New Start With Ritteri

[M Woodhill]

after the missin first and then the sliced up second and then the turn-to-be-a-malu third, I've kicked off a new start with the ritter.

It is not as colorful as those replacements but seems like it's so far the healthiest one

It'd lost half of tentecles in the LFS but then stayed there for a month, regrowin some back. Now it's stayed put for 2 days, no circle of deflation and inflation. But it shrinks at night--not deflated but downsized. Then the mouth opens wide in the morning the smaller--still opens to some point in the afternoon and at night.

Hopefully it survives. The clowns killed my elegance coral and jumped into the ritter immediately.

the tank is undergoin a dino algae outbreak and I'm seekin a solution

So how long approximately will the mouth be completely closed?

 

[Catchoftheday]

Congrats on the Mag . i would watch them corals in there mags like to walk

 

[M Woodhill]

Congrats on the Mag . i would watch them corals in there mags like to walk

it stayed put for 2 days.

hey catch, how is ur guy goin? any updates?

 

[Catchoftheday]

it stayed put for 2 days.

hey catch, how is ur guy goin? any updates?

Mine is doing great thank you for asking it is getting really BIG .

 

[M Woodhill]

Mine is doing great thank you for asking it is getting really BIG .

so any updated pix?

how long did it take to close the mouth tight?

mine opens quite wide in the morning then close to some point the rest time

 

[bradleym]

Congrats on the new nem! I just joined the "Mag Club" myself a few days ago. I hope yours does well this time around.

 

[Catchoftheday]

so any updated pix?

how long did it take to close the mouth tight?

mine opens quite wide in the morning then close to some point the rest time

well i dont recall its mouth ever open . this picture is not a new one think its like a month old i will try and take some new ones tomorrow

 

[bradleym]

Any news? Mine flaked out on thursday BAD. I came home to what I can only describe as a Dr. Seuss omelette. Turns out my alk was 7, pH was 7.6, and my salinity was 1.022! Amazingly, it has gotten a bit better over the weekend, and I've almost got all the levels back to normal. I hope yours has been doing better than mine.

 

[M Woodhill]

Any news? Mine flaked out on thursday BAD. I came home to what I can only describe as a Dr. Seuss omelette. Turns out my alk was 7, pH was 7.6, and my salinity was 1.022! Amazingly, it has gotten a bit better over the weekend, and I've almost got all the levels back to normal. I hope yours has been doing better than mine.

so far mine is doin great. the lost tentacles are regrowin. the mouth closes tight now. stays put. guess i'll probably try to feed some mysis next week if it continues the good condition

my tank is sufferin a bad outbreak of dinos, which i'm still fightin against.

 

[bradleym]

Glad to hear the nem is doing well. Good luck on the dino battle.

 

[aandfsoccr04]

beautiful nem. Looks to be healthy from the pics. Good luck with it :thumbsup:

 

[M Woodhill]

Here r some pix of updates

it's kinda interestin, my nemos r gettin darker whenever havin a ritteri to host.

And this is my rbta. They were both a little bit disturbed before bein taken pix of coz I brushed the glass and ripped some waste off into the water.

I very badly desired to get a cinnamon for the rtba but was disuaded by friends here, tellin me the tank is sure too small for two species of clowns.

So I'm thinkin about to get a porcelain crab instead.

Actually I have a very gorgeous malu, which was purchased as a ritteri, in the tank. But it moved itself to the backside of the rockwork. So it's kinda pitiful that I can't take a pic of it.

 

[Catchoftheday]

Any Updates on your Mag

 

[M Woodhill]

Any Updates on your Mag

it's doin fine. but the dino is goin worse

i posted a video of it

i fed both the ritteri and rbta with some mysis

they both ate happily

 

[M Woodhill]

i've started dosing hydrogen peroxide now

the ritteri is reacting to it to some point that its mouth opens wider but that it doesnt deflate

i'm keeping my eyes on it

the dinos seems to weaken a little bit after 3 days' treatment

 

[Rippinfrags]

Make sure your not doing any water changes or skimming too heavily, dino's growth is accelerated when fresh saltwater is added to yor tank. Also try and keep your ph elevated by dripping kalkwasser to help fight off the algae. Good luck!

 

[M Woodhill]

Make sure your not doing any water changes or skimming too heavily, dino's growth is accelerated when fresh saltwater is added to yor tank. Also try and keep your ph elevated by dripping kalkwasser to help fight off the algae. Good luck!

yup, thanks

i've stopped water change