FernBluffReef
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Story:
12/2/2023 – Acquired from LFS what "appeared" to be a healthy Rittri Anemone. Placed in very young tank (~5 weeks) and probably should not have gotten an Anemone yet, but the other half insisted and while it’s been a long time, it's not like I did not successfully raise Anemone’s, etc. back in the 80s before getting out of reefing and now just recently getting back into… Chid me if you will for this.
Put the Anemone up on top of the highest structure in the tank with roughly 220 PAR at the time and decent flow. While the Ritteri barely moved, it did not seem all that happy. Regularly inflating and deflating, gaping mouth etc. After giving two weeks to acclimate, we decided we better treat before getting much worse.
12/15/2023 moved to a Hospital tank. 13.5 Fluva EVO (holds 12 gallons), with an upgraded Sicce 2.0 return pump, plus a second small pump from an old Bio cube for more intank flow, along with an extra Blue LED bar for a total of ~150 PAR. Best we could reasonably do for a hospital tank. 8 gallon (75%) water change daily with fresh saltwater.
After 3 days of Cipro treatment, Anemone was not improving. We doubled the dose of Cipro for three days. Substantial improvements seen post three days of treatment at the higher dose after which we returned to standard dosing. By day 8 the Anemone was seemingly stable, no longer constantly deflating. While we probably should have treated longer the Anemone seemed to be getting smaller and smaller (wasting) so we decided it best to move back to the display, crossing our fingers to either fully recover or not.
Evening of 12/22/2023, Anemone was moved back to the display. So as not to stress the Anemone, we left attached to the rock we gave it in QT. Placed the rock next to the structure we wanted the Anemone to climb. The day after we moved the Anemone to the display, it deflated once but otherwise stayed inflated and seemed content to stay and acclimate where it was placed in the DT.
1/3/2024 Anemone decided it’s time to find a new home. Rather than climb up to the light and flow (as we wanted and expected), the Anemone climbed down to the sand bed and then over to the front glass ☹ Not where we wanted him.... The next morning, we relocated the Anemone to the high point of the structure we wanted it on (~250-300 PAR plus decent flow.) Anemone wanted nothing to do with it and overnight climbed back down to the bottom of the structure and to the sand bed where it has stayed for the past couple days. At this point, its climbed back up the structure just a bit so his foot is back entirely on the rock. He’s only getting ~120-150 PAR where he is and not tremendous flow, but its health seems to have returned and I imagine will find a brighter home soon. The better half is now occasionally feeding shrimp or Reef Frenzy and very happy with her now much healthier anemone.
Pics follow, Sorry for the not great pictures - still getting there.
12/2/2023 – Acquired from LFS what "appeared" to be a healthy Rittri Anemone. Placed in very young tank (~5 weeks) and probably should not have gotten an Anemone yet, but the other half insisted and while it’s been a long time, it's not like I did not successfully raise Anemone’s, etc. back in the 80s before getting out of reefing and now just recently getting back into… Chid me if you will for this.
Put the Anemone up on top of the highest structure in the tank with roughly 220 PAR at the time and decent flow. While the Ritteri barely moved, it did not seem all that happy. Regularly inflating and deflating, gaping mouth etc. After giving two weeks to acclimate, we decided we better treat before getting much worse.
12/15/2023 moved to a Hospital tank. 13.5 Fluva EVO (holds 12 gallons), with an upgraded Sicce 2.0 return pump, plus a second small pump from an old Bio cube for more intank flow, along with an extra Blue LED bar for a total of ~150 PAR. Best we could reasonably do for a hospital tank. 8 gallon (75%) water change daily with fresh saltwater.
After 3 days of Cipro treatment, Anemone was not improving. We doubled the dose of Cipro for three days. Substantial improvements seen post three days of treatment at the higher dose after which we returned to standard dosing. By day 8 the Anemone was seemingly stable, no longer constantly deflating. While we probably should have treated longer the Anemone seemed to be getting smaller and smaller (wasting) so we decided it best to move back to the display, crossing our fingers to either fully recover or not.
Evening of 12/22/2023, Anemone was moved back to the display. So as not to stress the Anemone, we left attached to the rock we gave it in QT. Placed the rock next to the structure we wanted the Anemone to climb. The day after we moved the Anemone to the display, it deflated once but otherwise stayed inflated and seemed content to stay and acclimate where it was placed in the DT.
1/3/2024 Anemone decided it’s time to find a new home. Rather than climb up to the light and flow (as we wanted and expected), the Anemone climbed down to the sand bed and then over to the front glass ☹ Not where we wanted him.... The next morning, we relocated the Anemone to the high point of the structure we wanted it on (~250-300 PAR plus decent flow.) Anemone wanted nothing to do with it and overnight climbed back down to the bottom of the structure and to the sand bed where it has stayed for the past couple days. At this point, its climbed back up the structure just a bit so his foot is back entirely on the rock. He’s only getting ~120-150 PAR where he is and not tremendous flow, but its health seems to have returned and I imagine will find a brighter home soon. The better half is now occasionally feeding shrimp or Reef Frenzy and very happy with her now much healthier anemone.
Pics follow, Sorry for the not great pictures - still getting there.
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