Randy's Tank and Learn Thread

[rishma]

My wife really likes pink skunks. Once the LTA gets big enough that might be the plan for it.

I don’t think you get to tell them which anemone is their’s lol

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I don’t think you get to tell them which anemone is their’s lol

Unless ocellaris have the magnifica first and hold it. lol

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Unfortunate Updates

Sea Fan

The sea fan I got from Gulf Coast Ecosystems, which is red with white polyps, stopped extending its polyps a few days after arrival (unless it only does so in full dark), and is presumed dead. I'm leaving it in the tank because its skeleton is still very cool looking and it does not seem to grow algae. Perhaps it is just hanging on. I never intentionally feed it, but I dose a lot of phyto at night.



Yellow Leather

The yellow leather is also not doing very well. Not sure why. It most often has no polyps extended.

Willow Leather

Same for this leather, except it has considerably shrunk in size.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Whelk

I removed a whelk to the sump. There certainly is a lot of snail mortality, probably from whelks and mantis shrimps.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Magnifica

Still cautiously optimistic I won’t need to treat this anemone. Last night I saw phases lasting a couple of minutes where a small section of tentacles deflated and then later a different section. Never the whole anemone.

Today it looks ok, mouth is tightly closed and no deflated tentacles right now.

I upped the flow last night by redirecting the powerhead so the main flow (which is pulsed) is a couple of inches above the anemone. That makes rolling waves of flow hit it every so often and ripples across the anemone.

Current picture:

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Copepods

I added more pods last night, but pods are going great guns already. Probably from all the phyto I dose. The mandarin is really thriving.

Here’s a picture of pods on the glass:

 

[Miami Reef]

Unfortunate Updates

Sea Fan

The sea fan I got from Gulf Coast Ecosystems, which is red with white polyps, stopped extending its polyps a few days after arrival (unless it only does so in full dark), and is presumed dead. I'm leaving it in the tank because its skeleton is still very cool looking and it does not seem to grow algae. Perhaps it is just hanging on. I never intentionally feed it, but I dose a lot of phyto at night.



Yellow Leather

The yellow leather is also not doing very well. Not sure why. It most often has no polyps extended.

Willow Leather

Same for this leather, except it has considerably shrunk in size.

I think @KStatefan had a similar thing happen. I believe that’s just normal leather behavior. They’re weird.

 

[KStatefan]

I think @KStatefan had a similar thing happen. I believe that’s just normal leather behavior. They’re weird.

My toadstool leathers do that sometimes with no polyp extension for a few days then come back strong.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Magnifica

Well, it is taking a turn for the worse. If it does not recover today, or if it repeats tomorrow even if it recovers today, I’m going to pull it and take it to a hospital tank for a cipro treatment.

 

[Miami Reef]

I wouldn’t wait. Prognosis is best when treated earlier. It has the symptoms of an infection.

We already expected the magnifica to require antibiotics. They are notorious for this, and it was already slightly bleached.

Maybe people treat these guys prophylactically. I think now’s the best time.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I wouldn’t wait. Prognosis is best when treated earlier. It has the symptoms of an infection.

We already expected the magnifica to require antibiotics. They are notorious for this, and it was already slightly bleached.

Maybe people treat these guys prophylactically. I think now’s the best time.

Thanks.

 

[Hot2na]

pull it NOW

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I did. I posted question in the anemone forum about how much light to give it, but here it is:

In reef before move:

Now in Cipro/ new salt water:

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

It is presently getting about 270 par as
per my vbr aqua, and is being kept at tank salinity and 78 deg F. Cipro was half a 500 mg tablet in about 10 gallons of new salt water (not old tank water to reduce bacteria). Stirring is an old Hagen 802 on the other side of egg crate.

I moved the anemone and it’s rock together rather than try to remove it.

 

[Miami Reef]

Good morning, Randy.

How’s the anemone doing this morning?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Magnifica Update

I understand the cyclic nature of these deflation cycles so that looking good doesn’t necessarily mean much (it also looked good yesterday morning) but it does certainly look fine right now before lights are on for the day:

 

[rishma]

How long does one treat the infection?

 

[The new fish on the block]

How long does one treat the infection?

Usually for a week, or until the mag stops deflating.

 

[The new fish on the block]

Magnifica Update

I understand the cyclic nature of these deflation cycles so that looking good doesn’t necessarily mean much (it also looked good yesterday morning) but it does certainly look fine right now before lights are on for the day:

Sorry to hear your mag ended up needing to be treated, Randy.

I found that when I first got my mag It usually would start to look bad towards the middle of the day until night time it would go back to looking good.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Sorry to hear your mag ended up needing to be treated, Randy.

I found that when I first got my mag It usually would start to look bad towards the middle of the day until night time it would go back to looking good.

That seems to be similar to my situation. Did that resolve on its own, or did you need to treat?

Any idea why light seems to cause issues?