2 blue gigs.

Taylor t
I got 7 Radion 5 of which is G3 pro and 2 G2 pro over my 6 foot tank. My tank got really bright light. There got to be error in reading either your's or mine. Brighter light than this and my anemone going to burn.
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ThRoewer said:
My concern is that giganteas may need to have a certain minimum size before they spawn.
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Well Gents (and Ladies if I missed you), my dark green gig is DEFINITELY a male. I shut pumps down to do some cleaning last night and he went ahead and started clouding up my tank with his seed...

I am not convinced that this was a spawn due to ideal conditions (although params are fine), rather I think the stopping of the flow triggered this. That all being said, it's definitely a male. The blue and the purple gig did not release anything at the time. They did swell up some, but that too may be due to the stopping of the flow. Skimmer didn't go TOO crazy and I am monitoring them all today. I shot a video of the release and will try to upload later.
 
Check the other two anemones carefully for evidence of eggs. In my Malu I can see the babies inside the mother. They move independent from the fluid and each other. I seen several that move pass each other in opposite direction. My Malu release the babies in 72 hrs at night. If you see something consider stop the return pump and use air pumps to bothe your sump and DT overnight on the third night. At least that is what I would do if I am you
 
OrionN said:
Check the other two anemones carefully for evidence of eggs. In my Malu I can see the babies inside the mother. They move independent from the fluid and each other. I seen several that move pass each other in opposite direction. My Malu release the babies in 72 hrs at night. If you see something consider stop the return pump and use air pumps to bothe your sump and DT overnight on the third night. At least that is what I would do if I am you
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Minh,

I am all on board to follow the above, couple(many) questions. I don't suppose you have a photo of your malu's for reference? Is it visable under reef lighting or do I need to shine a flashlight through the nem? Do they stay more in the column or in the disc? You said the Malu released its' babies after 72 hours or it was a 72 hour process of releasing babies? How small are the babies? Do you suggest me trying to remove the babies and place them in a low flow remote 20 gallon with display tank water?

Sorry for all the questions, I do a lot of lurking in the anemone forums and remembered your post about possibly breeding gigs.
 
brcb7tuner said:
I had a friend come over with a apogee usb and I was only getting 75 par at my gig and 100 just below the surface. My mertens and haddoni were getting less then 50. This is with a 175w 20k, two 36" actinic t5 and a little blue and uv led, I have my lights high above the water at 18" and the bulbs are older. I thought my tank and sps were maxed out with this combo and don't plan on going any higher, I run my halide 12hrs a day and total 13. I don't know if the meter may be off, but he said he checked outside and was getting over 1200 and he gets a little over 200 on his tank. My gig has been happy for a year now and could move up a little if it wanted.
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Thank you for this! Wow, that's low. I wonder what they look like? And, wonder what they would look like if they got more light? I know for sure, they can handle more light than that. Can you post some pics of yours?



Vapour1ze said:
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Don't, turn around, sell your stuff, and run as far as you can from this hobby! It's cheaper to spend all day at the casino! (J/K:lolspin:)
I'm sorry for spreading my anemone-addictive-itus disease to you.
:D:facepalm:



OrionN said:
My Apogee arrived yesterday. I took some measure today. My happiest Gig is a huge Gig. About 18 inches. Top part PAR at 550. Middle where the mouth is is about 490. Two other Gig at about 425. The 4th Gig at about 350. He is the smallest and slowest growth. I always feed him extra. Magnifica at 350 and Haddoni at 275
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Thank you for this! I know you feed a lot. I'm surprised at the low par numbers, but also haven't seen too many pics of them (but haven't looked very hard for them either) lately. Mine didn't do well with such low light. But I don't feed as often/as much as you either. You can grow a gig huge in 6 months, I still have gigs 3 years old around a foot.



OrionN said:
Taylor t
I got 7 Radion 5 of which is G3 pro and 2 G2 pro over my 6 foot tank. My tank got really bright light. There got to be error in reading either your's or mine. Brighter light than this and my anemone going to burn.
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No error in my readings. I'm sure. What I am sure of, is, if you were to give them more light, you would be impressed at how they started to look. You could feed less too. Maybe not brighter light from the radion, but maybe supplemental light from additional 5K LED spots. Spectrum matters, and I think they could gain from another brand in addition, no offense. Really, you would be surprised at the increase in overall appearance. No joke. Ugly to have clamp on lights yes, but they love those lights.

OrionN said:
My new Par Meter. Spend 15 min to make a Wand for it.
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Nice!
 
Here's some pics from tonight.
FTS 75 gig tank.


Here's Pete's little "brown".


Far left blue, starter of this thread:


Other blue, starter of theread (Both under a foot):


Purple


Middle blue:


Other purple:


Green:


They had a little trouble adjusting to the new lights. But we're over that bump now. I'm still glad I made the switch.
 
Here's the footing of the far left blue. It's on the back of the tank. Mom and pop have babies on the glass that will swim the next couple nights.


