My 4th Magnifica...

hobbzz said:
Tmoriarty are these in the 203g in your sig?
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Yes they are. My orginal intention was to remove the BTA's, but one of them proved to be all but impossible to get out of his hole. I figured I would leave him and he would move away from the magnifica on his own, he decided not to. Because I saw no issues I placed my other BTA's back in the tank, away from the magnifica, they eventually made there way up the rock work.

As for the flow, I run two MP40's and a Koralia Evo. I get pretty decent flow across my magnifica but at the same time the flow is random.

I find the same as Minh, that the reactions between the nems is not as bad as I had previously been led to believe. The only issue comes from actual contact between the nems.
 
wife's complaing i spend more time looking at the mag than her and the kids :O)
It's certainly harder work then them !!
 
OrionN said:
That Magnifica does not look too healthy. Hope he will improve at time go on and he adapted to the tank. A lot better this picture than the last.

Regarding allelopathy, I don't seem to have problem with it. I used to use carbon but not anymore. I have had one tank with one BTA, two H. malu, and one S gigantea (the new yellow Gigantea) with out visible problem. The BTA and H. malu have been together for years. The Gigantea in the tank for about 2 months or so. As the Gigantea get healthier and larger, it touch the larger Green Malu. I saw the tentacles touch twice. Both time both of the tentacles withdraw quickly. I believe that this indicated that there is interaction between the to and they could be fighting. When I saw this I moved the Gigantea (Gigantea on a rock while Malu is on the sand) and put a tile in between the two. Both happy at this time and not touching.

Good luck with your Magnifica. If it deflates, consider treating it with antibiotic. See my thread how I treated my anemone. If you decide to treat please document by either start your thread or just add on to mine. I am sure I will get sick anemones in the future and will keep that thread update.
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i think antibiotics might be on the cards tonight....
 
OrionN said:
That Magnifica does not look too healthy. Hope he will improve at time go on and he adapted to the tank. A lot better this picture than the last.

Regarding allelopathy, I don't seem to have problem with it. I used to use carbon but not anymore. I have had one tank with one BTA, two H. malu, and one S gigantea (the new yellow Gigantea) with out visible problem. The BTA and H. malu have been together for years. The Gigantea in the tank for about 2 months or so. As the Gigantea get healthier and larger, it touch the larger Green Malu. I saw the tentacles touch twice. Both time both of the tentacles withdraw quickly. I believe that this indicated that there is interaction between the to and they could be fighting. When I saw this I moved the Gigantea (Gigantea on a rock while Malu is on the sand) and put a tile in between the two. Both happy at this time and not touching.

Good luck with your Magnifica. If it deflates, consider treating it with antibiotic. See my thread how I treated my anemone. If you decide to treat please document by either start your thread or just add on to mine. I am sure I will get sick anemones in the future and will keep that thread update.
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This is how it looked when i got home. What do you think are the chances of survival? I was going to try antibiotics, but if you think there is a good chance of survival if i leave it as it is, then i prefer to just leave it. I'm not as professional as you guys so even though antibiotics may help, for me, or the way i execute it, it might have less chance of survival. if looking at this pic you think it is most definately to die then antibiotics is a no brainer.

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IMO, It will die unless you can do something for it. The earlier the better

BTW, my healthy anemone started to look like that then divided. The result anemones healed and was fine. However, I do not think that your anemone is dividing.
 
If its still holding to the rock it miught be fine, but its awfuly close to that RBTA, which may be your cause!
 
psusocr said:
If its still holding to the rock it miught be fine, but its awfuly close to that RBTA, which may be your cause!
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yes it is sticking to the rock no problems. ysterday the mouth was wide open and the water flow was going into the mouth and it was flapping about like a parachute, but today the picture i posted is the worst it's been for the few hours i've been at home so it is a definate improvement from the past few days. the mouth is opening and closing and i feel that where i've been going wrong is with the water flow.

