My Ritteri Anemone Thread

[Sdot]

Hi all.. just a quick nem update. He’s doing well still. Little wandering about 6 inches but he’s stayed put for a few weeks now.

Nice bro!! How long have you had him?

 

[Lewbo]

Nice bro!! How long have you had him?

Erm, he’s about 2 months old In my tank now!

 

[Sdot]

Erm, he’s about 2 months old In my tank now!

Nice and congrats... keep it going.

 

[Lewbo]

Hi, thought I’d check in.... been in a few months now, still doing well... some additional insight.....
I’ve noticed a couple of things in this journey:
1. My anemone fully deflated when I did a big water change, my water quality (nitrates began to climb to 5ppm as I went away for a couple of week). He fully inflated the next day. This is the only time he has deflated since the first couple of weeks of adding him. I’m tempted to test this again from a scientific curiosity that will help new keepers.
2. He got slightly mangled from going too close to the gyre (they’re covered but still got a bit sucked in) - note that the gyre sleeves add somewhat protection. Left minor damage to a small section of the tentacles but healed within a couple of days.
3. after a month of moving about a bit. He has settled for a long period.
4. Here’s a pic from this morning

 

[Lewbo]

Oh and lastly, I was worried as he wasn’t balling at all when I first got him. He now balls up every night without fail to which the clowns her super cosy in

 

[Sdot]

Oh and lastly, I was worried as he wasn’t balling at all when I first got him. He now balls up every night without fail to which the clowns her super cosy in

Mine still doesn't ball up at night.

 

[Lewbo]

Mine still doesn't ball up at night.

How is yours getting on now Sdot?

 

[Sdot]

How is yours getting on now Sdot?

Mine is doing much better, to the point where i feel like im completely out of the woods. These pix were taken a few days ago.

 

[Lewbo]

@Sdot Ah mate, really pleased - it’s looking amazing !

 

[Sdot]

@Sdot Ah mate, really pleased - it’s looking amazing !

Thank you soooo much. It was a long, long road back to health. Im happy i made it lol.

 

[VR28man]

Excellent thread; thank you all!

@Nemguy123 when are you gonna do your bacteria writeup?

 

[Humanzee1966]

And a picture as the thread gets boring otherwise. Biggest width so far today reaching my newly placed flags either side now - was a bit premature with their placing evidently!

I also fed today for the first time, a small uncooked prawn. Great feeding response, tentacles grabbed it pulled it in and placed it in its mouth, including fighting off the clowns who are forever hungry.

Oh and a picture of tentacle and oral disk, I find it amazing how the tentacles are in a perfect line from the central oral disk and that you can you see the sections almost in stripes

Thanks so much for such a great thread. I'm thinking of trying to keep a ritteri and this was the most useful thing I've read-- the photos were a great help as well. I'm still on the fence (the deflation drama!) but you can't beat the results. Healthy, they are the best nem hands down.

 

[Humanzee1966]

Thank you soooo much. It was a long, long road back to health. Im happy i made it lol.

Beautiful-- please keep us posted. I'm thinking about a system dedicated to a ritteri and clowns (maybe some zoas and a couple of other fish). My tank is a 40 gallon with as sump so I'm wondering whether that will work. This thread has been great!

 

[Lewbo]

I’ve found it an emotional rollercoaster but I must say, I’m so happy with it and once I got in my head just leave him alone, he was ok. He’s going a really nice pink colour now.

 

[Sdot]

Beautiful-- please keep us posted. I'm thinking about a system dedicated to a ritteri and clowns (maybe some zoas and a couple of other fish). My tank is a 40 gallon with as sump so I'm wondering whether that will work. This thread has been great!

Will do. Its gotten a lot bigger and the colors are amazing!

 

[Sdot]

I’ve found it an emotional rollercoaster but I must say, I’m so happy with it and once I got in my head just leave him alone, he was ok. He’s going a really nice pink colour now.

I can relate!!! Although in another thread, someone asking how difficult are they to keep and another member was like "not much more than a BTA" i was floored

 

[OrionN]

Excellent thread; thank you all!

@Nemguy123 when are you gonna do your bacteria writeup?

Does @Nemguy123 started to culture sick anemone to isolate the pathogen?
I started to do it but my bank account was not big enough for such free work. If the health of my my family depends on it then yes but not for the hobby.

This is my Black Friday Magnifica after 1 week of treatment and 24 hr+ without antibiotic. I will get him to DT later today.

 

[Humanzee1966]

Does @Nemguy123 started to culture sick anemone to isolate the pathogen?
I started to do it but my bank account was not big enough for such free work. If the health of my my family depends on it then yes but not for the hobby.

This is my Black Friday Magnifica after 1 week of treatment and 24 hr+ without antibiotic. I will get him to DT later today.

Do you mind linking (or describing) your quarantine procedure? Cipro?

 

[OrionN]

Do you mind linking (or describing) your quarantine procedure? Cipro?

Protocol for using antibiotics to treat infected anemones

This is a re-post of what I wrote in ReefCentral on 3/09/2013 Many anemone keepers know, the collection and shipping process from ocean to local fish store (LFS) is a stressful event. Most host anemones do not survive this process without help, especially H. magnifica and S. gigantea. Other...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Sdot]

Do you mind linking (or describing) your quarantine procedure? Cipro?

Here you go