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03/09/2007, 08:51 PM
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03/10/2007, 04:08 PM
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I have also had one for about 2 months now. I saw an amazingly healthy looking one at the LFS and picked it up. I had been reading and preparing for one for months. It goes through phases, where it looks health and eats for a week, then slumps over and I think it is on its way out. Next week healthy, plump and active again. I am very cautious as 2 months is a a very short time...but this has been a good week so right now I am optimistic!
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03/10/2007, 04:17 PM
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03/11/2007, 02:22 PM
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Tank is 45 gal...but established for 5 years so is very stable. 6 in deep sand bed. Two HOT skimmers, a BakPak and a Remora. I inject ozone in the BakPak about 5-10 mg/hr. Lighting is T5 about 240W 6 tubes: 2 6700K, 2 10 000K and 2 actinic. Alk about 4 meq, Ca2+ about 420ppm as per salifert. Nitrate under 5ppm and PO4 about 0.05ppm. The pH runs a little high usually about 8.5 I have WAY too many fish and therefore feed quite heavily. My sand bed serves me well and I have zillions of pods and worms after 5 years.
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03/11/2007, 02:27 PM
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 those 6700k t5s i think would help and the fact that your tank old Good luck with it and please post pics 
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03/28/2007, 10:47 PM
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You guys/gals are a great resource; thanks for all the tips. I guess I'm one of the lucky west coasters; I found a healthy one in a holding tank at my LFS and just couldn't resist the yellow tips (beautiful). He's on the move daily from the 2 X 250-14k. I only keep the wave maker on when I can moniter his movement.
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03/30/2007, 08:16 PM
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Here is a thread which might help regarding H.magnifica and survival rates for newly shipped anemone's...
QT Procedures for Anemone's My thoughts on this and experiances with it are on the thread...but long story short...I'm a big believer in Doxycycline for newly imported anemones... I've had mine for 1 year as of 03-10-07. Its a smaller H.magnifica and not one of the gorgeous red or purple based ones....but I love it and so do my Onyx percs. It sits under dual XM10K 250 watt bulbs in a 58 gallon tank. Circulation is provided by a Panworld 100PX-X through an OceansMotions 4 way HD unit. Its on the highest rock in the tank. I tried switching from AB10K DE's to Hamilton 14K DE's and the anemone started to move around....went back to 10K's and it quit wandering. I ordered it online through www.phishybusiness.com There is a local guy (to me) who has an H.mag he's kept for over 10 years. Its in a 180 gallon tank, under 250 watt MH's...he kept it for years under 175's.... This thing is litterally the size of a manhole cover... he feeds it a single whole cocktail shrimp a week. Nick
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04/03/2007, 11:19 PM
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I once got a healthy purple one, it would even grab and eat flake food at the LFS!. But it died in about 3 weeks in my tank, but at the time I had bad quality t5s and bad current.
The LFS owner is my friend and he is an expert and he is not a gold digger, so he is going to get my a new healthy one for my new 175gal. I now have JBL t5 lighting, individual reflectors, and wavebox, I feel confident that if I get a healthy one, it will thrive! |
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04/04/2007, 05:38 PM
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I have had one for nearly 5 years, during which time it has split
It sits fairly low down on the rockwork where it gets the best flow. Lighting is triple 250w 10K halides Here is a recent picture. (credit to ~Tony~ for the photo). 
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04/05/2007, 01:57 PM
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You need a prescription from a vet for it. Used to be able to buy it at the LFS many years ago, but the FDA found out people were buying it for themselves cheaper than they could from pharmacies, so they regulated it. Now you need a prescription...
Nick
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04/06/2007, 07:39 AM
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LOL....
After getting a RX for Interceptor to deal w/ red bugs for my acros...my vet just laughed when I asked him for the Doxycycline. He asked if I knew it was gonna be fulltime job when I got into this hobby... Not a problem to get it from him, I'll be picking up some today just to have on hand. Nick
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04/06/2007, 08:15 AM
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Read the link....
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04/06/2007, 11:31 AM
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A LFS close to me has three Mag's in stock. They received them on March 21st. Two out of the three look pretty good, would you still dip these?
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04/06/2007, 12:00 PM
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04/06/2007, 03:16 PM
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It would depend on how they looked. If they looked healthy, and were behaving right, (feeding response etc), then most likely not. I would dip if the anemone's were freshly shipped. Nick
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