Heteractis magnifca tank build

[crsandoval]

Give it a little bit of time, as I said I just moved my Ritteri and it looked like that for a few days, almost a week, it is back to normal now.

 

[Gig 'em]

Thanks for the encouragement. I really hope this anemone does live; it's colors are exactly what I've always wanted in an anemone. The mouth has since re-closed but still deflated. As soon as it re-inflates I'm going to feed it one more time before I go out of town for a day.

 

[Henryreef]

good luck I agree with the above posters: give it time. It could be just reacting to something in your water that (hopefully) will go away and so will your problem

-- Sweet tank!

 

[Gig 'em]

Thanks, I'm thinking something got into the water when the tank overflowed and tripped the breaker and I had to frantically replace the water. So I'm currently mixing water for a small water change. The anemone's mouth was open when I got home from my trip this afternoon, but still alive.

 

[Gig 'em]

Here's a pic of it today. The small tank I have it in has a whole lot of algae growth in the past day, probably due to the increased lgihting and the fact it was just added a week ago. But the show tank it is plumbed into doesn't have any new algae growth so that's a good sign. I just did a water change and here are the tank parameters:
Temp: 81 F
Sp Grav: 1.026
Nitrate: around 5 or lower

 

[maxxII]

Okay...Stop feeding it.

I know its a temptation because you want to build it back up to health by feeding it regularly, but you're actually stressing it out.

No more food for at least a week. Let it get used to things without being stuffed with food and see how it does.

Trust me, feeding it right now is the last thing you want to be doing.

Nick

 

[Gig 'em]

oh snap really? Ok I won't

 

[Gig 'em]

This morning the anemone looks quite happy. It has stretched it's foot out along the length of the bowl and even out onto the rock. The mouth is still tight and all the tentacles are inflated. Here's a pic

 

[maxxII]

Excellent.......


Now dont change anything except the water.
No food for a week, and no large food, just a couple of pieces of mysis initially.



Nick

 

[Gig 'em]

will do, thanks for all the help and advice

 

[Ron Popeil]

whats the inflate/deflate rate?

 

[Gig 'em]

Hard to say for sure since I've been traveling and doing a lot of different things during this break. But it seems like it is inflated in the morning and semi deflates later in the afternoon and night. Today I haven't really seen any dramatic deflation, only the occasional handful of tentacles will be deflated at a time.

 

[maxxII]

Mine did this too while acclimating to my aquarium. Gradually, the deflating began to decrease in frequency and length of time.

Nick

 

[Gig 'em]

Good to know. Hopefully mine is going through the same thing. Well here's a picture of it this morning; looking pretty good

 

[Gig 'em]

Unfortunately I woke up this morning to see any empty plate in my recovery tank. The mag had let go and was loose in the aquarium :sad1: It is pretty deflated and looks quite sickly. I put it back on the plate and redirected the water flow so it isn't being bothered and will hopefully reattach to the plate. I'm not sure if it will recover now. Here's a pic

 

[Rod Buehler]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14649152#post14649152 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by maxxII
Okay...Stop feeding it.

I know its a temptation because you want to build it back up to health by feeding it regularly, but you're actually stressing it out.

No more food for at least a week. Let it get used to things without being stuffed with food and see how it does.

Trust me, feeding it right now is the last thing you want to be doing.

Nick

I havent followed the thread closely.. Just clicked on page 3 today.. I started a reply twice, before getting to this post but clicked back to read further before actually posting. My post was going to say "Stop feeding"... I still havent read past Nicks post here and maybe my post is irrelevant now . This mag has received more food than all 3 of mine have had in the past 3 months. I never feed mine directly, but I do feed my fish heavily enough so some small morsels make it past the fish and to the anemone..

(now Ill read the rest of this page to see if I made a fool....)

 

[Rod Buehler]

also, Why the plate? Its not a very natural feeling for the nem.

 

[Flighty]

Just saw the updates to this thread and was going to echo what others have said, but more so. I do not feed new magnificas at all for at least a month of no deflation. Sometimes the clowns bring bits of mysis to them, but I can't help that. In my opinion it is infection that kills them. Solid food is just a place for bacteria or whatever gets them to grow and spread to the anemone's tissues. Mags can live and grow on a tiny bit of food as long as the light is good and they can live off of their tissue for 6-12 months easily, so I think the risk of feeding a new one is too high. The only exception would be a very bleached anemone, but then I would only feed a tiny bit until the color returned. Again this is just my opinion and could be way off.

I do use and like the plate thing. my rocks are not smooth anywhere and with the plate they can get a smooth grip with no chance of worms or snails or whatever might take a bite out of them getting under the foot. My magnificas seem to be happy with the surface and will readily move onto that surface rather than rock.

 

[Gig 'em]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14679843#post14679843 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rod Buehler
also, Why the plate? Its not a very natural feeling for the nem.

I got the plate idea from Flighty. Plus it's a pretty easy way to position the nem where I want it under the light and best flow since rocks are awkwardly shaped and sometimes roll.

 

[Gig 'em]

I assume it got some mysis yesterday when I fed the tank, and it's probably now sick from that. Does anyone know of any anti-bacterial that would be safe to treat the anemone with? I remember seeing a guy on here who treated his mag with tetracyclin which treats bacterial infections. I never saw his results if he ever posted them though. Any comments on this?