QT setup for H.Magnifica

sorry to hear cindy

i have been speaking with joe on this alot and i have my anti biotics ready to go.

the anenomes that are at atlantis are quite remarkable and i mean that they are huge and i hope i can have one take over the top of my tank the same way his have. but lets hope for the best even tho the smell isnt the best maybe it can pop back. i know they say usualy once the smell gets bad the anenome is done. i have never had the expierence so i cant comment but keep us updated
 
My LFS ordered it with their weekly shipment for me. They have gotten good ones and bad in the past.

This one was said to have come from madagascar, but I'm not sure how reliable that info is. The plane had been delayed, so it was bagged longer than normal, but I think it was probably not in decent shape before shipping. It did look ok on the outside, so you'd have to know what to look for and the guy at the supplier probably didn't.

I'm still doing everything I can, but I have low expectations. :(
 
keep your head up as we have seen anenomes in general are very good at pulling thru the worst of situations. lets hope this one does the same.


you may want to get a limewood airstone and stick that in the tank should cause alot of movement with the air bubbles it produces i hear they are excellent i havent used any personally yet but i plan on it in the near future
 
Flighty said:
The real point of this is to protect the established anemones from the possible introduction of a pathogen.
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Anemone pathogens? Anybody have links? (I've never heard of any anemone pathogens.)
 
There isn't conclusive proof, but there is plenty of anecdotal evidence to make me worried about introducing a sick magnifica in with a healthy one. People here have had healthy magnificas show signs of disease after a second anemone was introduced and died.

It just makes sense from the symptoms that these guys show that it is some kind of infection that takes hold. If there is a bacteria that infects these guys and contributes to the high death rate, I would be surprised if it couldn't be transmitted.

I do not know of anyone who has looked into this other than the success with antibiotic treatment at the Atlantis aquarium and a few hobbyists who have tried it.

Magnificas just fascinate me like nothing else in this hobby, and I hope I can someday get answers to some of these questions. Until that time I'm just trying to protect my healthy magnifica from my impulse buying and rescue attempts:)
 
As for the anemone, it is hanging in there. It closes its mouth tight when I swish the tenticles and the tenticles are moving a bit, so I'm not giving up completely.

I think I will risk transfering it to the display for the flow after the antibiotic treatment. I just havn't been able to figure out a way to get good random flow in a QT, never mind the fact that I don't have a good light to use without some major work.

I plan on suspending it above the rockwork so it is easy to remove if nessecary, it is close to the light, won't touch corals, and I won't have to change the aquascape.
 
Flighty said:
... I think I will risk transfering it to the display for the flow after the antibiotic treatment. I just havn't been able to figure out a way to get good random flow in a QT,.......
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You can get quite a bit of water movement if you take the airstone off your tubing. The larger bubbles will create a lot of motion.
 
phender said:
You can get quite a bit of water movement if you take the airstone off your tubing. The larger bubbles will create a lot of motion.
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I would remove the airstone or use coarse stones as well.

fwiw: I use a natural wave timer power strip with 2 little air pumps to create surge. I have had less issues with larger air bubbles getting trapped inside the anemone when they gape as well.
 
The nem is now in the display with tunzes and nice lighting. It is actually looking a little better. Only time will tell...
 
traveller7 said:
The fine air bubbles tend to get caught in an anemone with an open mouth....not pretty.
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A bit of air had gotten caught in the tissue this morning. I was using large bubble producing stones, but the nem fliped over partially onto one. It had disapeared an few hours later though.
 
Unfortunately it didn't make it. It was way too far gone.

For the geeks among us, I really think that something happens to the mesogloea between the ectoderm and the endoderm when these guys are sick. You can see something going on and the layers of tissue slide against each other. The tenticles seem to be hollow shells of just the ectoderm with nematocysts.
 
WEll I just ordered another one from live-aquaria. It came in looking like a pile of due yesterday, and not moving. After acclimatiing it for about 5 hours, it seems to have a bit of life. Not inflating or anything, but I'm going to administer the anti's to it and see what happens. If it turns out for the better I will post a thread with pics.

thanks
 
Justjoe said:
When most anemones are shipped from overseas, they are shipped in bascially no water, and arrive in a soup of mucus. [
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The last time I was in Tahiti I brought back three H. magnifica. These were the color morph with the bright red base, brown tentacles with white tips. I collected them during vacation (had a hard time finding ones small enough to collect) and kept them in a float cage under the dock until the day I left. I got up early in the morning, put them in individual bags with lots of water and about 2/3rds air, and put them in a coleman cooler that I duct-taped shut. Total time in transit was perhaps 18 hours from ocean to my tank. When I got home the anemones were all in great condition and were fully acclimated and eating within 24 hours of being in my tank.

Personally I think most of the trouble we are having with anemones is time in transit, number of intermediate stops, and general handling in the distribution channel. If there was a way you could order direct from the collectors, and have the animal overnighted to your doorstep, I doubt we would have the same problems.
 
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