Unhappy Gig or hellianthus
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Sorry forgot to update this. I didn't post another picture as I was able to positively ID it as helianthus. It was a mixup at the store, I was able to exchange it and was very pleased with the overall process at the LFS (everyone makes mistakes some places make it right, glad this was one of those places). Anyways, I ended up exchanging for a relatively small magnifica that the store had for a month and had pre-treated with cipro (new LFS for me it is about a 3 hour drive but worth it for the overall quality) has been in my tank for 18 hours with no sign of deflation with mouth tight and closed.
This is my second time around with a magnifica. The first did well until i changed out powerheads, I thought it was moving to just adjust to the new flow but turned out the increase in flow left slight tears on the foot. It had started drooping and in the hour it took me to get the treatment tank running it had flipped and blown over a sharp piece of rock that caught the mouth and ripped it from mouth to skirt. Lesson learned, if it needs to be treated it goes in the sump if the treatment tank isn't ready.
Anyways, will post pics of the new mag when the lights come on, thanks to everyone on here that has been so helpful while trying to learn about magnifica and gigantea nems (I am great with BTA but this is uncharted territory for me). Funny side note, one of the reasons I have tried to get a mag/gig (besides the beauty/challenge aspect) was to get my clowns to leave my torches alone as they are way too rough, I got home last night with the new mag to find that they laid their first clutch directly under my gold torch... will be interesting to see how this plays out.
This is my second time around with a magnifica. The first did well until i changed out powerheads, I thought it was moving to just adjust to the new flow but turned out the increase in flow left slight tears on the foot. It had started drooping and in the hour it took me to get the treatment tank running it had flipped and blown over a sharp piece of rock that caught the mouth and ripped it from mouth to skirt. Lesson learned, if it needs to be treated it goes in the sump if the treatment tank isn't ready.
Anyways, will post pics of the new mag when the lights come on, thanks to everyone on here that has been so helpful while trying to learn about magnifica and gigantea nems (I am great with BTA but this is uncharted territory for me). Funny side note, one of the reasons I have tried to get a mag/gig (besides the beauty/challenge aspect) was to get my clowns to leave my torches alone as they are way too rough, I got home last night with the new mag to find that they laid their first clutch directly under my gold torch... will be interesting to see how this plays out.
The store is fish2morow (yes only one r...) it is in Fort Worth Texas. They also have a 2' diameter magnifica in a dedicated nem display with a few roses that they propagate. The particular specimen I purchased actually had a little damage to the skirt of the oral disc that had visibly healed (I know it was healthy in the store front for 2 weeks before my purchase) I assume that with that kind of healing and them saying they treated with cipro that they must be doing it correctly.
Yeah, I know this one is a mag, sorry I should have started a new post (I mentioned in my post from yesterday morning that the store traded out the helinathus for the mag). That picture was after 18 hours in tank he has since inflated more and closes up upon contact (as well as having a pretty decent sting). The shorter outer tentacles are healing up from an injury in shipping, however the store has already done a full cipro treatment on him and that area has no open wounds. He has not deflated after 36 hours but if he does I have a treatment tank and cipro ready to go.
