New H. Magnifica (Ritteri)
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OrionN
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A moving Magnifica is not a happy one. He can/will kill coral he walk over and may end up at the PH or overflow which can wreck the whole tank. I would worry and try to arrange a place that he will be happy at.
The best place for them is highest on a flat rock right under the light source with plenty of current. Moving away from this spot means less light and current, will keep him at that spot. Even if the condition there is a little less than optimal, he will stay. He will try to move to scout out for better place but if you follow this formula, he will always walk back to the top. If the condition there is so bad that he cannot tolerate it, he will inflate his foot and let go of the rock to flow around to find better place. If this happen disaster will ensue.
The best place for them is highest on a flat rock right under the light source with plenty of current. Moving away from this spot means less light and current, will keep him at that spot. Even if the condition there is a little less than optimal, he will stay. He will try to move to scout out for better place but if you follow this formula, he will always walk back to the top. If the condition there is so bad that he cannot tolerate it, he will inflate his foot and let go of the rock to flow around to find better place. If this happen disaster will ensue.
D-Nak
Active member
+1. IME with mags, they don't like traveling down a rock to find a better spot. Typically they will move to the highest spot on the rock structure and stay there. Also, don't let any part of it to touch the side wall of your tank. They will quickly try to attach to it to continue their trip up towards the surface. I rarely see mags detach and float around -- this happens a lot more with BTAs -- but as OrionN mentioned it does happen and you want to avoid it at all costs.
OrionN
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I am able to keep a small Magnifica in a small cube tank 18X18X18 following my formula. It cannot touch the side of the tank and it is high up with plenty of current and light (right under 150 W DE MH). a 250 W would be a little better but it would heat up this small aquarium too much.
Here is a picture of this Magnifica in my 30ish g tank.
Here is a picture of this Magnifica in my 30ish g tank.
well I knew the place it was, wasn't very Ideal for it. It was sideways and could never lift it's oral disk flat. and try as I might I couldn't get the flow right either. It was either not enough or blasting it too much. So it did move over to a nice high flat rock (I'll post a pic when I get one) it is about 1 inch from the top of the water, and is triangled between a powerhead, my return flow and my wave maker. I think it just didn't have enough strength to move proir. Had not deflated once now, fed it three small pieces of scallop yesterday, which it grabbed very well. I like where it is, and hopefully it will stay in the place it chose. It's foot is no longer inflated, and seems to have attached well
Here is where my Mag moved too. Has been here about a week now. I have fed it twice, the last time right before I took this.
One comment on the clowns, the one in the front has a dark like forming connecting the middle and last bar. this is getting darker and bigger. is this normal for true percs?
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One comment on the clowns, the one in the front has a dark like forming connecting the middle and last bar. this is getting darker and bigger. is this normal for true percs?
D-Nak
Active member
I really think your clowns will become Onyx Clowns. It is safe to assume that they are wild caught percs? If they are from PNG/SI, the chance is high that they will continue to darken.
New problem
New problem
So I have been having a problem with algae for a bit now. since I changed my lights so ATI bulbs. I have done waterchanges, cut down my feedings, cut back my lights. The guy at my LFS thinks they are dinos and green turf algae mixed. He recommended my to turn off all the lights for 3 days and cover the tank so that it gets no window light. He said everything should be fine for 3 days, the Ritteri might move so just watch it and my power heads. I turned the two off close to it since I'm gone 12 hours and yesterday I noticed just a couple tentacles stuck in my wave maker. This morning I woke up and he was half on the glass, half upside down on the sand. Still inflated. Foot really puffy. with in the hour it took me to get ready for work it has almost completely flipped upside down on the sand.
Should I be concerned?
I'm starting day two, will it be ok until Friday?
Can it not determine which way is up and down due to no lights?
I have a coral life light fixture, should I just keep the moonlights on for a few hours or does this conplete defeat the purpose of no lights to combat the algae?
I don't want to loose this guy right when I think I got him healthy, but stress for a few days to get rid of my problems would be worth it.
SG 1.025
Amon 0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
phosphate 0 (Im sure false due to algae)
Temp 78-80
The front glass is just waterspots, didn't clean it after feeding last before covering
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New problem
So I have been having a problem with algae for a bit now. since I changed my lights so ATI bulbs. I have done waterchanges, cut down my feedings, cut back my lights. The guy at my LFS thinks they are dinos and green turf algae mixed. He recommended my to turn off all the lights for 3 days and cover the tank so that it gets no window light. He said everything should be fine for 3 days, the Ritteri might move so just watch it and my power heads. I turned the two off close to it since I'm gone 12 hours and yesterday I noticed just a couple tentacles stuck in my wave maker. This morning I woke up and he was half on the glass, half upside down on the sand. Still inflated. Foot really puffy. with in the hour it took me to get ready for work it has almost completely flipped upside down on the sand.
Should I be concerned?
I'm starting day two, will it be ok until Friday?
Can it not determine which way is up and down due to no lights?
I have a coral life light fixture, should I just keep the moonlights on for a few hours or does this conplete defeat the purpose of no lights to combat the algae?
I don't want to loose this guy right when I think I got him healthy, but stress for a few days to get rid of my problems would be worth it.
SG 1.025
Amon 0
nitrate 0
nitrite 0
phosphate 0 (Im sure false due to algae)
Temp 78-80
The front glass is just waterspots, didn't clean it after feeding last before covering
Rocket_Man
New member
Since its sailing, you could place it in a seperate tank for holding until you are done with the lights out treatment. Put it in with the rock you want it to be on then place both the rock and mag together once display is ready.
Things went fine. It settled back down on the flat rock between all three powerheads where I like it. and doing well. The algea seemed to disapear for now but I see small areas where it is trying to reamerge. I'm just blowing it off the high flow areas with my turkey baster right now until i get my GFO. stuff is stubborn. the only advice I would say is just to guard your powerheads well. I actully ended up unplugging my wavemaker and both powerheads for a day and turned my return flow up to max. then when I turned the lights back on I did it gradually. lunar LEDS for 5 hours then just dawn/dusk for the rest of the first day. then went back to reg schedual the next day. not sure if it did anything but I know what it's like going from pitch black to bright lights. then I scrubbed anything I could find left over and turkey basted all the cracks and crevises really well. also did a 20 % water change after too. I'll get some pics soon.
SNAKEMANVET
PREMIUM MEMBER
The mag looks great,nice pic.
