Reefer 170 Setup for Anemones / Clowns!

[D-Nak]

I'm assuming he should be fine as long as he doesn't have a bacterial infection? This is just a show of being upset and not necessarily infection that needs cipro?

Yes, I think it's safe to assume that it doesn't have a bacterial infection because it was already treated successfully once, and it hasn't been exposed to other nems. Mags ship poorly and oftentimes invert their stomachs. I think the waste fouls the water and makes conditions even worse. Once it's in a tank, it should begin to perk up -- stomach will contract and tentacles will inflate.

How does it look now?

 

[Kinetic]

Yes, I think it's safe to assume that it doesn't have a bacterial infection because it was already treated successfully once, and it hasn't been exposed to other nems. Mags ship poorly and oftentimes invert their stomachs. I think the waste fouls the water and makes conditions even worse. Once it's in a tank, it should begin to perk up -- stomach will contract and tentacles will inflate.

How does it look now?

After 2 hours of drip acclimation, I put him in a breeder box into the DT instead of the QT.

I decided to lessen the potential stress of going into QT, then DT at some point. And he doesn't seem to be spilling guts and is getting better, so DT in a box it is. I was worried the clowns would dive bomb it if I put it on the rock, because they're already being "hosted" by the rock ever since I put it in (dumb dumbs).

Currently looking 50% better, especially now that it's in a running tank.

Mouth is starting to tighten back up. No excretions of any kind. He seems to be holding on tight to the bottom of the box now.

 

[Kinetic]

I moved the box in front of the gyre and return, so it's getting a lot more flow over the top. Somehow a clown got in lol. I chased him out with a net.

The rest of them are trying to get in! Leave this guy alone people.

Mouth is probably 60% better than when it first arrived. It improved quickly, now not so much. Still waiting until 8pm (5 more hours) before deciding if he should go into TT for cipro.

 

[Kinetic]

OK, mouth is starting to go back in. There's a weird black dead looking tentacle or something near the mouth. Should I remove that?

Here's my setup that allows flow in, but tries to keep the clowns out:

 

[D-Nak]

I would try to remove it. It could be waste or dead zoox.

 

[Kinetic]

I would try to remove it. It could be waste or dead zoox.

At what point should I just start to cipro? His mouth is half in now, but he hasn't gotten better. Should I just wait until the morning to see if it gets worse?

 

[D-Nak]

If it doesn't look better by morning you can try Cipro. Not sure if it will help though. If the nem doesn't inflate it can't take in the meds.

 

[Kinetic]

Good news! As of 23:45 pacific, he is twice as inflated, tentacles inflated quite a bit, and mouth is almost totally closed up now! He's a bit too big for this box now, but I'll move him onto the pedestal in the morning if his mouth is totally closed up and fully inflated. The ocellaris are so excited to get in there (one already got in twice, geeze).

What a huge improvement over the last few hours.

What would be the best way to pull him out of the box? He's holding on SUPER tight now (I tried to move him to the center of the box, he wouldn't budge). Ice cube?

 

[D-Nak]

It’s looking a lot better!

I think it’s best to get it out of the box and onto the pedestal to allow for more water movement to help the new flush out any dead zoox and other waste.

Try to slip a gift card under the edge of the foot. Once you get one part off, it’ll be easy to get the rest of the foot detached.

 

[Kinetic]

It's looking a lot better!

I think it's best to get it out of the box and onto the pedestal to allow for more water movement to help the new flush out any dead zoox and other waste.

Try to slip a gift card under the edge of the foot. Once you get one part off, it'll be easy to get the rest of the foot detached.

His mouth isn't fully closed, and the ocellaris are ready to pounce. Think it's good to get him out now? or should I wait so that the ocellaris don't harass it too much?

 

[D-Nak]

Just wait until tomorrow to see how it looks. It’s best if the mouth is fully closed and tight.

 

[Kinetic]

Just wait until tomorrow to see how it looks. It's best if the mouth is fully closed and tight.

Sounds good! Thanks!

 

[D-Nak]

How does it look this morning (afternoon LOL)?

 

[Kinetic]

Woke up this morning and the mag was very inflated, tentacles totally fluffed out, and mouth closed tight. So excited!

The LED's were still super dim as they just came on, so I turned off all the flow and placed the mag on the pedestal. Here's his mouth and the clowns immediately took to it.

Sun came out while waiting for the mag to grip the rock (left the pumps off for almost 50 minutes before he decided to plant his whole foot down and do the fried egg thing):

Since the flow was off, took the chance to snap a photo from above

Turned on the flow after almost an hour!

Clowns love this thing

Lastly some shots from the side

As of 5 minutes ago, the female finally decided to join in on the fun, and promptly kicked everyone out! Rude!

Video uploading to Youtube:
https://youtu.be/fTd_WuBArS4

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Nice. There you go. It was just stressed from shipping I suppose. Best of luck.

 

[Kinetic]

Nice. There you go. It was just stressed from shipping I suppose. Best of luck.

Definitely from shipping, but made quite a bit of progress since. I was pretty stressed myself =P Super happy with how it turned out!

Now the female and alpha male have kicked out all the little guys from the anemone. Bummer. I guess I'll need to make another pedestal and find another mag for the little guys?

 

[D-Nak]

Yes, I agree. Looks really good.

 

[D-Nak]

Definitely from shipping, but made quite a bit of progress since. I was pretty stressed myself =P Super happy with how it turned out!

Now the female and alpha male have kicked out all the little guys from the anemone. Bummer. I guess I'll need to make another pedestal and find another mag for the little guys?

Hopefully the mag will expand more. That way the smaller fish can hide on the opposite side.

 

[Kinetic]

Hopefully the mag will expand more. That way the smaller fish can hide on the opposite side.

It's really interesting. it'll go from having a really wide base and stay short on the rock, to standing really tall so the base is totally showing and looks kind of like a vase.

When it's like a vase, the male and female will do circles around the base, and the little males will sneak in on top. Haha!

 

[CoralsAddiction]

I guess I'll need to make another pedestal and find another mag for the little guys?

Hit me up closer to Thanksgiving and I might be able to bring my Mag to Livermore if you want to buy it.
Need to find my wild Onyx clowns a gig.