2 blue gigs.

Glad you decided to keep them Taylor.....you've put alot of effort into their care and it shows.

I wont be giving up my H.magnifica anemones either....
 

Pinkskunk said:
is this the same light setup right now?

http://s256.photobucket.com/user/dave1748/media/Mobile Uploads/image_zps7d6328f7.jpg.html
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Thanks!
Yes, basically the same, but added another. Big dollar Home Depot clamp on specials. Little changed. Current pic.

I'm in the process on figuring out what to do with my DIY LED. They look like they're at about 1/2 power of what they used to be. 6-8 years old I think, not sure, but they're spent. They need replacing. I think I'm going to use reefledlights.com again. Still in the planning stages of replacement. Working on the tank is a hassle, the lights need to change.





maxxII said:
Glad you decided to keep them Taylor.....you've put alot of effort into their care and it shows.

I wont be giving up my H.magnifica anemones either....
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Thanks! Early on, tons of time and effort. Once they're stabilized and acclimated, they're pretty durable. Both my tanks have put up with pretty horrible house keeping the last year. The 210 is still struggling to recover, just needs more time, hard to find. I feel the same as you and your mag, with my mertens.
 
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Was just going to ask you about the Mertens....Glad you still have it.


Those are an awesome anemone, but need space and dedicated and knowledgeable aquarists to keep them.

Based on what I've seen, you've got that covered.

I just wish that healthy S.gigantea anemones were more common here in St Louis.

The only healthy one I've seen was at a local hobbyist's house, and he stated he just ordered a blue carpet from the LFS and that is what they got him....acclimation was dump the bag in the tank.

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Thanks maxxII.

As I was sitting here looking at it I remembered. I don't think I posted this, in this thread. Here's one for the log book. This is what it looked like when I got it.




Then after cipro. It's the one on the left.


Here it is today. One would never guess it was once only half an anemone.
 
Here's a few more from tonight.






I just moved this one right before Christmas from the 210 to the 75. Pete had it for a year before I got it. I've had it going on 9 months now? Maybe 2.5 inches if it really stretches. It was brown, but the last few months, it's started glowing green with actinics, but doesn't look green with daylights on, yet... Will be interesting to see what it colors to in the next year.






 
Thanks! Got it from a reefer in the area almost 2 years ago. I traded 3 breeding chocolate clowns for some babies. Wow, looking back at the photo's, I've had the little gig over a year already.
Here's the group of babies when I got them. It's the one with the most white coloring in the group. It should have been culled. It's deformed, but the deformed nose has grown out a little as it's aged. It originally looked like someone punched it in the nose. I would have never picked it to bring home, but now it's grown on me and I like it (her). She doesn't look as bad as she did when she was smaller.

It was so severely deformed when smaller, it's the condition of clown that starts fights on forums for even keeping alive, but looks ok as it's gotten older now. Nice colors though. Thanks CoralsAddiction.

The photo represents it correctly too, it was a stumpy, with a punched in nose. Horrible swimmer. Not so stumpy now that it's older though. IMO, It really has grown into a nice clown the past year.
 
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I completely understand what you mean by the clown looking better as she grew older. One breeder I talked to believes that unless a clown has obvious severe deformities it could take a year before a culling decision can or should be made. Your clown is a good example as to why some clowns are worthy of keeping around despite some imperfections. Great story.
 
It used to have nice orange on it's tail and fins. It's almost solid black now. Here's the last tinge of color on it's tail.










I'll see if I can find some good pics of when it was small. It was really absurd looking.
 
I had an all black clown like that too with just an orange face and white bars. She jumped.
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Well, here's the original 2 blues the thread was started on. Both in this shot.


Maybe the secret to robust gig health is iron,

What is frustrating, I need to buy a new mp40 wet side every 6 months. This sucks.
 
Are you using appropriate setting on the spacer for your glass? I run mine continuously now for a few year, no problem.
 
OrionN said:
Are you using appropriate setting on the spacer for your glass? I run mine continuously now for a few year, no problem.
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Yes sir. I've got the plastic adjustment on the dry side set to the right thickness. I think this is the 4th wet side replacement in a year. I'm thinking of replacing with tunze controllable. Seems ridiculous I know. Frustrating to me.
 
Send it back to EcoTech. The will take care of it for you. I had problem with my MP60 that I bough used and they took care of the problem for me. IMO, their service is second to none
 
I'll try. Thanks... The dry side is a few years old. I'm not holding my breath...I spent the day driving to get flow back in my tank.... to buy a replacement.... If they find favor on me, I'll report back. I'm not anticipating any favor, I typically get shafted....I'll contact them tomorrow.... To be continued...
 
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