New Ritteri Anemone (Advice Welcome)

Saltgator · Dec 11, 2012

bjledbetter said:
I think I'm loosing it. The mouth is wide open and has been sense last night its staying about half deflated and just dosent look good at all and wouldn't eat today.I have no idea what else I can do for it. I'm gonna do a wc when I get home tonight and hope for the best. It still hasn't moved from where it was on the bottom of the tank. Should I they and move it up to the top? Could it be doing it bc a lack of light being so low?

Sorry your thinking that you might lose it. I wouldn't move it. Any tampering with it might add more stress. If it wants more light, it will move on it's own. I'd just keep an eye on it. Again, sorry that it might not make it.

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bjledbetter · Dec 12, 2012

idk who is more stressed me or the nem. I have had bta's for a long time till the tank crash took em out a few months ago and i never really payed them much attention except to feed twice a week. This thing ive watched like a hawk. I come home tonight and it has moved about 3 inches from where it was into a spot where there is prob twice the flow there was in the corner of the tank and it looks great again. It looks to be bigger than it ever has and the mouth is closed tight. Its just sitting there waving in the flow. Btw how much flow does these things like? Any one got any pics of there's

bjledbetter · Dec 12, 2012

Saltgator said:
Sorry your thinking that you might lose it. I wouldn't move it. Any tampering with it might add more stress. If it wants more light, it will move on it's own. I'd just keep an eye on it. Again, sorry that it might not make it.

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Hey thanks for all your help and info on this nem. It's been an interesting week watching this thing. Id love to see a pic of the one you have, and ill post a new pic of this one soon.

bjledbetter · Dec 12, 2012

Short video showing flow: [video]http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=tn_tnmn#!/video/video.php?v=10200112227077551&notif_t=video_proces sed[/video]

Saltgator · Dec 12, 2012

Not the greatest pics. I don't mind helping at all. Anytime.

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Saltgator · Dec 12, 2012

bjledbetter said:
Short video showing flow: [video]http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=tn_tnmn#!/video/video.php?v=10200112227077551&notif_t=video_proces sed[/video]

Nice video! When did you shoot the video?

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bjledbetter · Dec 12, 2012

Saltgator said:
Nice video! When did you shoot the video?

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About 5 mins before i posted it on here

Saltgator · Dec 12, 2012

bjledbetter said:
About 5 mins before i posted it on here

Nem looks great. I hope it continues for you.

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bjledbetter · Dec 19, 2012

Quick update: It looks like its settleing in where it has always been at the bottom of the tank on some rocks. It seams to be happy there. It has quit deflating and eats like a pig. I feed it a small piece of krill daily now and I have yet to see it release any thing uneaten. I have noticed something odd tho. If I dont feed it by late afternoon or miss a day the mouth will open and kind of pucker up till I feed it and then it closes back tight. and that is the only time the mouth is open. If i keep it fed the mouth stays tight. Im hopeing I got lucky and got a good healthy one that I can enjoy for years to come. so far so good.

Saltgator · Dec 19, 2012

bjledbetter said:
Quick update: It looks like its settleing in where it has always been at the bottom of the tank on some rocks. It seams to be happy there. It has quit deflating and eats like a pig. I feed it a small piece of krill daily now and I have yet to see it release any thing uneaten. I have noticed something odd tho. If I dont feed it by late afternoon or miss a day the mouth will open and kind of pucker up till I feed it and then it closes back tight. and that is the only time the mouth is open. If i keep it fed the mouth stays tight. Im hopeing I got lucky and got a good healthy one that I can enjoy for years to come. so far so good.

Mine does the same. Glad it's doing good for ya.

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bjledbetter · Dec 29, 2012

Here is a question for ya. When your lights go out or the nem gets stressed does it ball up? Ive noticed my the last few nights when the lights are out it kinda balls up. It used to stay open all night. Ive also noticed that it doesnt seam to like me dosing h2o2 to try and get rid of my dino's it deflates quite a bit for about a half hour and then reopens,

Saltgator · Dec 29, 2012

bjledbetter said:
Here is a question for ya. When your lights go out or the nem gets stressed does it ball up? Ive noticed my the last few nights when the lights are out it kinda balls up. It used to stay open all night. Ive also noticed that it doesnt seam to like me dosing h2o2 to try and get rid of my dino's it deflates quite a bit for about a half hour and then reopens,

My only closes to eat. At night or is a tad bit more smaller, but no closing.

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Bob Loblaw · Dec 29, 2012

I've had my Mag for ~1.5-2 years and I've only seen it ball up a handful of times after lights out. Under a Vertex Illumina 200 series running in the mid 90s.
MP40 for flow runnign at 50% on constant mode. It's only moved from this spot one time when I cleaned the wet side and put it back in the wrong spot, careful light and flow adjustments returned it back to it's ledge.

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