Magnifica trying to jump out of tank

[dangros]

Not sure why my H. Magnifica did this but for a few months, it stayed relatively put. The 2 clowns, even spawned eggs under it. Soon as they did, it started climbing the wall behind it. Now it's at the surface and starting to hurt the green Stylo!
Any suggestions?

The spot it was originally at is surrounded by zooanthids (Gorilla Nipples and Rastas) so maybe they are irritating it.

This is where it was just 3 weeks ago:

I turned out the light on that side today in hopes of it moving away from that spot. Should I pull it off and try to reattach to a new rock? I have a large one in the sump. Finding room for it is another story

 

[Bob Loblaw]

It went to where the flow was preferential.

 

[dangros]

The pics dont show it, but that would be right under the return. Any idea how to address this?

 

[Christopher Davis]

Could it be reaching for more light?

 

[dangros]

That’s what I thought so I turned off the Mitras over it today. Seems to be staying in the same spot for now.

Could it be reaching for more light?

 

[Breadman03]

From what I've read, magnificas will try to go as high and bright as they can get. Your best bet is to make a tall island for it where it can't touch anything taller.

 

[Christopher Davis]

From what I've read, magnificas will try to go as high and bright as they can get. Your best bet is to make a tall island for it where it can't touch anything taller.

+1

 

[Bob Loblaw]

I'd try moving your Vortechs and/or dialing them up before tinkering with lights.

 

[dangros]

The Vortechs are already turned up pretty high. They drop down some at night but not much. Maybe I'll try to move the Jebao ph I have to the other side and hit it more directly?
As for island, should I peel it off the wall and try to get it attached to the rock I place high up?

 

[Zack K]

The Vortechs are already turned up pretty high. They drop down some at night but not much. Maybe I'll try to move the Jebao ph I have to the other side and hit it more directly?
As for island, should I peel it off the wall and try to get it attached to the rock I place high up?

Just so you know if you don’t already, Mag’s prefer a flat surface to attach to unlike most other Anemone species. So this would explain why the Anemone chose the glass.
I also agree that they LOVE light. Like 500-600par at times.

-Zack, @gig ’em

 

[dangros]

According to a mitras lx7 thread on another forum, I'm not getting 500 par! Having said that, my sps dont seem to mind

 

[Zack K]

According to a mitras lx7 thread on another forum, I'm not getting 500 par! Having said that, my sps dont seem to mind

lol. It is not needed as much as that’s how much they can stand. Then generally sit within the 300-400 par range.
-Zack

 

[gig 'em]

Other than the spawning event, did you change anything else? Move a coral around it or adjust light or flow? When they're looking for a better environment they'll typically climb to the highest spot. That's why people who build a rock pillar for mags have success, when there's nothing higher for them to touch they'll typically stay put.

 

[dangros]

I dont recall changing anything. I did clean the powerheads at one point but that took all of a day each as they soaked in white vinegar. There are a million zooanthids that are on those rocks and that side of the wall so maybe it was trying to escape those. Once it did, it headed for higher light and more flow of the return blasting it from overhead. The nem remains there. I still havent had time to redo the rock work due to life stuff. I'll really have to think this through b/c there's a lot of growth everywhere and some of the rocks are not easily moved let alone restacked.

 

[dangros]

Thought I would post a funny update. Mr big moves decided to crawl around the overflow, across the side wall, and to the front of the tank. Luckily I saw it in time to turn off the powerhead when it got close. I still havent had time to move the rocks - I dread it due to the stuff that will likely break. Plus I still havent figured out a way to do this to look right, be stable, and to minimally destroy the existing growth.

 

[gig 'em]

Haha I had one do that in my DT too. I decided to let it be since my acros were growing too much anyway and they needed more space. Thought it was a good compromise [emoji1]

 

[myzislow]

Be really careful with him and your vortechs. I have a long term captive mag that i upset by trying to introduce another from a lfs. Long story short, it brought in a bad bacteria, and the established mag started deflating and declining rapidly. I treated it with ciprofloxacin in a hospital tank and brought it back to full glory very quickly. Upon reintroduction to my dt it walked one morning and half of it got chopped in a mp40 resulting in the death of all of my prized fish besides my clowns. Some fish i had for over 8 years ive had coral crashes and they didnt hurt like losing my fish all at once. Lesson learned for sure.

 

[myzislow]

Before it walked after treatment and another from today. Luckily its mouth and foot were unharmed and it seems to be recovering quickly. It had massive tissue damage in multiple spots and literally had it's tentacles completely chopped off to the disk on pretty much half of the anenome. Really interesting and cool to watch it heal for sure.

 

[dangros]

That's a great that it came back 2x @myzislow. I had a blue gig which had a similar story, except it died in the powerhead in the treatment tank. That's why I didnt take any chances and shut off the closest powerhead again tonight.
My main problem right now is rock location and either this nem or zoos trying to choke off SPS's. If only I could convince my wife that the solution would be a larger, 200g tank w/more space! ;Couchpotato