Here's the purple and green on the right. Both are through the sand to the bottom of the tank.
 
So here's the 210 FTS:


Pete's old "goliath", not so goliath now a days. ...he overfed, JMHO, but hey, if that's what you want....


Purple. This guy acts like a BTA. Pulls back at lights out, pops out at sun up. Not like any other gigs I have.


Another purple.


For those who know, or care, this is Robbie's green (reef1589) [for keeping track of purposes]:


Mertens:


Happy Easter everyone! :)
 
I know to most, I have a big brown ugly anemone. It's eye candy to me.
I also have another expensive hobby, guitars. I have a select few I would grab if my house was on fire. This mertens would be among the "burning building saves". I know to most, it's just another oversized brown anemone, but I really like it.


I would honestly give it a 5/10 in health and appearance, from what I know they are supposed to look like. But it's still a family favorite. It would be the first of the anemones to be saved.
 
 
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taylor t
What is your thought on feeding them such finely ground food? A lot of that will go to your filter feeder or just up the nutrient or end up in your skimmer IMO. I feed mine chunks of sea food instead of use a syringe like you.

BTW, I just got to get more light to my anemones. Your anemone's colors are nice.
 
OrionN said:
taylor t
You may want to smash the food. Not pulverized them but just smashed them up, just enough so that they stay together and not dissolved when it hit the water. It is easier for the anemone to digest smaller bits of food.
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Since your suggestion, I've just kind of done it this way. I suppose it was originally YOUR thoughts, not mine... I remember Rod saying he never directly fed his, and mine seemed to have done so well with just feeding the tank. It's easier to target feed the anemones using tubing, more on the nems and less floating in the water. It's helped in how often I empty my skimmer, less.



OrionN said:
If you don't want the algae in your tank, a foxface will make short work of them. My one spot foxface just make short work of all the tougher algae.
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I think I may have forgot to tell you, thanks for the suggestion. I now have one in the 210. It may have a foxface, but has a pigface appetite.



taylor t said:
I take out a piece of original Rods frozen food. Actual size may vary, 1"or 2", I may be off a little...


I dip it in the 75 gallon for a few seconds, to let a little bit thaw and fall. I just always did this for my white anemone crabs, I could see they strain the water column for crumbs, so I figured I was just feeding them.

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I think feeding this way, adds TONS more to the skimmer and overall tank nutrients. Dropping pulverized food right on the nems gets the food right to the intended recipients instead of the water column. Less food seems to go farther with less impact on the nutrients is what I see feeding like this. It's ok that we don't agree. :beer:



OrionN said:
taylor t
What is your thought on feeding them such finely ground food? A lot of that will go to your filter feeder or just up the nutrient or end up in your skimmer IMO. I feed mine chunks of sea food instead of use a syringe like you.

BTW, I just got to get more light to my anemones. Your anemone's colors are nice.
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You'll never know how you've impacted the hobby - I originally got the idea FROM YOU! :) See above quotes. :) And thanks! I normally don't feed near that much in the videos I posted, that's about 3x as much as I normally give them, that's why I video'd them, and probably why they aren't 24" yet. Normally, I just let a little dust fall on them, just enough food to stimulate a response, or as you put it "you got to get them some raw material". If they're mostly bags of water, all they really need is a little anyways. In a sense, maybe they're just filter feeders too. Who knows for sure. They definitely grow with large food chunks for sure, as we've all seen, but it's also possible to have a healthy good looking gig that's small too, using little food.

And thanks! If you get your anemone's more 5K lighting, I promise you, you will see good results if you give it a few weeks - in ADDITION to your radions-not changing the setting on your radions... Nothing wrong with those lights, but I think they are all lacking the intensity in the spectrum that gigs like. Just what I see in the reactions of mine. Those radion lights are proven to keep them alive-sure, but gigs can look better if given more light in a 5K flavor. Although, some are sold on aesthetics alone, they don't want to add a "yellow" light to their tank. I get that. The one gig that looks the best, my 75 green, gets 2000+ par. That's ridiculous lighting for anything but a gig. I don't think radions can even make that strong of lighting, let alone penetrate a foot into water.
And, that's using the q-200 par meter that doesn't pick up the blue spectrum very well, so it's even higher than that!
 
The dreaded Home depot. The ones I'm using are discontinued.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-...-LED-Flood-Light-Bulb-2-Pack-425280/204109095

I've got some of these too, just not as strong.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-...-LED-Flood-Light-Bulb-4-Pack-435016/205362379

Last year, I got the 120 watt equivalent (120 watt=19.5 watt)
Now they seem to only offer the 100 watt equivalent (100 watt=17 watt)
Just make sure it's daylight, or 5K color and you'll be fine. I've been using both, they seem to like them both. Roughly $20 or less per bulb, $6 for a cheap clamp on socket. $3 for a strip and $10 for a timer. Philips brand seems to be best, I've tried a few different brands. 5K color (or daylight) seems to be best.
 
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