tom obrecht
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Back in treatment!
Mag treatment question
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I've been taking pictures and documenting it. I just don't want to be another one of those threads that ends with "I lost the anemone". I don't want to shy people away from the treatment process if they see others being unsuccessful. If things go well I will make a thread of my results.
Here's a picture after first dosage and first light cycle.
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OrionN
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IMHO, I think you should start the thread right away, not waiting until you have sucess. This way, we have accurate information. How many success, how many failure. Like you, many people will not document failure which is too bad. We cannot rely on threads that started after the anemone is better because it give a very skewed picture of the result/issue.
tom obrecht
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Mine was looking pretty unhappy (previous pics) and within the first 12 hours in treatment looks 100% better. Did the same thing the first time it went into treatment. Not sure what to blame this on. Seems fine and dandy in treatment (using display water for treatment water changes) but when it goes back into display it starts regressing within a week. Display has better flow and lighting and mag climbs right to the top of the rockwork to get the best of both. Never is sticky to take food although I try daily. The cipro seems to be the only thing that keeps it up to par. May have to take back to the store after this treatment and chalk this species up to the "I cant keep this species" list.
I'm curious if anyone else has had this issue and has come back a second or even third time of treatment to put back into the display successfully?
I'm curious if anyone else has had this issue and has come back a second or even third time of treatment to put back into the display successfully?
Yeah mine looks 100x better already. Well it looked like crap in the QT then after first med and first light it did. Almost full inflation right now. I'll let you know how things go when its back in the DT.
tom obrecht
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So I've been thinking why the mag does fine in treatment with display water used for water changes and not so well in the display. My Lfs had this mag in their display for a month and did fine. My display has better lighting (halides and vho actinics) and better flow 3-tunze 6095's in a 120 plus return pump on a sea swirl and deflates after 3 days. After explaining this to the store employee she mentioned stray voltage. I never thought about that. I did purchase a grounding probe as a precaution but am wondering people's thoughts if this could be a possibility in the mags deflation issues?
shifty51008
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I can't answer your question as I never had a mag. but did you check to see if you had stray voltage before adding a grounding probe? I have seen a torch coral look like crap in a tank with stray voltage, but after fixing the heater to rid it, the torch looked so much better.
I have had stray voltage in my tank and been shocked by it.
Please test.
In regards to the lighting. Can you put something over the area your anemone is and block some of the light? Maybe you are giving it too much. I had the same look on mine when I was sun-burning mine.
Please test.
In regards to the lighting. Can you put something over the area your anemone is and block some of the light? Maybe you are giving it too much. I had the same look on mine when I was sun-burning mine.
