ritteri anemone deflating again and again

[ReDDeviLs]

decided to repost as my previous post got some bug error.

ive gotten myself 2 Ritteri anemone 2weeks ago.
one of them was huge and very fluffy although deflated itself 3times in the past 5days, but it have been healthy and hosting 4 skunk clowns.

the other is smaller about half as big and hosting 2 true perculars.
however, this ritteri deflates very often almost 3-4times per day.
not sure if its the current too strong or the clowns are too big for it.

this evening it looks like it was gonna melt off, the 2 true perculars went to the rbta that isnt occupied.
the ritteri was still very sticky and the foot is strongly attached still.
about 2hrs later it started to inflate itself and looks back to gd shape.
any reason whats happening?

this is the 1 with problem


this picture below shows the position of it.

the tank is 72inches and its on 3x250W MH.

 

[tufacody]

Unfortunately, it's typical response for most new magnificas. Usually its a sign that the anemone is having a hard time adjusting to its new environment, so like most tank diagnosis, you have to start by posting your water parameters. Its always a good idea to gradually adjust nems to their lighting as well. Most people use eggcrate and screening.

Otherwise, mags are notoriously hard to keep and are very poor shippers. New specimens rarely recover from even minor injuries.

Finally, it looks like you have an RBTA in there with your two new magnficas. This alone may be pushing it, and there may be some alleopathy going on. That powerhead is eerily close as well and looks uncovered.

 

[ReDDeviLs]

oh, i did not know that the rbta will be a problem to them.
the one with the skunk did very well,although did deflate afew times until 2days ago.
will get a exact parameters by tomorrow noon.

thanks for the warning,but the powerheads are far away from it. no way it could reach by moving,unless detach and free flying.

before posting on my parameters, should i move the mag lower from light and flow for the time being?

 

[tufacody]

no, the mag will go where it wants, and moving it just risks further injury. The alleopathy is just a suggestion, as I have heard of others having problems combining nems.

 

[tufacody]

how is it doing?

 

[clowns101]

I will have to agree with tudfacody on this one.You really need to get rid of the RBTA because many things could be going on between the 2.I dont think that the 2 mags together are the problem either.Also when I was keeping my Ritteri Anemone I had,had the anemone deflate once a day.When they do this,this could mean that the Nitrates and/or Nitrites are just a bit high.Both sould be a 0 and should never be over this unless the tank is cycleing which an anemone should not even be in a tank that is still cycleing.Also I will strongly recommend getting that anemone away from the powerhead.It may be far away but anemone will/can/and at some point let go and will get sucked in to a pump or intake if they are not taken care of in the right way!

Thanks,
Austin/Clowns101

 

[OrionN]

I have BTA and H. magnifica together without problem. I do not think that the problem is due to the BTA. New H. magnifica often don't make it. When this is the case, they deflate often like your's. It is unlikely that yours will make it, but remove the RBTA will do nothing to help the H. magnifica

 

[taylor t]

In my opinion, I also don't think it's having a problem with a BTA. In my tank, I have 2 mag, 1 gig, 1 haddoni, 1 sebae, all very happy - no BTA with them though. If I was to guess, it's water quality and/or acclimation. My 2 mags never once deflated, even during acclimation. (the first 2 mags I ever tried - I'm puzzled what's hard about them). One changes tentacle apperance with flow not to it's liking, but never deflated. All my anemones "deflate" the typical night cycle by 25%, even the BTA in another system. The pic above looks a bit more than the typical 25% deflation.

So, what are your parameters? Tank history/water volume? Dosing? Maintanance?

 

[tufacody]

Was gonna cut and paste from Calfo's site on this, but then realized RC might not like that. Google alleopathy and anemone for some opinions on this.