Ritteri and bubble tip
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Flighty
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Do a search in this forum on the word Magnifica and you'll find loads of info.
I would not put the two together because I have seen serious chemical warfare between the two. I have heard of people having luck with sand dwelling anemones in the same tank as a Magnifica but I have not tried that.
How long have you had the ritteri ncny21802?
I would love to see pics of both of your anemones. I'm a bit of a magnifica nut.
Here is one thread with some info
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=628314
I would not put the two together because I have seen serious chemical warfare between the two. I have heard of people having luck with sand dwelling anemones in the same tank as a Magnifica but I have not tried that.
How long have you had the ritteri ncny21802?
I would love to see pics of both of your anemones. I'm a bit of a magnifica nut.
Here is one thread with some info
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=628314
Flighty
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ID is sometimes tricky with these guys.
Most likely a ritteri (magnifica) will be perched at the highest point it can get to with its foot spread out and a wide column. There usually are visible bumps or patterns on the skin of the column and the tentacles are usually not tapered, but blunt ended and occasionally display bubble tips. There are often a few Y shaped tentacles. The base is usually a different color than the tentacles and there is usually some open space around the mouth. The anemone will sometimes ball up with just a bit of the tentacles exposed at the top. The tentacles of a healthy specimen will be extremely sticky and an ocelarious clown will almost always find it irresistible.
you'll notice I used "usually" a lot in the description. There are exceptions to every one of these rules, so it is more of a whole picture thing.
Most likely a ritteri (magnifica) will be perched at the highest point it can get to with its foot spread out and a wide column. There usually are visible bumps or patterns on the skin of the column and the tentacles are usually not tapered, but blunt ended and occasionally display bubble tips. There are often a few Y shaped tentacles. The base is usually a different color than the tentacles and there is usually some open space around the mouth. The anemone will sometimes ball up with just a bit of the tentacles exposed at the top. The tentacles of a healthy specimen will be extremely sticky and an ocelarious clown will almost always find it irresistible.
you'll notice I used "usually" a lot in the description. There are exceptions to every one of these rules, so it is more of a whole picture thing.
Flighty
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It might not be happy under that, I don't know.
I am no expert, but with my setup even with the anemone parked on a rock structure 6 inches from the surface directly under a 250W 10,000K HQI MH it would move around if I turned my 2x54W T5 actinics on durring the day. The avitar picture is actually of it doing the wandering. It would creep slightly down the rock like that and circle the rock presumably trying to find a surface that it could climb higher on.
My totally unscientific conjecture is that the anemone tells how deep in the ocean it is by the blueness of the light. It wouldn't use the intensity otherwise it would be wandering around every cloudy day.
Anyway, if I left the actinics off, it would not move.
I am no expert, but with my setup even with the anemone parked on a rock structure 6 inches from the surface directly under a 250W 10,000K HQI MH it would move around if I turned my 2x54W T5 actinics on durring the day. The avitar picture is actually of it doing the wandering. It would creep slightly down the rock like that and circle the rock presumably trying to find a surface that it could climb higher on.
My totally unscientific conjecture is that the anemone tells how deep in the ocean it is by the blueness of the light. It wouldn't use the intensity otherwise it would be wandering around every cloudy day.
Anyway, if I left the actinics off, it would not move.
my ritteri has had a swollen mouth since i got it.
it's attached to a rock and one of my ocellaris' has already hosted in it. The base isn't as full as the pics i've seen.
Should i just wait it out? why would the mouth be swollen? Do they normally have tightly closed mouths?
it's attached to a rock and one of my ocellaris' has already hosted in it. The base isn't as full as the pics i've seen.
Should i just wait it out? why would the mouth be swollen? Do they normally have tightly closed mouths?
Flighty
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When they are healthy they have a tightly closed mouth all the time.
The problem is that most have serious troubles with the trip from the ocean to our tanks. Some combination of being collected roughly, stuck in small bags of water where they regurgitate their waste then reabsorb it into their tissues, the temp and water parameter changes of the different facilities they are held in and exposure to other dying anemones results in most magnificas having something systemically wrong with them. Many succumb to the damage rapidly while some take up to 6 months to die. A few of them recover or don't have the problems for some reason. Not a lot is known about exactly what is going on or exactly why.
The symptoms you are describing sound like a pretty bad sign. In my opinion something happens to the connection between the two layers of tissue in the anemone which causes the deflated mushy look. Not really any science behind that, just from observation.
Some people say you should remove clowns in this situation, but I think with magnificas, the clowns are very beneficial. Just watch out for them being overly aggressive around the open mouth. Also be careful about microbubbles or blowing flow right into the open mouth. You can do a lot of damage very quickly. Also I would move the BTA if you can just to reduce one more possible stress.
Best of luck with him and let us know how it goes.
The problem is that most have serious troubles with the trip from the ocean to our tanks. Some combination of being collected roughly, stuck in small bags of water where they regurgitate their waste then reabsorb it into their tissues, the temp and water parameter changes of the different facilities they are held in and exposure to other dying anemones results in most magnificas having something systemically wrong with them. Many succumb to the damage rapidly while some take up to 6 months to die. A few of them recover or don't have the problems for some reason. Not a lot is known about exactly what is going on or exactly why.
The symptoms you are describing sound like a pretty bad sign. In my opinion something happens to the connection between the two layers of tissue in the anemone which causes the deflated mushy look. Not really any science behind that, just from observation.
Some people say you should remove clowns in this situation, but I think with magnificas, the clowns are very beneficial. Just watch out for them being overly aggressive around the open mouth. Also be careful about microbubbles or blowing flow right into the open mouth. You can do a lot of damage very quickly. Also I would move the BTA if you can just to reduce one more possible stress.
Best of luck with him and let us know how it goes.
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