Helloooooo fellow reefers!
I think my new endeavor is going to be a Heteractis Magnifica Anemone and I'd like some input from anyone who has been successful in keeping one.
Quick background: I have been in saltwater for probably close to 20 years with several successful tanks and different systems over that time. I have done fish only, mixed reef, planted refugiums, frag tanks etc. I never really considered keeping an anemone because I didn't like the way they could go wherever they want (which is usually where I didn't want them) and that never really fit in with my desired look, but as my experience has progressed so has what I want my tank to be.
Currently I have a pretty mellow tank that has been established for over 8 years. I think I'm just over 160g TWV with sump and refugium. Lighting is Ecotech with 4-24w T5 supplements (I don't remember the par readings exactly but they'd be easy enough to get), I've had no issues keeping most SPS. My return is about 750 gph in addition to 2-Nero 5s on either side of the tank set at 20%-60% random flow. PH is consistently 8.3-8.6 and temp very consistently averages 78. Honestly, I don't know all the other parameters, I could test for just about anything that would be important but I stopped testing years ago because nothing ever changed significantly.
In the tank now are Polyps, a couple soft corals, a few PJ cardinals, a Percula Clown, Flame Tomini Tang, a Royal Gramma bunch of standard issue various crabs and snails.
I appologize for the lengthy post but I want to provide as much information as I know so that I have the best chances of getting good direction for success. Once I'm comfortable knowing I have a good chance of providing the best chances of survival, I will start looking for one. Which will bring me to the next issue of finding one. It's not something that I normally see at my LFS and I've had such a wide array of luck with LA that I don't think it's worth buying from them.
Thoughts.....?
I think my new endeavor is going to be a Heteractis Magnifica Anemone and I'd like some input from anyone who has been successful in keeping one.
Quick background: I have been in saltwater for probably close to 20 years with several successful tanks and different systems over that time. I have done fish only, mixed reef, planted refugiums, frag tanks etc. I never really considered keeping an anemone because I didn't like the way they could go wherever they want (which is usually where I didn't want them) and that never really fit in with my desired look, but as my experience has progressed so has what I want my tank to be.
Currently I have a pretty mellow tank that has been established for over 8 years. I think I'm just over 160g TWV with sump and refugium. Lighting is Ecotech with 4-24w T5 supplements (I don't remember the par readings exactly but they'd be easy enough to get), I've had no issues keeping most SPS. My return is about 750 gph in addition to 2-Nero 5s on either side of the tank set at 20%-60% random flow. PH is consistently 8.3-8.6 and temp very consistently averages 78. Honestly, I don't know all the other parameters, I could test for just about anything that would be important but I stopped testing years ago because nothing ever changed significantly.
In the tank now are Polyps, a couple soft corals, a few PJ cardinals, a Percula Clown, Flame Tomini Tang, a Royal Gramma bunch of standard issue various crabs and snails.
I appologize for the lengthy post but I want to provide as much information as I know so that I have the best chances of getting good direction for success. Once I'm comfortable knowing I have a good chance of providing the best chances of survival, I will start looking for one. Which will bring me to the next issue of finding one. It's not something that I normally see at my LFS and I've had such a wide array of luck with LA that I don't think it's worth buying from them.
Thoughts.....?