Wow, what a neat tank.. Good luck with the blues!! That is the last one of my list to own...
Thanks! Let me know when we're all going house hopping. :dance:
you are the man....they look fantastic!!!
kudos on a job well done
FYI, that green one is just amazing in person and the pics do it no justice
Thanks Craig! Wish I could take credit for a job well done, but it's more like pulling the handle on a slot machine and closing your eyes... Pete's the man, he's the one that got them. Jackpot!
You're next after your move! We'll get you converted too!
Out of curiosity, how does the blue gig react to your lighting? Does it ever appear to want less light?
They all react the same. They love the light, and show it during the light cycle. Lights come on, they expand to size, lights out, they go to about 80% size. No deflates yet since going into the 75. (knock knock) They all extend/face towards the light. I'm ashamed to show this, but figure it may be useful to someone... I'm using all kinds of ghetto rigs... T5 ATI blue plus, DIY LED (60 3watt cree with lenses), and MH 250 watt 10K hamilton. It will all get changed back to all DIY LED in my hood when the weather gets warmer. I'm hoping I can switch to LED for good with no problems, in a couple months. We'll see. I may just stick with MH.
I took my hood off a little while ago. The large blue haddoni I got at Thanksgiving. I got it from another reefer. The salinity was around 1.021 in the tank it came from. That guy said he had it for 4 months, so I took a chance. He fed it right before I got there, the mouth was 3-4" gapping, had bald patches, but he said it was just a slow eater, always was. Hind sight, that guy was a bit ..... anyways, I figured, he had it so long, I'd risk it. Got it home, it was falling apart in chunks, I didn't see at the time because it was so big, so ruffled looking, had bald patches, and the mouth didn't close for about 3 months. It filled a 5 gallon bucket half way, anemone only. I'm happily suprised that it is still around today. Bald patches are gone, but parts of the disk are deformed. Outer chunks came off, giving it "fingers" where it used to be a round disk. The thing was a huge monster to start with. Because of this anemone, I removed my LED hood and put a MH 250 over it. It didn't seem to be getting better with LED, which it came from. It had amazing color, just was falling apart and wouldn't eat for a couple months. It was in really poor shape. If it wasn't for it's size, I'm pretty sure it would have died. Now, it's doing quite well. Finally eats well. Seems like that's how I always get anemone's, in septic condition. My green one came (free) from a tank with nothing, cold, no lights for over a month. Owner was going to throw it out because he was taking down a tank that was just sitting full of water. Thought, eh, I'll take it, I've got a tank it can die in... Now look at it. First time I saw Pete's gigs in person, gapping mouths, flat, etc. etc... There's always an exception, but generally, gigs should NEVER deflate. I had one for a while, lost it during my tank upgrade a few years ago. I've watched them month after month...
Enough rambling. Here's my lights I'm currently using. The MH washes almost the whole tank, so everyone's getting a little of everything. Go ahead and laugh...it's working...
Sorry Rotknee, got off track a bit... All the anemone's seem to love the light, and reach towards it. When flow is stopped, the gigs vibrate pretty well, as does my blue haddoni right after lights go down. The green haddoni never vibrates, and tents are always short on that one. Blue haddoni you can always see where the mouth is. The green haddoni you can not tell exactly where the mouth is, it's just a solid flat plate of tentacles. Gig on top left has a mouth that's like a tight little dot. Gig on top right has tight mouth, but it's tooth is always sticking out. Poor guy needs a dentist. Got the urge to try feeding them after watching them last night. All 4 ate well. Salmon.
If you made it this far, too much mumbling, sorry...
