lol. Here's mine going through qt. But arrived very healthy and quite large. The largest of my 3 ritteri's

Beautiful, where did you get yours?

 

[Seancj]

Spectacular! I need one! :)

 

[Ron Popeil]

I haven't seen these in years. The red base is stunning, especially combined with the lighter tentacles. I was told years ago that these were exported from the eastern coast of Africa.

so i checked with the stores supplier and theyre saying these anemones came from kenya. i feel like ive seen a lot of magnifica that have claimed to been on kenyan exports and theyve never been this intense or healthy.

 

[garygb]

so i checked with the stores supplier and theyre saying these anemones came from kenya. i feel like ive seen a lot of magnifica that have claimed to been on kenyan exports and theyve never been this intense or healthy.

Thanks for the info! Absolutely beautiful!

 

[Seancj]

How are these red based beauties doing?

 

[Ron Popeil]

So far so good. Just an incredible anemone.

 

[Seancj]

Thank you for posting! Beautiful creature! I need one of these to complete my collection. I hope more healthy specimens make their way into capable hands! Best of luck with yours. Please keep us posted.