Gigantea or Hadonni?

[sonofgaladriel]

Beautiful specimen, too rich for my blood. Hard to tell from the pics if its Gigantea or Haddoni.
?

 

[GSMguy]

wawawewa i like very much

 

[illcssd]

s. gigantea imho.
A little short on the tentacles, but from the way its folded up like that is typical for gigantea ime.
We'll see what everyone else thinks.
fwiw..

 

[sonofgaladriel]

If only money were no object!

 

[GSMguy]

dare i ask how much

 

[delphinus]

Really impossible to ID 100% IMO from that pic, but indeed based on the folds, there's a chance it could be S. gigantea. But I wouldn't call it a slam-dunk ID.

I don't see that pic anywhere on their site though? Was it part of a newsletter email or something?

 

[adtravels]

I thinks its a gigantia due to the blunt pointy tntacles as opposed to globose in s haddoni.

 

[phender]

First of all it is a tough call from those pics.
It is not unusual for haddoni to fold like that when introduced into a new tank.
The tentacles look too dense for it to be gigantea.
On the other hand the color is more of a gigantea color than a haddoni color.
I don't think it matters anymore.
I have a feeling in was in the Diver's Den and it not there now, which means someone else already bought it.
I am curious about the price though.
Did LA have a species name on it? They are usually pretty good about that.

 

[Lothar]

They had S. Gigantea on it and price was $299.00. Sure was nice looking.

 

[Amphiprion]

Interesting. It is hard to get a good ID on this one, but at first glance, I lean toward S. haddoni rather than S. gigantea for basically the same reasons phender pointed out.

 

[OrionN]

I can't tell. Just need more view of it (the column) or a picture of it in the tank after a week or two.

 

[sonofgaladriel]

I don't recall them having it labeled haddoni or gigantea, only carpet anemone and the price of $299.
Why can't these beauties be a "dime a dozen" like condylactis?

 

[Lothar]

Yes, they had it listed as S. Gigantea. I went back in my browser history and pulled up the page after I saw phender's post. After I refreshed that page it disappeared.

 

[OrionN]

I am sure they got sonofgaladriel to thank for selling that anemone. bring it up here is lots of exposure to anemone lovers. Whovever buy that beauty, I hope it live and he/she post it here for us all to see.

 

[adtravels]

oh they had it listed as a gigantea did they interesting.