My new ritteris

[rcmania]

I just picked up my first anemone tonight. Its just now starting to stretch out and open up. its also slowly moving along the rock. I guess finding its happy place. As soon as my LFS got him in for me i took him home. now that he is opening up i can see that he is about a foot long. I think i made out like a bandit tonight. I broke one of my glass DT lids so i had to buy another (2 per box) i also needed 10 gallons of water, the anemone and 3 feet of hard airline tube. he hooked me up for 80 bucks. these pictures were first taken as soon as he hit the water so he isnt real happy right now.

 

[krak256]

is ur tank new?

 

[rcmania]

its about 4 months old

 

[nemoboy1]

Nice... He doesn't look very happy. Your tank looks fairly new also...

 

[rcmania]

no, its about 4 months old, however the reef was just recently replaced with this type of rock.

yea he was ****ed. i just peeked on him and he looks a lot better.

 

[rcmania]

Update!!!

Wife just got home and told me that both my clowns are in my anemone. Everything is looking much better.

 

[garygb]

That's a significantly bleached magnifica. 4 months is new for an anemone, especially magnfica, but if you provide it with the conditions it needs, it should recover. What type of lighting do you have? Also, what's your water parameters. Your percs look happy. Magnificas are their favorite.

 

[rcmania]

not sure how you can say its bleached, its neon green, however the camera is a phone cam.

the lighting a t5
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
nitrates is 5ppm
sg 1.023
temp 78

 

[garygb]

Neon green in anemones is bleached. It should have a dark chestnut color and the tips of the tentacles will become a bright yellow. I have that same color morph and trust me, yours is quite bleached, not just a little. T-5 lighting is good--assuming you have good bulbs (ATI brand is the best, and a good fixture, with individual reflectors). The sg should be 1.026-1.027 (i.e., natural seawater strength), for mags ideal temp would be 80-82 but 78 isn't bad. My experience has been that mags don't like any nitrates. It won't kill them, but they definitely don't look their best with detectable nitrates. Good skimming, water changes, activated carbon all go a long way toward reducing the nitrates (and not overfeeding).

 

[rcmania]

thanks for the advise and info. ill bring the temp up a hair. as for the nitrates i have been working on getting rid of them. until i do i been feeding every other day.

 

[garygb]

Yeah, reduced feedings and frequent water changes will slowly get the nitrates down. Also, be sure and bring that sg up a bit, too. Natural strength reef specific gravity is important with Heteractis magnifica.