Ritteri anemone question

Thanks guys! I think I was being overly paranoid last night lol, just want this mag to do well and since I've owned many other types of nems but never a Ritteri I wasn't sure of the distress signs. Today it's still looking great and hasn't moved from its rock at all and since it's getting an even amount of flow the tenticles appear to be "fluffier" today.
 
So I just got home from work (I work overnights) and my mag looks deflated :( , just when I thought I was in the clear. Before I left around 8pm it looked better then ever so I don't understand. I'm including a pic to get opions on if I should start treatment or not. I'm hoping it was just expelling waste or something and it's going to be fine but I'm not getting my hopes up.

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On May 30th I'll have had one for a year. The first month was kinda up and down but then it got settled in. If my guy looked like yours I would just think he was going to poop soon.
 
Leave it alone.

My first one went through an up and down cycle for about 5 days before it quit and started looking healthy the whole time.

My second one came in looking like death warmed over and refused to attach. For two weeks I figured this anemone was toast.... Here is where I documented what I went through to bring it back to full health:

Heteractis Magnifica: Tell me some success stories

Both of these H.magnifica anemones were purchased online.

My third anemone was purchased from a local reefer who was getting out of the hobby so I didnt have any acclimation/shipping stress to deal with.
 
That just looks like it's closing up for the night, no need to stretch out for light.
Most nems retract a bit when lights go out.
 
Well today I'm a little bummed out, the anemone has been doing great since I added it to the tank for the first time it looks like crap with the lights on. When I first noticed it today around 1pm i wouldn't call it deflated but it did look much smaller. Around 4pm I noticed the mouth was exposed pretty bad and about an hour ago before leaving for work it was balled up. Everything else in the tank looks great and healthy and test results where normal with the exception of the nitrate being between 5-10 ppm, but no ammonia or nitrite. I haven't made any changes to the system since adding the nem, I'm hoping maybe it ate a snail and is trying to expel it. My fingers are crossed :(
 
Just got home and the anemone is bigger then ever and looking great! This mag is going to be the death of me :headwally:
 
It's still getting acclimated to your system.
You're still grtting used to its behaviour in your system.

One day of looking less than stellar isnt indicitive of poor health.
3-5 days is something to pay attention to, but shorter periods really arent.

You're already over the hump for the tough stuff IMO.
 
maxxII said:
It's still getting acclimated to your system.
You're still grtting used to its behaviour in your system.

One day of looking less than stellar isnt indicitive of poor health.
3-5 days is something to pay attention to, but shorter periods really arent.

You're already over the hump for the tough stuff IMO.
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Thank you and I appreciate your insight. Sorry for crying wolf so much but it's my first mag and like you said I'm not use to its behavior. It's sill looking good today so sorry again for the false alarm :)
 
Dont be sorry! How else are you supposed to learn? Trial and error is part of it, but if you can ask question and minimize the whole error part of things, you're ahead of the game.

The first week I had my first H.magnifica, I must have freaked out convinced it was dying half a dozen times. It was acclimating to my lighting and kept deflating and gaping.
As it got acclimated, the times it deflated and gaped grew shorter in duration and less frequent.

When I got my second H.magnifica, things were worse...read the "Heteractis Magnifica: Tell me some success stories" thread here for full details...

The short version is the anemone came in looking like hell and wouldnt attach to the rock. It just kept drifting around, but it was still alive with no visible injuries.

After two weeks, I got very aggressive in taking care of it (and decided I had nothing to lose), and managed to nurse it back to health.

They can be very frustrating in the beginning. Once acclimated, they become very tolerant and stable.

Like I said, I think you've got the tough part out of the way already.
 
Even one of my bubble tips retracts 100% at night. Eventually, it pops back out and looks great when the lights are ratcheting up during the day. Once they start to cycle down in the evening, it tends to retract again. This has been going on for months - seems healthy enough and is growing.
 
Little update, the anemone is still doing great. Also not sure if P04 levels affect nems but since I started dosing Red Sea N03 P04 X the tips of the nem have become much more brighter and more of a neon green color. My nitrates where never to high (20 ppm at the highest) but I was struggling with high P04 that I believe was leaching from my dry rock. Now with my nitrate below 5ppm and almost no P04 my magnificent anemone has never looked better :)
 
You cant make a post like that without any pictures.....

It's, like, the rules er something....
 
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