My purple mag

A sg of 1.028 is fine with mags, from my experience. I wouldn't be concerned with the Ca level at all. The ph is good, and that is of some importance. The big thing, as you've said, is the nitrates.
 
So I did a wc and nitrates are greatly reduced. And it is looking good. it was still attached to the same rock its been on. So I moved it into better flow by rotating the rock and it responded well. But Since I have now had it a week I wanted to show its progress. More importantly my progress since it was already healthy when I got it. Since I've heard to many horror stories about them dying in a week, I wanted to celebrate a milestone, albeit a very early and premature one.

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Thanks for all the help and support around this.
 
It is looking like it is doing good so far :P. I am hopping mine stays healthy as well, I got it just a couple days after you.

Your magnifica looks like it is not very large, how big would you say it is, I have heard the smaller ones hold up better to transport, I wanted a smaller one but ended up with one that was pretty large.... its over 10 inches across. Just hopping it doesn't crash on me for any reason cause even with as large as my tank is... thats a big animal to die in a tank.
 
Oh I hear you there. Mine is usually 5-6 inches. Its not near as big as one that I wanted to get several months ago, when I wasn't ready for one. But this one has More color to it and seems well but as a side note right after that video it deflated again. lol. Seems like everyday during the morning early afternoon hours it does that.
 
OK had quite a shock this morning. I came down and it was face down on the bottom of the tank. Its tentacles for the most part were full. So I placed it back on top of the rocks. I'm hoping it was just on a "walkabout" and drifted wrong. I hope it isn't a bad sign. I installed the second 150w metal halide so I will see if the light has been the issue of it wandering. It is sitting directly underneath one of them.
 
cichlidconvert said:
OK had quite a shock this morning. I came down and it was face down on the bottom of the tank. Its tentacles for the most part were full. So I placed it back on top of the rocks. I'm hoping it was just on a "walkabout" and drifted wrong. I hope it isn't a bad sign. I installed the second 150w metal halide so I will see if the light has been the issue of it wandering. It is sitting directly underneath one of them.
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I have always heard that when you find them face down it is a bad sign . I hope i am wrong . There has to be something off in your tank for it to make a move i know all i had to do was move the rock that my Ritteri ( Mag ) was on and i found it takeing a walk fix the rock and the flow and now every thing is looking good . Did you get your alkalinity in check i keep mine at about 9.6 to 10
 
OK update. I have adjusted the alk. up to 8 from 6 and other tests are
ph-8.2
nitrites-0
nitrates-0
calcium-460
salinity-1.028
the mag looked fine it moved out of direct flow for a bit. But I came home late last night to it in the bottom corner of the tank in a network of caves. it was inflated until its normal deflate period. I feel like if i move it, it will create more stress. It gets a good amount of natural light from that spot.(there is a window a foot away with indirect sunlight) Should I show some more patience and let it find its time to get out. I am used to BTA's doing this, but I'm not sure if its normal for mags. It still has its color. and is not expelling anything. Also I have read about how zoanthids, palys, and mushrooms are not good with nems. Does it just mean i have to run carbon? which is what I am doing. Or could this be whats wrong?
 
Your parameters look good. If I were you, I would leave it alone and see if it relocates itself. If it doesn't in a few days, you can go in and move it. Some people have quite a few other reef invertebrates in with their mags with seemingly few problems. I have mine in a tank without any other cnidaria, though I have kept them with BTAs for a while, and the BTAs seemed stressed, so I removed them. Running carbon and skimming should reduce allelopathy, if in fact that is an issue.
 
I don't think this is good at all. It slipped between a rock and the glass and is completely deflated for the 10 hours at least. It is barely moving. I am close to removing it. I hope it perks up before I leave for work in a couple hours or I'm going to have to remove it.
 
cichlidconvert said:
I don't think this is good at all. It slipped between a rock and the glass and is completely deflated for the 10 hours at least. It is barely moving. I am close to removing it. I hope it perks up before I leave for work in a couple hours or I'm going to have to remove it.
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I would pull it out give it a smell test if it does not smell like death put in on its rock close to the light and see how it does . I am thinking that since the chemistry of your water has changed may have stress it out even though it was for the good . Maybe once everything gets stable it will turn around . Don't give up on hope just yet
 
Thank you for all your advice it's been much appreciated. It has been a good learning experience. But it did not make it. Luckily when I pulled it up it had just started to decompose and some bits went into the water column. I will get another ritteri but not until I combine both systems making it 125g. I learned alot and the environment in my BTA tank is better now with all the upgrades for the ritteri. It's just sad the nem didn't make it.
 
Too bad, I too had a similar experience with a gig. It looked really good in the videos. Crazy how fast that can turn on you though.
 
Yep it went fast. It went from looking healthy to dead in a day and a half. I believe it was because of the water parameters changing. I now have a healthy respect for their delicate nature. Too bad experience is what I gain after I need it.
 
Also, sometime mags have internal infections that eventually kill them over the course of a week or so. As far as changing water parameters, the general point of view that I've heard is that getting the mags into the best possible water parameters, sooner rather than later, is the objective. I suppose that may depend on what the parameters are. I personally feel that the ideal acclimation from less ideal to more ideal parameters is achieved through repeated water changes, no dosing, getting the specific gravity to 1.026-1.027 and a temp. around 80 and nitrates undetectable. Once you do that, it's a matter of time to see if the anemone can become established.
 
I guess if they die, they does it really quick. I had a mag that sliced it up sucked into a powerhead. then i kept the biggest chunk for a while. it was fine at the very beginning but then failed very fast just in one or two days
 
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