D-Nak
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A few people have been asking to see my S. gigantea collection. So here it is.
In my 120, I currently have two gigs -- Big Blue and Little Green. The tank is a standard 4 x 2 x 2 120 gallon with a Gyre XF150 on the right wall shooting towards the left in pulse mode at approximately 80%, and two MP40s on the back wall. The MP40s are controlled by an Apex via WXM and flow varies throughout the day. Ever since I added the Gyre, the MP40s have been off. I haven't decided if I'm going to keep the Gyre yet. If I do, I'll buy the interface so that I can control it with my Apex and will run it with the MP40s.
Here's Big Blue (It's actually blue on the edge with a purple center). It hosts a pair of Onyx clowns (Rod's/C-Quest lineage). They lay eggs regularly and I recently began collecting the fry. The female is about 4" long:
Here is it with the pumps off. It really spreads out:
This is Little Green. More of a yellowish green. I'm on the hunt for a true green one (I had one and it died so I know there's a definite difference). It's about 6" when fully expanded:
My second system is a rack. It contains two 30 gallon 2 x 2 x 12" high flats on the top shelf (lit by a Kessil A360W and A350W) and four 17 gallon tanks on the bottom shelf. I have nems and various corals in the flats, three pairs of clowns in the bottom tanks, the fourth tank is used as a QT tank. All tanks share a main sump with skimmer, but I can isolate any of the tanks as I need to (which is why I have one QT tank right now).
Here's a full tank shot of the first flat. It contains one gigantea (on the right) and one small H. magnifica (far left). This is the "gig spa" I've mentioned before -- I nicknamed it as such because it contains many different macroalgaes as well as turtle grass, manatee grass, shoal grass, and red mangroves. It's sole purpose is to acclimate my new nems after QT:
This is a multicolor gigantea. It's about 5" when fully expanded. I purchased it completely bleached and it recovered nicely. It hosts a wild pair of Percula:
The clowns sometimes venture over to the magnifica, but usually stick very closely to the gig:
The second flat houses two gigantea and various coral. The 8" brown/tan gigantea was purchased from Blue Zoo (they get gigs frequently and only charge $40 for small ones). The second gig is a tiny purple one -- only about 4". I got it as part of a trade for my skimmer. It wasn't in very good shape when I got it, but it's recovering nicely.
Here are the pair of gigantea. They host my newest pair -- a Bali Aquarich P1 helmet and a misbar from my Onyx pair:
For some reason, the female clown is getting a lot darker after I introduced it, and developed black splotches that are slowly filling in:
And, that's it! I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have.
In my 120, I currently have two gigs -- Big Blue and Little Green. The tank is a standard 4 x 2 x 2 120 gallon with a Gyre XF150 on the right wall shooting towards the left in pulse mode at approximately 80%, and two MP40s on the back wall. The MP40s are controlled by an Apex via WXM and flow varies throughout the day. Ever since I added the Gyre, the MP40s have been off. I haven't decided if I'm going to keep the Gyre yet. If I do, I'll buy the interface so that I can control it with my Apex and will run it with the MP40s.
Here's Big Blue (It's actually blue on the edge with a purple center). It hosts a pair of Onyx clowns (Rod's/C-Quest lineage). They lay eggs regularly and I recently began collecting the fry. The female is about 4" long:
Here is it with the pumps off. It really spreads out:
This is Little Green. More of a yellowish green. I'm on the hunt for a true green one (I had one and it died so I know there's a definite difference). It's about 6" when fully expanded:
My second system is a rack. It contains two 30 gallon 2 x 2 x 12" high flats on the top shelf (lit by a Kessil A360W and A350W) and four 17 gallon tanks on the bottom shelf. I have nems and various corals in the flats, three pairs of clowns in the bottom tanks, the fourth tank is used as a QT tank. All tanks share a main sump with skimmer, but I can isolate any of the tanks as I need to (which is why I have one QT tank right now).
Here's a full tank shot of the first flat. It contains one gigantea (on the right) and one small H. magnifica (far left). This is the "gig spa" I've mentioned before -- I nicknamed it as such because it contains many different macroalgaes as well as turtle grass, manatee grass, shoal grass, and red mangroves. It's sole purpose is to acclimate my new nems after QT:
This is a multicolor gigantea. It's about 5" when fully expanded. I purchased it completely bleached and it recovered nicely. It hosts a wild pair of Percula:
The clowns sometimes venture over to the magnifica, but usually stick very closely to the gig:
The second flat houses two gigantea and various coral. The 8" brown/tan gigantea was purchased from Blue Zoo (they get gigs frequently and only charge $40 for small ones). The second gig is a tiny purple one -- only about 4". I got it as part of a trade for my skimmer. It wasn't in very good shape when I got it, but it's recovering nicely.
Here are the pair of gigantea. They host my newest pair -- a Bali Aquarich P1 helmet and a misbar from my Onyx pair:
For some reason, the female clown is getting a lot darker after I introduced it, and developed black splotches that are slowly filling in:
And, that's it! I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have.
. If you don't mind me asking why do you prefer perculas over oscellaris, aesthetic reasons?
