Green Gigantea - please comment

[blueridge]

This green gigantea is available at my LFS. I am more familiar with BTAs. Will some of you Stoichactis experts please review and comment? Thanks,

 

[OrionN]

That look like a healthy enough Gigantea. However, unhealthy Gigantea often looks healthy sometime, then deflated daily. As it is, the tank do not have adequate circulation and it won't stay healthy for long. If he is local to me, and I can see him several days, late in the day without deflate, then I would get him.

 

[taylor t]

That looks like one I'd try, but unlike others, I wouldn't wait to see how it does if I'm getting it, I'd get it away from the LFS asap.

 

[shutiny]

This is a gigantea in distress, but may have potential. A single picture like that is difficult to evaluate the survivability of this anemone. If it continuous to contract sections of its oral disc as shown( in 5-6 o'clock position in the picture), it will deflate eventually and the cycle of decline will be set in motion with deflation, reinflation- and rejection of zooax. What is clear to me is the absence of zooax/lost of tissue in the contracted area.For me, I would ask the store to hold the anemone for you and check on it frequently in the next two or three weeks and see if it stabliszes. Its chance of survival would be greatly decrease if moved at this stage.
By the way, may I use this picture? Thanks.

 

[marc price]

Thank's Shu, i would've missed what you pointed out thinking it was flexed and no big deal, learned something more about gig's from your reply.

 

[blueridge]

By the way, may I use this picture? Thanks.

Sure you may use the picture.

 

[christmasclowns]

I would ask the LFS employee if they can feed it. Eating is a good sign. What i have noticed is the longer an anemone is is a lfs the worse it looks

 

[shutiny]

Hi Marc, thanks, and good to see you.
Thanks Blueridge for your permission, and good luck.