Ritteri/ R. magnifica anemnes for sell /trade
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12439602#post12439602 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Flighty
Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier, a LFS got a great magnifica in right after I posted in this thread and I was waiting to see how it did.
Boy, I haven't heard of crabs eating anemones before. Maybe add some more clowns to defend the fort (It apparently works in the wild). My female skunk bites the legs off of anything dumb enough to try to eat algae off of her anemone's perch.
I have had luck with the inverted bottle type trap for crabs. it works best if you bait it with something fresh like a grocery store clam and put something good for them to hide in inside of the trap so they don't try as hard to escape. I have an old coral skeleton with lots of holes that I used.
Best of luck!
p.s. Did you see the pics of the Magnifica I just got my hands on? My skunks apparently approve of it. They laid a clutch of eggs under it yesterday.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1377868
Wow, a very nice ritteri you have there. I have a smaller one and it also has a bright red base. My all time favor from my tank is the blue tip one above. It still has a gapping hole on its foot this PM.
I was up til 2 am this morning trying to trap these crabs. They were feeding on Euphyllia sp., Montipora, echinopora.... I took out the hammer and few other corals that they were feeding on/ affected and never thought that they would be eating anemones. One of the Mertensii is also got a gapping hole on its foot and it has been closed today. These crabs must died!
I have a pair of pink skuns that will not allow any other fish go near ritteris and mertens carpet. May have to get some larger anemone fish.
Thanks for the tips.
sonofgaladriel
Shiny!
I was thinking a harlequin tusk might work. But, they may also go after ornamental inverts as well.
I can seriously tell that I'm desiring these magnifica all too much! Last night I had a dream that I walked into a local fish store and they had dozens of large healthy magnifica of all the various colors, even red and magent based! I walked around the many tanks filled with them and got so excited as I watched them move back and forth in the current. I was giddy as a school boy on Christmas morning!
I picked out 4 or 5 of the most beautiful specimens to take home and was ready to fork out the credit card, but, when I asked them to bag 'em up, none of them were for sale!:eek2:
I felt my chest sink and I woke up......depressed.
I'm going through serious magnifica withdrawal!
I can't find any here in town! I had a large blue base coming in today, but I was just called and told they left it off the shipping list
I can seriously tell that I'm desiring these magnifica all too much! Last night I had a dream that I walked into a local fish store and they had dozens of large healthy magnifica of all the various colors, even red and magent based! I walked around the many tanks filled with them and got so excited as I watched them move back and forth in the current. I was giddy as a school boy on Christmas morning!
I picked out 4 or 5 of the most beautiful specimens to take home and was ready to fork out the credit card, but, when I asked them to bag 'em up, none of them were for sale!:eek2:
I felt my chest sink and I woke up......depressed.
I'm going through serious magnifica withdrawal!
I can't find any here in town! I had a large blue base coming in today, but I was just called and told they left it off the shipping list
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12446747#post12446747 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Flighty
Another option as a last resort would be an interceptor treatment. It sounds like the problem might be serious enough to go that route.
I am not sure about intercepter for the water volume I have, and also would it hurt the anemones? Has any one try it with fragile species of anemones?
I have two traps and will add two more and see what happened.
Not sure what types of Trigger would work in a reef tank, but Parrotfish is a coral eater. I watched one large (beautiful) Parrofish chowed down a two foot colony of acropora in one of my field trips.
Also, these crabs only feed at night, and hide in caves during the day. I broken down one part of my tank, where I think they were hiding and took out some very large rocks but found none.
May be it would make more sense to me when I get some sleep on how to manage.
PauChi
New member
Maybe this might work out ... spying on these nasty crabs ... get a Red bulb flashlight and guarantee you .. them critters or fish won't notice that you're in their midst!!
The regular flashlight ain't gonna work .. they'll scatter and hide as soon as the lights come on!!!
HTH,
Paul
The regular flashlight ain't gonna work .. they'll scatter and hide as soon as the lights come on!!!
HTH,
Paul
I am sure there are lots chem warfare in my tank. sps are the one that suffered the most.
I have red reports from hobbyists that E.qua may be toxic to other anemones, but I have not found that to be the case in my tank. In fact, I believe SOME day, sciences may reclassify the two species. IMO, I think they are closer related than H.malu and ritteri are.
Only anemone that have not thrived in this system is the gigantea, and not sure why.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12448128#post12448128 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sonofgaladriel
I was thinking a harlequin tusk might work. But, they may also go after ornamental inverts as well.
I can seriously tell that I'm desiring these magnifica all too much! Last night I had a dream that I walked into a local fish store and they had dozens of large healthy magnifica of all the various colors, even red and magent based! I walked around the many tanks filled with them and got so excited as I watched them move back and forth in the current. I was giddy as a school boy on Christmas morning!
