H. Magnifica, aka Ritteri anenome

[curiousphil]

I'd be interested to know if anyone in the area keeps one of these beautiful creatures.  I first saw one over on RC ages ago when looking through awesome SPS tanks and doing research on aquascapes I loved.  I came across this guy called JPMagyar who has an amazing 240 gal that features one... it's what more or less made me want an anenome.  I bookmarked his thread in my "cool tanks" folder, here's a photo of it:

I keep getting the thought in my head that I'd like an anemome, then talk myself out of it, then get back on the bandwagon a few months later... this is one of those times, I'm back on the bandwagon lol.  Been doing a lot of research on the magnifica species, and it seems that they ship horribly and rarely survive in aquaria after being captured in the wild.... but the clones can do well.  Anyways just curious if anyone on here keeps one of these things.  Here's a couple more pictures of wild specimens:

[img=1050x1400]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Amphiprion_perideraion_%28Pink_anemonefish%29_in_Heteractis_magnifica_%28Magnificent_sea_anemone%29.jpg[/img]

 

[Duke]

i love these anemones and if i had the room or ever upgrade to a bigger tank ill be looking for one, i know aaron at big als london has gotten them in and the last one he had in was purple with green tip like your photos and it was really cheap. i also saw a group of about 10 at big als Mississauga around a year ago.

 

[Big_Als_London]

I'd be interested to know if anyone in the area keeps one of these beautiful creatures.  I first saw one over on RC ages ago when looking through awesome SPS tanks and doing research on aquascapes I loved.  I came across this guy called JPMagyar who has an amazing 240 gal that features one... it's what more or less made me want an anenome.  I bookmarked his thread in my \"cool tanks\" folder, here's a photo of it:

I keep getting the thought in my head that I'd like an anemome, then talk myself out of it, then get back on the bandwagon a few months later... this is one of those times, I'm back on the bandwagon lol.  Been doing a lot of research on the magnifica species, and it seems that they ship horribly and rarely survive in aquaria after being captured in the wild.... but the clones can do well.  Anyways just curious if anyone on here keeps one of these things.  Here's a couple more pictures of wild specimens:

[img=1050x1400]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Amphiprion_perideraion_%28Pink_anemonefish%29_in_Heteractis_magnifica_%28Magnificent_sea_anemone%29.jpg[/img]

Its a good thing I have some coming in tonight

 

[curiousphil]

rofl, really?