Ritteri YES OR NO?

[ItsTheNano]

I have a few questions about wether my system is suitable for a ritteri nem or not.
1st question is will 6 54w ati bulbs be enough light?
2nd will the tank size be big enough?
3rd can you keep multiple ritteris together?

I am well aware that i a also need a stable system and i am not quite there yet, i also need as close to perfect parameters which i almost acquire except for my 20 nitrates.

 

[worm5406]

Well looks like you need to answer your OWN questions first.

Like size of tank.

Then a few from us:

How old is the tank?
What inhabitants are in the tank?
What are the Levels (pH temp sal nitrate nitrite phosphate just to name a few)

How much history do you have in a saltwater?
How much attention to detail do you have?

Just some basic questions...

BTW.. HI...

 

[OrionN]

Nitrates is the easiest of the testable parameter to keep under control. A stable require a lot of untestable variable keep under control also.
If you cannot keep Nitrate under control, it is unlikely that you can keep a stable enough tank to keep a very picky host anemone as a Magnifica happy. Ritteri (Magnifica) is the host anemone that require really good water condition. IME, it is the hardest anemone to keep long term.

 

[ItsTheNano]

Well looks like you need to answer your OWN questions first.

Like size of tank.

Then a few from us:

How old is the tank?
What inhabitants are in the tank?
What are the Levels (pH temp sal nitrate nitrite phosphate just to name a few)

How much history do you have in a saltwater?
How much attention to detail do you have?

Just some basic questions...

BTW.. HI...

Hello, sorry I thought I had posted tank size but it is a 55gl tank
Dimensions are about 48x16x16.

Tank is 2 months and 2 weeks old & yes i know i need atleast 6 months to mature but im planning ahead ive kept rbtas & if ritteris are really that hard i will stick to rbtas.

Nothing in my tank yet but zoas. I had 2 chromis which decided to take a trip to my sump and died. This is the reason why i got nitrates. I couldnt find them for a few days. I also moved LR around trying to find them.


Ph 8.2-8.4
Temp 77.5
Specific gravity 1.024
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Phosphate under .25
Nitrate 20

I have been doing saltwater for a year so not very long but i have kept rbtas

 

[worm5406]

Hey welcome back... Thanks for responding (hahaha)

OK so... stability is key. Why people go out and measure their values they are looking at an over all view of their tank. They forget that in certain locations or on certain rock/substrate there is a different chemical/substance being put off.

Think of it like an office space. When you look from the outside or first walk in you see one picture. As you walk around you get different wifs of cologne, perfume, or even the absence of both.

Our inhabitants see this on a close up scale, as they are not fast movers and are physically touching it.

With that being said the words of stability mean a lot more than just a test. It is a time to let the tank become stable and saturate/fortify the bacteria and release of other items to become stable across the whole tank, not just the surface water where we test. While a tank is in constant flux there will become a time where it is balanced.

That is why we usually state to have a stable tank and give such emphasis on tank maintenance and testing.

A 55 is not bad at all. how will your flow be created? Power head or pump?

Do you have any pictures?

 

[mnchartier]

a 55 is a narrow tank, remember that a mag will climb what ever it can touch so it like the chromis may end up in the overflow/sump.

 

[OrionN]

Magnifica ideally need to keep away from the side of the tank. IME, if it can touch the side of the tank, it will climb it to reach higher light. I think a 55 g tank is a 12 inche wide tank. This make it hard to keep Magnifica in there.
I keep Magnifica in a 18X18X20 tank before for years but the anemone is small and less feeding to keep him small. My cube tank is better even if it is smaller in volume than your 55 g tank.
I also have 250 W MH in there. MH is better due to the fact that it is a "point source" light. Overall your light may be brighter but it defuse through out the tank. Magnifica tent to gravitate toward high light area. the point source light keep it in the middle of the tank, not to the side where it will climb up the wall.
Here is a picture of my anemone that I talk about.

 

[OrionN]

FTS

 

[worm5406]

I agree Orion. I was not thinking of the size and assumed it would be a small one to start out.

Then hopefully the OP could upgrade.

But you are right, keep it away from knowing there are other things higher, like the side of the tank!

