Any updates on the carpet from PhishyBusiness ?

[Stoneyscoral]

This may sound terrible but, I have a deal with our local lfs that I will be able to buy gigantea's at his wholesale price until I get one that "sticks"

I am going to keep a log to track success and failures. Of course I will start with what I have learned from others here (temp/flow).

 

[Rod Buehler]

I hope to get a few videos of the surges firing at my gigantae.. I think people will be supprised on how much flow my clowns/gigantae actually receive. Also the tank has finally been able to peak at 85-86.. everyone is happy! in the winter months its a little difficult to keep it up in the 83-84 range.

 

[Stoneyscoral]

Rod, do you keep sps as well in your tank. Of course I want the best of all worlds in my tank. Sps and a gigantea.

Bonsai had posted a video of his flow and It was nothing short of a jacuzzi.

Todd

 

[Rod Buehler]

A little of anything and everything gets tossed into and taken from that tank, but Yes, there are some SPS that stay full time . Lots of xenia too. First and foremost its my clown/anemone tank. I have many other tanks set up too

 

[Rod Buehler]

if you were asking because of concerns of temp with SPS.. my anemone system is tied to th esame system as my main SPS tank(the surge/tide zone) and also my 7 gal bow Zoa tank. (Zoo tanks belong at the zoo, because there is no second "O" in Zoanthid )

 

[cagri]

my hoddoni did not make it either. I have had him a little over a month. One day he looked great next day he looked bad. I tried everything possible. It was eating too. Tank also has rose and rose has been thriving.

 

[keefsama2003]

the rose may have donein your haddoni i had a bta and a haddoni in the same tank and the second i put it in it started to shrink and look really bad. when i took out the bta it was fine and has been in the tank for 4 months now and doing really good

 

[Stoneyscoral]

Thanks!

 

[Rod Buehler]

FWIW, I have a rose in my 7 bow, and its tied to the same system as the 3x3 gigantae tank.. no issues here

 

[keefsama2003]

i didnt say there was with gigantea from all my research the bta/gigantea combo is fine but the bta/haddoni combo doesnt work out of all posts i have been thru on the different boards one seems to wind up dead

 

[Dlckwood]

Well FWIW, I had a rose and brown haddoni combo and they both did great. That was in my 40 gallon. I think it is all random.
DLCKWOOD

 

[blkwrxwgn]

Yeah I think the mortality rate has a lot to do with the way they are collected or shipped. I've had a hadoni and rose for quite some time now with no ill effects. I've given up on my search for a gigantea because of all the deaths. I'll stick with trying to find rare colored hadoni instead.

 

[OrionN]

Just a bumb so iReef69 can read a little about S. gigantea

 

[kerusso316]

Rod do feed your gigantae RODS FOOD.This may be the missing link.......Rod has the brightest color fish I have ever seen.His food is the best money can buy.

 

[Rod Buehler]

wow. Old thread

Yes, I do feed my anemones my food mixture .

And for those interested, I did recreate the conditions of that of my "succesful gigantea" on a smaller scale for another gigantea, and for about a year it has been doing very well.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7848372#post7848372 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Rod Buehler
wow. Old thread

Yes, I do feed my anemones my food mixture .

And for those interested, I did recreate the conditions of that of my "succesful gigantea" on a smaller scale for another gigantea, and for about a year it has been doing very well.

How about a recipe for "Buehler's Anemone Chow"?
How are your gigantea faring?

 

[Rod Buehler]

My giganteas ( hadonis, mag, and BTAs) are doing great, but I dont really think that its the food . I really beleive that the surges are key, although I have heard some "experts" say that surges arent benificial . (they just dont know how to properly set them up )

I dont want to share the food receipe here because it may be considered comercial. There is no secret to the recipe.. Its the formulation that is secret .

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Sharing a food recipe wouldn't be considered commercial unless you were selling something. I understand completely if you don't want to share the secret formulation, though.
I'm sure that all anemone keepers appreciate your thoughts on the importance of water motion. It's an often overlooked component of anemone care. The focus with anemones is usually lighting, feedings and water chemistry. Thanks!

 

[OrionN]

Just a blast from the past. Lots of good information in this thread IMO.