My new Ritteri

[1fishkeeper]

Well I got in a new ritteri last week. I ordered it from bluezooaquatics and all I can say is wow. It came in alot larger than what I ordered. I ordered the 3"-4" but the one I got has to be close to 6"+. Yeah it did bleach out but it still has some color to him. Its almost a neon green from what little is still there. I really hope that that is what fills in when it comes back to health. Right now Im just letting him do his thing and get settled down in my tank. Today was the first time I gave it some food and it took it right down. I gave him a small chunk of shrimp. It took about 5 mins for it to make it all the way into its mouth where I dont have worry about it falling out. I will do the manual feedings untill its back to 100% and then I will go onto the random feedings like I always do for my nems. I would post a picture but Im sure that most everyone on here thats been around for a while knows that jinks that can happen. I will give him a good month before I post pictures and I know that there will be someone that will say something about it. But as we all know in this hobbie good things come to thoughs who wait. This is my first ritteri but I have keep almost every other type out there so I thought that I would give this a try. I have always loved them so wish me luck with it. If you have any good tips please share them.

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

good luck,I have been wanting to try one but haven't made the commitment.Can't wait to see pics in about a month.

 

[elegance coral]

If you have any good tips please share them.

Place the anemone on the very top of a rock island, or pillar, where it can't reach a path to higher ground. Try not to blast it with to much light. I don't believe they are as light hungry as their reputation suggests. I know my haddoni likes more light than the mags I have kept. HTH.

 

[1fishkeeper]

Yeah I have him a on rock piller that I made. I mesh on top of my tank to help block out some of the light. I plan on removing a sheet of it a week for the next two weeks.

 

[elegance coral]

You know the rule on here, right? Pictures or it didn't happen.

I guess because you're military, and can circumcise a gnat in mid flight with a M-16, we can probably let it slide this time.:lol:

 

[1fishkeeper]

Yes I know the rule but I also know what happens too with the picture jinks. I really dont want to jinks myself and have it die on me.
As for military Im ex-army. I got hurt over in the sandbox and now Im out. But I did get the little turd that got me. And the good thing is I look down at the grass everyday and he looks up to it.

 

[1fishkeeper]

Well I came home from work to find him in the sand not attached to anything. I turned off most of the pumps and placed him up on a different rock. It fully expanded for about two hours then let go again. Its mouth keeps on going from fully closed to open back and forth for the last couple of hours. It is expanded on the bottom of the tank so that is a good sign for it. But I will just have to keep a close eye on it. In the last week that I have had it it, it has gained alot of color back to it. I was going to try and feed it today but with it doing what its doing there is no way that Im going to chance it. I guess I can just hope for the best with it.

 

[tralynne]

you have an update on you nem? i have had one now for two weeks. eats like a hog. i use frozen raw jumbo shrimp chopped up and soaked in vitamins.

My concern is that he will deflate every other day or so...then he comes back to full size. his full size is about 12-14" across. when he deflates he gets down to 3-4". always has come back and appears happy. but the deflate/inflate thing is kind of weirding me out a bit.

I will try and post a pic here of him full size and when he deflates. it is odd b/c when i feed him he will eat the entire chopped jumbo shrimp and not spit any out. another web site said the deflate/inflate is normal and will taper off to once/twice a month. we shall see.

 

[WDLV]

I know my haddoni likes more light than the mags I have kept. HTH.

Is this based on PAR measurement comparisons, wattage or just rough guesstimation? The only reason I ask is because of where they like to attach. With a mag they're a lot closer to the light than the Haddon's.

Just curious because I haven't been able to keep one alive much more than a year.

 

[elegance coral]

Is this based on PAR measurement comparisons, wattage or just rough guesstimation? The only reason I ask is because of where they like to attach. With a mag they're a lot closer to the light than the Haddon's.

Just curious because I haven't been able to keep one alive much more than a year.

I don't own a par meter, but it's not total guesstimation either. I've kept mag's in the same tank with my haddoni. Just as an example, one of the mag's I've had, was in my wife's 55gl bedroom tank. There was one 250W 10K MH over the center of the tank. (old tank before they started using center braces) There were four 50/50 PC lights (forgot the wattage). My haddoni was directly under the MH. At one point the MH went out. The haddoni moved to one end of the tank and started fading. Two weeks later, when I replaced the MH, the haddoni moved back to the center of the tank, directly under the MH, and regained its color. I placed a mag on one end of the tank. It was a little higher in the tank, but not much, and was much further away from the MH. The tank was much, much brighter in the center than it was on the ends. The mag slowly started to bleach. I had to reduce the amount of time the PC lights were on to stop the bleaching. I've kept my haddoni in many different tanks over the years. Even a 33 long, directly under a 250W MH, and he loved it. Right now he's in a 40 breeder between two 250W MH's and he loves it. I've never had it react poorly to excessive lighting. The mags I've had did not do nearly as well with intense lighting. With my advice, my LFS placed a mag in their display. A rock, about the size of a cantaloupe, was placed in the sand, and the mag on top. The tank is a 300gl DD. The mag has been doing great. The mag is about the same height as the LPS corals in the tank. I realize this is nothing close to conclusive scientific evidence. It's just my experience. I have much better luck with mags when I keep them under light similar to what I would keep LPS corals under.

 

[WDLV]

I guess that makes sense. While H. mags are occasionally found in very shallow water they're more often found in prominant position but in deeper water whereas haddonis are more often found in lagoonal areas where the lighting is really intense.