Ritteri cipro treatment

[JonezNReef]

Wow that bleached Mag is coloring up nice at the 6 month mark. Is the base still the red color or has it changed as well?

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

@JonezNReef the base is still an intense red luckily. How are your mags doing? Any new pics?

 

[JonezNReef]

@JonezNReef the base is still an intense red luckily. How are your mags doing? Any new pics?

Thats awesome the base has retained its color as I am hoping my bleached mag keeps its base color too. Both of my mags are doing well and the bleached mag has finally settled into a spot next to the other mag and the second mag is huge and the tips of the tentacles are changing color but the base of it is almost white. I will get some pictures with the blue lights off this weekend. Also a different LFS around here is said to have a mag I am going to look at possibly today and see what kind of shape its in

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

Thats awesome the base has retained its color as I am hoping my bleached mag keeps its base color too. Both of my mags are doing well and the bleached mag has finally settled into a spot next to the other mag and the second mag is huge and the tips of the tentacles are changing color but the base of it is almost white. I will get some pictures with the blue lights off this weekend. Also a different LFS around here is said to have a mag I am going to look at possibly today and see what kind of shape its in

My second mag has a bleached based but it was brown to begin with. Keep us posted if you like what you see at the LFS and take the mag plunge a third time!!

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

Bleached mag is coloring up nicely but like the previous one it’s difficult to see in the photos. So far I think the key to its success is the small daily feeding and increase in T5 light period. Very curious to see if retains the intense green it had before the bleaching event.

 

[JonezNReef]

Bleached mag is coloring up nicely but like the previous one it’s difficult to see in the photos. So far I think the key to its success is the small daily feeding and increase in T5 light period. Very curious to see if retains the intense green it had before the bleaching event.

That thing is looking great. Wish I could get one like it. Keep up the good work

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

My purple mag decided to go for a walk and started to move closer to the green one. As soon as it was close the green mag immediately started to move to meet it. Not sure why they did this but I’ll post an update if anything goes bad.

 

[atoll]

My purple mag decided to go for a walk and started to move closer to the green one. As soon as it was close the green mag immediately started to move to meet it. Not sure why they did this but I’ll post an update if anything goes bad.

That's interesting. Maybe they will spawn at some point.

 

[JonezNReef]

Ever since mine have moved close to each other they have stayed put

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

That's interesting. Maybe they will spawn at some point.

That’s what I was thinking, and afraid of, as well…I’m going to have to make sure my skimmer is pretty empty from now on and that I have carbon on standby just in case it happens in the future.
Well worth the extra work though!

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

Ever since mine have moved close to each other they have stayed put

That’s great to hear! I was wondering if they prefer to be colonial in nature vs solitary since I’ve seen pics of both situations. The interesting thing to me was as the purple mag was moving I saw what corals were affected by it’s sting and which were not. My gorgonians which are highly sensitive to stings (GSP will kill the flesh after a day or two!) we’re fine. My long polyp leather not so much. After a day of the mag touching it the leather, and the frags I made trying to save it, were dead with in a week.

That’s what I was thinking, and afraid of, as well…I’m going to have to make sure my skimmer is pretty empty from now on and that I have carbon on standby just in case it happens in the future.
Well worth the extra work though!

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

Quick update on the mags. Both doing well and the bleached one is getting more of its green back. Added more rock to get it closer to lights since it started wondering. Perhaps the additional zooxanth. are giving it the need for additional light? Either way here are some pics for comparison.

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

So I think I’ll stop updating this thread and post any changes to the mags or the tank in my build thread. Happy reefing everyone!

 

[djf91]

That’s great to hear! I was wondering if they prefer to be colonial in nature vs solitary since I’ve seen pics of both situations. The interesting thing to me was as the purple mag was moving I saw what corals were affected by it’s sting and which were not. My gorgonians which are highly sensitive to stings (GSP will kill the flesh after a day or two!) we’re fine. My long polyp leather not so much. After a day of the mag touching it the leather, and the frags I made trying to save it, were dead with in a week.

Any insight on how the Mag sting effects SPS? I’m about to add one and I’m worried about all of my Acro frags. I’m going to put on a flat rock right underneath one of my metal halides but I just having a feeling it’s going to walk…..

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

@djf91 I'm not sure how a mag sting would affect SPS coral since I don't have any SPS colonies in my tank. But I've seen a few pics of them close by SPS colonies in other peoples tanks so I would assume they would fair much better than my fleshier softie colonies.

 

[MartinM]

Any insight on how the Mag sting effects SPS? I’m about to add one and I’m worried about all of my Acro frags. I’m going to put on a flat rock right underneath one of my metal halides but I just having a feeling it’s going to walk…..

Likely it would kill them over time, BTA stings definitely do.

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

The green magnifica never bounced back as fast or complete as the red magnifica unfortunately. This week it began an inflation/deflation cycle so I decided to pull it out and do a cipro treatment. Lesson to be learned is: TREAT ALL MAGS regardless of how they look when you get them! It would have been better to treat it in the beginning; that way if it goes through another inflation/deflation cycle (like it’s doing now) I could at least eliminate the possibility of a bacterial infection from shipping…

 

[Paleozoic_reefer]

Mag didn’t make it….lesson is: ALWAYS treat a new mag, even it looks healthy and ready for the DT…