2 new Malus - treat or not?

[ThRoewer]

I picked up 2 new malus today since my first one turned out to be a success. After cipro treatment for its pedal disk damage it more than doubled in size by now and my onyx percula accepted it as a host.

This is an older picture, it's now much bigger:

The question now is: should I just put the new malus into the tank with the old and healthy one or better give them a prophylactic Cipro treatment in a small separate tank?

They are both sticky, attach to surfaces and have so far a closed mouth.

 

[OrionN]

Malu are pretty hardy. However, if you have the room, I would QT him to make sure he is healthy before let him get in contact with other anemones, especially anemones of the same species.

 

[OrionN]

BTW, good job at treating your first Malu. I think they are perfect anemones for smaller aquariums.

 

[Amoo]

No reason to treat and expose things to Cipro if not necessary. It's really the best go to drug we have at the moment and the more "just in case" treatment we do with it, the less likely we are to continue having success as it gives things more and more opportunity to adapt. So basically, if they look happy and healthy, QT them for a week or two to be sure, then put them in a tank.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Malus are nice. I would just QT it for a few days and see how they do without cipro.
My LFS has two what appear to be Malus. One of them is a bleached purple. Wish I had room for at least one.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Petco's $ per gallon sale is less than two weeks away :thumbsup:

 

[ThRoewer]

No reason to treat and expose things to Cipro if not necessary. It's really the best go to drug we have at the moment and the more "just in case" treatment we do with it, the less likely we are to continue having success as it gives things more and more opportunity to adapt. So basically, if they look happy and healthy, QT them for a week or two to be sure, then put them in a tank.

I'm not eager to treat them and so far they are looking ok.

I think the issue with malus is rather pedal disk damage that prevents them from attaching. than gaping mouth. The very first malu I had - before being able to treat anemones - died of that, because it was just like a tumble weed in the tank. Also it seemed the foot injury got infected.

The next (the first that survived) had a similar damage but it healed after the treatment.

These new two seem to be perfectly fine and attach well. So I think I don't have to treat them.

Malus are nice. I would just QT it for a few days and see how they do without cipro.
My LFS has two what appear to be Malus. One of them is a bleached purple. Wish I had room for at least one.

The picture isn't really clear enough, but somehow they don't look like malus to me, too many tentacles. Could those rather be shriveled up crispa?

Petco's $ per gallon sale is less than two weeks away :thumbsup:

Great! I need more tanks.
(Psst, don't tell my wife :lol2