Corals next to Gigantea
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How about White Starburst Polyp around the bottom/edges of my gigantea?
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OrionN
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Gigantea will lay waste to all the corals around it. They sometime will but not always sting clams
OrionN
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Gigantea will lay waste to all the corals around it. They sometime will but not always sting clams
addictedreefer
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+1. Gigantea a pack the second most potent sting of the host anemones. Relocate any corals in the vicinity.
marc price
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can you tell me more about gigs sometimes stinging clams?
OrionN
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In the past, I posed about my Gigantea touching my T. gigas. Most of the time there were no problem, then one day the anemone stung the heck out of the clam. That side of the clam was all retraced. I have to separate them. It took several days for the clam to recover. Now my clam is right next to my Magifica on one side and Gigantea on the other side. No problem.
marc price
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Not sure I'm following. Are you saying the gigas clam is currently sandwiched between a magnifica and a gigantea with both able to touch the clams mantel now, no problems? That the gig stinging the clam was a freak incident?
Lately I've had a run of bad luck with T clams. Currently have a Blue T. squamosa and it's doing well. Half of the time it's out of reach, other half the S. gigantea spreads out with tentacles touching the clams mantle. Should I be concerned?
I'm not that experienced with S. gigantea, never had trouble in the past with other anemone species touching clams.
Can say this S. gigantea and the one I had my neighbor get for his tank eat more that any clownfish hosting anemone species I've had, which is all but H. magnifica and H. aurora. I'm feeding it fairly substantial meals just about every day. When I skip a day or two it gets huge, tentacles lengthen oral disc expands and I think about getting rid of a few more corals, something I've been doing since downsizing, and or setup a larger aquarium. The 40B was supposed to be a temporary break from the stress of a 6' aquarium leaking and ruining a hardwood floor. I've come to like the ease of maintaining the smaller tank.
marc price
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Ok, this is the first I've heard of a clownfish hosting anemone stinging a T. clam. Thanks for explaining the event.
