D-Nak
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Bleached mags that are otherwise healthy are better than getting one that's full colored but expelling zoox. Aside from being bleached, the nem in the video is healthy.
These are not magnifica (M. doreensis, possibly?).
Am I ready for a Magnifica?
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Bleached mags that are otherwise healthy are better than getting one that's full colored but expelling zoox. Aside from being bleached, the nem in the video is healthy.
These are not magnifica (M. doreensis, possibly?).
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Yeah looks like doreensis to me as well.
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I have 3 stores looking for a mag for me and I will post pictures here to get your opinions.
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The bad thing is it looks a lot like my huge orange drop BTA.
I am going to be away next week and I am thinking about asking them to keep it for 10 days and then ship it to me.
I am going to be away next week and I am thinking about asking them to keep it for 10 days and then ship it to me.
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I found these. They look stunning, but not too inflated. What do you guys think? They told me they had their mouths closed and that they had been there for over a week.
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I would go for that first one that can't be held, but not this second one. Doesn't look good to begin with.
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I will be able to see these last ones in person tomorrow, they're 1 hour away. If the mouth is closed I will probably bring one home, because I really like the purple foot. I already got cipro and they cost half the price of the green magnificas.
If they look sick, I will wait for an healthy one.
If they look sick, I will wait for an healthy one.
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I found this one, I think they call it green magnifica.
Looks lot like mine when i first got my purple mag
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I ended up getting a different purple mag.
I drove 200 kms to check them and it's one of those places where the staff is not very knowledgeble about the animals they are selling.
The anemone tank had absolutely no visible water movement, but all the anemones had their mouth closed. They had been there for over a week.
I chose the one with the foot on the glass. It was one of the smallest and it didn't look as sad as the others. The girl took it out in 2 seconds.
I stopped by the drugstore to get cypro and I drip acclimated it for a hour.
By this time the mouth was a bit open.
I had turned the UV on on the tank and I had replaced the carbon.
There are around 30 nems in the tank and I wanted to reduce the chemical impact of their presence on the new arrival and on the other hand reduced the odds of the new one infecting the others.
Pumps off and in went the mag on top of a small rock. I never saw a nem attach to a rock so fast, 5 seconds at most.
This morning it was still in the same place with the mouth tightly close.
The female clownfish has been very curious about it but it hasn't touched it yet. It's a good house in a bad area I guess.
My plan in to give it a week or so to adjust and then slowly move it closer and closer to the BTA's.
I drove 200 kms to check them and it's one of those places where the staff is not very knowledgeble about the animals they are selling.
The anemone tank had absolutely no visible water movement, but all the anemones had their mouth closed. They had been there for over a week.
I chose the one with the foot on the glass. It was one of the smallest and it didn't look as sad as the others. The girl took it out in 2 seconds.
I stopped by the drugstore to get cypro and I drip acclimated it for a hour.
By this time the mouth was a bit open.
I had turned the UV on on the tank and I had replaced the carbon.
There are around 30 nems in the tank and I wanted to reduce the chemical impact of their presence on the new arrival and on the other hand reduced the odds of the new one infecting the others.
Pumps off and in went the mag on top of a small rock. I never saw a nem attach to a rock so fast, 5 seconds at most.
This morning it was still in the same place with the mouth tightly close.
The female clownfish has been very curious about it but it hasn't touched it yet. It's a good house in a bad area I guess.
My plan in to give it a week or so to adjust and then slowly move it closer and closer to the BTA's.
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So far it's going well, but today I got a wake up call when the power was out for over 3 hours.
I have a battery for one of the pumps (the smallest one, positioned close to the surface) but during those 3 hours I saw the mag deflate and open its mouth for the first time.
The pump is a jebao rw4 and it is able to prevent the tank from crashing due to lack of O2 but it provides very little water movement when connected to the battery backup because it runs at a slow speed.
The temperature was dropping.
I had given a shrimp to the anemone the day before and I thought she could also be putting the waste out, but I didn't see anything coming out.
The mag recovered, reinflated, closed its mouth and it's receiving frequent visits from the 3 clowns. I moved the BTA's a bit to the side and the mag is now right in the middle of the tank.
If I see it deflate in the next 24 hours, I will take it out of the tank for treatment with cipro.
I have a battery for one of the pumps (the smallest one, positioned close to the surface) but during those 3 hours I saw the mag deflate and open its mouth for the first time.
The pump is a jebao rw4 and it is able to prevent the tank from crashing due to lack of O2 but it provides very little water movement when connected to the battery backup because it runs at a slow speed.
The temperature was dropping.
I had given a shrimp to the anemone the day before and I thought she could also be putting the waste out, but I didn't see anything coming out.
The mag recovered, reinflated, closed its mouth and it's receiving frequent visits from the 3 clowns. I moved the BTA's a bit to the side and the mag is now right in the middle of the tank.
If I see it deflate in the next 24 hours, I will take it out of the tank for treatment with cipro.
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Glad to hear that although it deflated a bit, any major crisis was averted with the loss of power. Even with a batter backup, it's nerve-wracking not knowing when power will be restored and how everything will fare.
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I think the hardest part is getting a healthy one.. I have not seen a healthy one in a long time and if they do look healthy they slowly decline. I think they are just so hard to remove from the reef. I was just watching a video where they were collecting anemones and they were inserting a knife under the foot, not sure what kind they were collecting.
I do not think they like cipro much either.
I have given up unless I can get a retailer to hold one for a while and they sell me what ever it is attached too.
Giganteas have also not been that great lately either. I do not know what changed.
I think if you get a healthy one they are not too bad to keep.
Good luck..
I do not think they like cipro much either.
I have given up unless I can get a retailer to hold one for a while and they sell me what ever it is attached too.
Giganteas have also not been that great lately either. I do not know what changed.
I think if you get a healthy one they are not too bad to keep.
Good luck..