Using 2 extra nano powerheads has definately improved things. i take on board everyones comments and have the water and antibiotics ready to go but i feel more comfortable giving it another day or so to see how things pan out. To be honest, I'm just a little too nervous with the antibiotics..... :worried:

The RBTA is close but i don't think there is any issues between them. I will try and nudge it away the best i can later tonight.

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As long as it is getting better everyday, then it is OK. The best it look today have to be better than the best yesterday, and the worst it look today have to be better than the worst it look yesterday. If that is true then it should be fine.
 
In the last pic the magnifica looks pretty good. I would provide it with excellent conditions, which it sounds like you are, and give it some time. I personally wouldn't feed it until it stops with the deflating and the mouth begins to stay closed most of the time.
 
Over the past couple of day,s I've made some observations. The mag looks best when the lights are ramping up or down at the end and begining of the day. It is well inflated and the tenticles are nice and full. During the middle to end of the light cycle when it is most intense, the nem's mouth is wide open and deflated. I know some of you say you can chuck loads of light on it, but does this sound like too much light?

Anyway, i've now decided to try out the antibiotics route....
I setup my nano tank with 30l of DT water and transfer the nem in following Minh's thread.

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For reference, here is a pitcture of the nem after it's been transferred for about 1 hour

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Antibiotics can only be purchsed with subscription so i am using what i have left over in the cupboard, Amoxycillin 500MG powder in capsules. Based on the calc's i needed 200MG for my 30l tank. So like in the movies, i start cutting it :lolspin:

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Now having messed around trying to get the proportions right, i decide it's easier to disolve it in 500ml of tank water and just pour the right quantity in. Not so much fun, but maybe more accurate. I did find there were some particles that would not dissolve so rather than pour these particles in, i left then sitting at the bottom anfd only pour what was dissolved into the tank.

No idea what they are, but do you think i should put these particles in? I've worried it might go into the nems mouth and be too potent (whatever it is). Any thoughts?
 
I would just pour it all in. You never know it it is filler or just undissolved antibiotic. For human use, there is nothing there that in mean to be there. Please copy what you post here to the other thread.

Best of luck with him.
 
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I've been following your thread as well as Minh's. I'm intrigued as antibiotics give me hope of trying another Gig. Anyways, I don't want not having enough antibiotics to be the cause of your failed treatment. Here's a link to the ones I found on DFS.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+4615+12101&pcatid=12101

Best of luck. :thumbsup: Oh, and the last pic cracked me up. :D Does premixing the antibiotics make it deteriorate and lose potency over time? Just a thought...
 
What you need to do is stop moving the MA and let it settle. Just IMO, how majy time have you tranfered it since you have had it? Just relax a bit and stop bing a nervious nelly!
 
I'm supportive for antibiotic. If it stays inflated and deflated, it sure dies----no panic but I'm telling the truth.

Treating with antibiotic really helps---I'm telling from my own experiences and pictures. I posted a thread once before.

Unfortunately that ritteri disappeared, leavin it no where to find
 
Reddevil258 said:
What you need to do is stop moving the MA and let it settle. Just IMO, how majy time have you tranfered it since you have had it? Just relax a bit and stop bing a nervious nelly!
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I disagree here. Moving Magnifica by moving the rock it is on and put it in similar/same water will not stress it at all. Peeling it off the rock and move is another mater.

I have keep to many Magnifica and loose too many of them not to know that a Mag that inflates and deflates, other than the first day or two, is on it's way out if we don't do anything. Even with adjusting to tank condition, they will continue to improve, rather than looking worst. From what I read in this thread, start on antibiotic is the only course of action that may save this anemone.
 
I think the big mistake i made was not putting it straight into the DT. other than that, I've tried not to move it as much as i can, but from everyones advice (who have a lot more experience than me with mags), the fact that it is inflating and deflating tells me that leaving it as it is, it will eventually die, hence why i am giving antibiotics a try.

The mag has been on the same peice of rock since i bought it and has always been transferred in water, never exposed to air.

It's been about 5 hours now and the mag's mouth is closed and looking better. It is "standing up" a bit more where-as previously it was lying flat on the rock.

I'll throw away the remainder of the antibiotic pre-mix and go back to "cutting" :uzi:
 
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