Hecteractis Magnifica Propagation

[Reefahholic]

Oh right! It's a beauty....I am happy for you it recovered without issues.
You need to start giving them names

Thanks..Go through too many to name. :fun5:

 

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[Kaman8]

Sorry for your loss

 

[DasCamel]

Thanks for documenting, sharing the pictures definitely helps others. A few months ago, I was completely clueless what to look for when my nem(s) first came home, but over time everyone's photos helped a ton.

 

[Reefahholic]

Sorry for your loss

It's ok, some are gonna die until we get a sample to the Lab. I'm working on that now.

 

[Reefahholic]

Thanks for documenting, sharing the pictures definitely helps others. A few months ago, I was completely clueless what to look for when my nem(s) first came home, but over time everyone's photos helped a ton.

I think it helps for sure. I've went back and looked at some to try and understand or see when they responded to different antibiotics. That's why I'm dating all of them. Trying to understand these animals and see if there is a pattern with the infections. Let me share a great example of a bleached Mag. I was trying to remember when I had purchased him, treated him, when he responded to treatment, and when his color started to come back slightly. Check this out.

 

[Reefahholic]

Ok, now back on a positive note...

 

[taylor t]

Looks great! That green carpet is a real eye catch in that pic. When all those guys grow up, you're going to need to set up some more displays! By then, Minh will be upgrading, and you can get his "old" tank...

 

[Reefahholic]

Looks great! That green carpet is a real eye catch in that pic. When all those guys grow up, you're going to need to set up some more displays! By then, Minh will be upgrading, and you can get his "old" tank...

I was already eyeing the room in that 320/G the other day..

If I had that kinda room, it wouldn't be good for me. Lol

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/r_w-Jwnaw5I

 

[clorox]

The gigas clam is spectacular!
That tank is like Six Flags Magic Mountain for clowns

 

[Reefahholic]

The gigas clam is spectacular!
That tank is like Six Flags Magic Mountain for clowns

Yeah Minh has some room in that thing!

I ran across that video trying to search for Gigantea's in the wild. That clam is huge. Love blue clams!

 

[taylor t]

Wow, Minh, your tank is beautiful! Awesome!

 

[OrionN]

Thanks. It is a bit fuller now. Corals are growing fast.

 

[DasCamel]

Got to keep a record bro. Otherwise, I'll forget. If you guys decide to frag one, I expect documentation from you as well. It's not everyday that a mag or gig is fragged. I'm fixing to try a gig. I think it can be done if the animal is well fed, established, and in good health. I'll document that too, but won't bore you guys with another thread. I'll just post the whole thing from day one after it's been 3 months.

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Yup, we all do. I used to think progress notes were to the keep lawyers and insurance companies happy. But over time as life and business get busier those notes are priceless for rendering good care. I use my old reef posts to create timelines...

 

[M Woodhill]

mine rebounced from the situation. you'd better immediately put it in dimly lighted, way less wavy hq. a sick mag hates light and wave. only when it inflates can the medicine gets into its body

 

[Reefahholic]

Woodhill, it died on the 10th. Look at the top of this page.

 

[Reefahholic]

Well guys, I may have killed the frags. They both got sick and I put both of them in a 10/g. I have pictures of one, but the other went in the next day.

So anyway, I treated with Septra first and nothing else. No Cipro. They both perked right up within 24 hours.

Here come the messed up part:

I had recently set my heater to 83 just to see if they liked it more. It was previously 78. Well apparently, the temp swing was too high or the heater didn't shut off properly.

It's a 125W in a 10/G so probably my fault. I believe it's over rated for that tank could have possibly been the cause. I'm not sure.

So yeah, I cooked them. I woke up to take a leak early in the afternoon (work nights) and happen to walk over to the QT's just to make sure everybody was doing ok. Well, the tank was like super cloudy. The day prior, I noticed that one had expelled a ton of brown crap. I thought to myself that this was extremely odd, but didn't realize at that point what the problem was. So I saw the super cloudy tank with 2 deflated anemones that were looking so good previously. I was thinking dang, what happened. So I start to trouble shoot in my head. I happened to look at my $2 thermometer and yeah....was reading low 90's!!!!

I stick my hand in the water and dear God, it felt like a hot tub. I drained the tank immeadetly and added fresh 80 degree DT water. 10 degree difference. May have shocked them pretty bad.

As I left for work, they were both completely deflated and looked pretty bleached. When I cut the flow off, they were still moving and very lively. I'm hoping that they will make it. I played with my lighting and they did inflate a bit a responded.

I can only hope that when I get home they are still alive. I'm hoping to see them inflated. Fingers crossed.

So here's what could be the last pictures of these two. Sorry guys. :-(



I bet them temp was hot here and I didn't even snap to it or catch it. He was secreting this brown smoke from his column.














I'm kicking myself right now. I really liked the tentacles on this Mag.