Ritteri anemone question

Jrsdaddy

Jrsdaddy

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There's a LFS by me that has a beautiful Ritteri anemone and has had it about 2 moths now. My question is if it still looks healthy after all that time in the store do you think it would still need treatment when I get it home or in the future? I always wanted a Ritteri but I'm to scared to get one through mail order for obvious reasons. If I do decide to buy this nem I already found a buyer for my haddoni but I wanna make sure it will work out before I sell.
 
If its full color and does not deflate, especially when lights are on full, probably a good chance you could get lucky and not need treatment.
 
davocean said:
If its full color and does not deflate, especially when lights are on full, probably a good chance you could get lucky and not need treatment.
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According to the store it's been fine for the two months they have had it. Can they still get sick 2 months after being shipped?
 
Anything CAN happen and there never is any gaurantee you are good to go, but there are other people that do go out of their way to buy an established mag/ritteri in an effort to bypass treatment.
I personally would observe it and if you trust that LFS for their word and ability to recognize if it has issues or not and I would probably go for it.
But no matter what, there is always risk much as there is w/ anything we would add to our tanks.
 
IMO, deciding factor would be whether you already have mag(s) in your tank. If not, I'd go for it and see what happens. If so, I would definitely QT or treat prophylactically so as not to risk infecting the established mag.
 
It really does boil down to your trust in your LFS. Two months or two weeks? It makes a huge different as mags typically show signs of sickness within the first month. If it's been there two months and looks nice, I wouldn't hesitate to pick it up. This is under the assumption that it's not in a tank with other anemones -- sick or healthy-looking (they could be sick just not showing signs).
 
addictedreefer said:
IMO, deciding factor would be whether you already have mag(s) in your tank. If not, I'd go for it and see what happens. If so, I would definitely QT or treat prophylactically so as not to risk infecting the established mag.
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I agree -- I would QT it for two weeks after bringing it home if you have other mags.
 
I would also buy it with the rock it's sitting on. Removing an anemone from its attachment surface AND changing it over to a new tank creates for sure stress and is also likely to cause injury and may trigger a disease outbreak.
 
Thank you for the replies guys and no I do not have any other mags in my tank, this will be the first. I'm going tomorrow and if it's still healthy I'm going to bring it home and I will update this thread with pics.
 
Bring a large bucket with lid, it's better than a bag. If it's on a rock use some filter foam blocks or water filled bags to stabilize it and prevent it from tumbling around in the bucket.
 
maxxII said:
This is good advice.
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Yes it definitely is and I will be following it. Only question is how to you temp acclimate while its in the bucket? Probably a stupid question but I figured you can't float a bucket in your tank lol. Also do you guys drip your mags if so how long? Sorry for the ton of questions I just wanna get it right the first time.
 
Just drip acclimate it from the bucket.

Might look into buying small 25 watt or less heater, and an air pump with an air stone or some rigid airline tubing, and a thermometer.
Set the heater for about 2-3 degrees cooler than your QT tank, and run the air pump/air line for circulation/water movement for the anemone.

I like to drip acclimate for a period of about 2 hours or as close to 100% water change in the container for more delicate animals like anemones that have been shipped. For your situation, I would think that a 2 hour drip at a fairly fast rate should be fine...check parameters to make sure that they are either equivalent or real close to it, and you should be fine.
 
I have a box with peanuts in it that i use when i get my nems. That way they can bag it and i just use the box to keep it nice and stable, and I can temp acclimate once home then dump in a bucket to drip. Another thing I do if it's on a rock, buy the rock also, less stress if you put the nem and rock in your tank and let it move off by itself, then you can do what you want with the rock.
 
My last pair of percs ignored a hadonni for over 4 months, got a mag and they swam straight in.
Natural host matches are ideal.
In fact when I pulled the hadonni, it stuck to me, and my pair of picasso's went at it like it was attacking me, swiping at it and biting at it.
That hadonni was also the only nem that left welts on my hand and wrist.
Sometimes the fish know or sense stuff we have no clue of.
 
Jrsdaddy said:
The perculas that you helped me with in a previous post, they didn't show any interest in the purple handdoni so I'm hoping they won't be able to resist the mag. We shall see :debi:
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Be prepared for them to loose their black and just turn orange and white.
Mags have that effect on clownfish, especially on ocellaris and percula.
 
ThRoewer said:
Be prepared for them to loose their black and just turn orange and white.
Mags have that effect on clownfish, especially on ocellaris and percula.
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I have heard this and had this happen myself personally w/ BTA's and percs, but not w/ mags.
Mags are natural host to percs
 
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