New Ritteri, Ammonia in the shipping bag

[maww]

Gary, I wasn't targeting you specifically. And the total tank volume is 40 gallons, not 20. The fact that these can grow to a yard across doesn't mean that they all do, or that it is even an average size. Predominately colonial forms are reported to remain a foot or less in diameter, while solitary forms are generally not greater than 18 inches or so. We have no qualms about filling our tanks to the brim with sps or lps corals that can easily grow to colonies of meters in diameter. Why do we place different requirements on anemones? Because such a low number make it through the initial introduction period? That only really means that anemones are particularly prone to damage/disease from collection and transit- not that we are providing them with inadequate husbandry for the long term.

 

[z_rivers]

sorry maww i do know your a he, dunno why i put her in my last post ^ :rollface:

 

[DitchPlains2]

Maww

Maww

Good points indeed, I had a very rare looking Green Hadonni with a bright red mouth, I kept for over a year in my 55g eventually he grew to the size of a dinner plate (12inch or so) and ate 3 tangs, and 1 flame angel, not to mention a sea hare, and numerous crabs/snails. I fed him regularly (frozen mysis/krill) and my two Solomon Percs hosted in him just fine. Mind you it was a 55g, now I know carpets can get immense in size, but the true danger was the amount of fish he ate. The carpet and the Riteri are obviously different species altogether, but they are close in size in the home aqaurium. I am not sure I would suggest a 20g as a home for a Riterri, as I wouldnt place him/her into my 55g with a 30g sump/fuge only because I dont want a species only tank. I think Poorcollegereef, would be fine if it was a species only tank with dedicated filtration (carbon, numerous and frequent water changes, ozone, and heavy skimming (not the prizm, but more like dual ASM or Beckette driven skimmer) Just my two cents. I eventually traded my carpet to a fellow reefer on here who gave me a couple of nice BTAS which are doing great now (about 4 inches) clown wont host in them, but they are doing well.

take care
David