I picked out 4 or 5 of the most beautiful specimens to take home and was ready to fork out the credit card, but, when I asked them to bag 'em up, none of them were for sale!:eek2:
I felt my chest sink and I woke up......depressed.
I'm going through serious magnifica withdrawal!
I can't find any here in town! I had a large blue base coming in today, but I was just called and told they left it off the shipping list
I am sorry about your luck on ritteris. I can empathize with you; I certainly got a handful of bad lucks right now. Keep trying, one just never know for sure when is the next one may show up.
Thanks Nick, for you input. I hope not to do the Interceptor for now because I still have several acropora carbs that have been with their sps for many years. Also, I just don't know how much meds to use in my system.
The good news is that I did manage to break one of its legs/arms of the larger crab. My green serpent star has been stealing the food, but I found away now to keep the food in the trap. Keep my fingers crossed. Injured anemones are recovering slowly though not all are out of "woods".
Kudos to you for keeping your ritteri in such a small tank and for so long.
It is a red carpet/ S.haddoni/super specie and sadly, I am thinking of letting it go to another good home.
Flighty, thanks for the med calculation. Do you know the dosages per gallon? Any one has the correct formula for calculation?
I have not been able to removed the evil crabs. I have removed some large rocks in the area where I seen them and where the most destruction of anemones occurred. There was a large rock slide and after the water was clear, I got one leg of a crab but can not find any whole crabs! I used the traps and added new baits every night and so far, they have eluded me.
I am about to give up and do the Interceptor. May be I'll wait for a few more nights.
Flighty, thanks for the med calculation. Do you know the dosages per gallon? Any one has the correct formula for calculation?
I have not been able to removed the evil crabs. I have removed some large rocks in the area where I seen them and where the most destruction of anemones occurred. There was a large rock slide and after the water was clear, I got one leg of a crab but can not find any whole crabs! I used the traps and added new baits every night and so far, they have eluded me.
I am about to give up and do the Interceptor. May be I'll wait for a few more nights.
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Hey Shutiny, had to do some digging, but here is the original thread where Dustin Dorton goes through everything:
The "cure" for Red Bugs
He doesnt really explain it very well for people who dont have huge systems, so I did the math and came up with the formula of 1 milligram (mg) of Mibemycin Oxime, (active ingredient that kills redbugs and crustaceans) per 16.5 gallons of water.
Each large pill will treat 380 gallons, and contains 23 mg's of MO. 380 divided by 23 = 16.521... so 1 mg of MO per 16.5 gallons of water.
I noticed in treating redbugs that pod population was not wiped out, but I lost a hermit crab, and a pair of emerald crabs that were hiding in the rockwork, and unable to be removed. What this means to you.....I dont think that interceptor will kill every pod in your tank, as they can hide in some pretty small cracks and crevices deep in the rock and may not be affected by the minor amount of Interceptor that permeates down to wherever they may be hiding. But, the same holds true for the crabs you're trying to eliminate. I wold suggest doing a series of at least interceptor treatments to be on the safe side and make sure you're getting the crabs. After three, I would sit back and watch to see if you observe any more crab activity.....
Might not be a bad idea to acquire some pods from another reefer or remove some macro algae from your sump and place it in a different system for the treatments.
Nick
The "cure" for Red Bugs
He doesnt really explain it very well for people who dont have huge systems, so I did the math and came up with the formula of 1 milligram (mg) of Mibemycin Oxime, (active ingredient that kills redbugs and crustaceans) per 16.5 gallons of water.
Each large pill will treat 380 gallons, and contains 23 mg's of MO. 380 divided by 23 = 16.521... so 1 mg of MO per 16.5 gallons of water.
I noticed in treating redbugs that pod population was not wiped out, but I lost a hermit crab, and a pair of emerald crabs that were hiding in the rockwork, and unable to be removed. What this means to you.....I dont think that interceptor will kill every pod in your tank, as they can hide in some pretty small cracks and crevices deep in the rock and may not be affected by the minor amount of Interceptor that permeates down to wherever they may be hiding. But, the same holds true for the crabs you're trying to eliminate. I wold suggest doing a series of at least interceptor treatments to be on the safe side and make sure you're getting the crabs. After three, I would sit back and watch to see if you observe any more crab activity.....
Might not be a bad idea to acquire some pods from another reefer or remove some macro algae from your sump and place it in a different system for the treatments.
Nick
E.J. Coral
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12470896#post12470896 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shutiny
Another picture by Joe:
I hope to take as good of a picture as he does, one day soon.
Hey Shu Tin,
Is that the same anemone that I saw a year ago? Wow is has grown tremendously:eek1:
If I can be of any help, let me know! I will be in san francisco this month to visit family.