 

[nemmy]

Yeah if possible try to have your rock work a decent distance from the back wall. I woke up to mine one morning stuck to the back wall almost touching the water surface. I moved my rock formation forward, dropped the MH two inches and put him back on his pedastool and he hasn't moved since except for an inch to the left.

 

[ItsTheNano]

Hey welcome back... Thanks for responding (hahaha)

OK so... stability is key. Why people go out and measure their values they are looking at an over all view of their tank. They forget that in certain locations or on certain rock/substrate there is a different chemical/substance being put off.

Think of it like an office space. When you look from the outside or first walk in you see one picture. As you walk around you get different wifs of cologne, perfume, or even the absence of both.

Our inhabitants see this on a close up scale, as they are not fast movers and are physically touching it.

With that being said the words of stability mean a lot more than just a test. It is a time to let the tank become stable and saturate/fortify the bacteria and release of other items to become stable across the whole tank, not just the surface water where we test. While a tank is in constant flux there will become a time where it is balanced.

That is why we usually state to have a stable tank and give such emphasis on tank maintenance and testing.

A 55 is not bad at all. how will your flow be created? Power head or pump?

Do you have any pictures?

So besides having perfect water parameter (when i achieve that) i just have to let my tank do its thing and let the rocks leach out whatever is in them?

I dont plan to get a giant magnifica i would be happy with a ~5"
I just measure my tank and dimensions are exactly 48x16x16 which
Is exactly a 53gl tank

The pic i will attempt to upload lol
Is of the island i have created to
Place my future nem

To answer your other questions i plan to use
Mp10s to create flwo. As of now i have hydo koralias

 

[worm5406]

Very nice....

Well then there are lots of options for you to review.

Take a look at RBTA and also look at LTA (corkscrew)

Those two are pretty easy, if I say so my self.

LTA:

I do not have any good RBTA ones as it loves to hide at an off angle.

 

[ItsTheNano]

Magnifica ideally need to keep away from the side of the tank. IME, if it can touch the side of the tank, it will climb it to reach higher light. I think a 55 g tank is a 12 inche wide tank. This make it hard to keep Magnifica in there.
I keep Magnifica in a 18X18X20 tank before for years but the anemone is small and less feeding to keep him small. My cube tank is better even if it is smaller in volume than your 55 g tank.
I also have 250 W MH in there. MH is better due to the fact that it is a "point source" light. Overall your light may be brighter but it defuse through out the tank. Magnifica tent to gravitate toward high light area. the point source light keep it in the middle of the tank, not to the side where it will climb up the wall.
Here is a picture of my anemone that I talk about.

That is one beautiful magnifica i like the idea of how you set it up top the only reason i want to keep it on its own island is to keep it away from all my corals. The secluded the island i have was setup was for the rbta but if height is a necessity for maginificas i can easily rearrange the island and make it taller (tallest possible) while also loving it further away from my over flow box so it wont try to climb it

Btw in what color forms are magnificas available? I really like this yellow one & i have seen a green one on youtube which lead me to wanting one lol

 

[ItsTheNano]

Very nice....

Well then there are lots of options for you to review.

Take a look at RBTA and also look at LTA (corkscrew)

Those two are pretty easy, if I say so my self.


I do not have any good RBTA ones as it loves to hide at an off angle.

Sorry for the confusion what i meant is that i dont plan to get a huge magnifica but i would love to keep a small one if possible. I considered rbtas & will stick to those if i cant keep a magnifica. Btw nobody has really told me if i have enough lighting, any input on that would be appreciated

 

[worm5406]

This is a slow pan of mine:

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Here is one from March 2013:

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[worm5406]

I have three Radion G2Pro above mine and I am using about 50%,

I am sure of the output of the lights you have, someone else will have to comment on that.

 

[OrionN]

I think you can do a web search on photo of Magnifica and you can see the color range. Beautiful ones are rare and expensive. They are the poorest shipper (together with Gigantea) of the anemones so just because you see one for sale, and spend a lot of money for it, mean it will do well in your well run tank.
Having the knowledge to treat them with antibiotic, see my sticky thread on ciprofloxacin above, help a lot but this is no guarantee by any mean.
Getting nice anemones are just luck mostly.