How long should I leave a 'healthy looking' gigantea at my LFS B4 bringing it home?
- Thread starter sonofgaladriel
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You've got to be doing something right.
delphinus
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Don't, man. Your tank is worthy to be one day TOTM, some of us will never acheive that, but I have no doubt yours probably will one day.
Many, many before you have tried this species with the same results. People I consider to have far more experience in the hobby than I have. So try not to take it personally, I know it's hard, but I do firmly believe that they are coming to us hobbyists in a compromised state. I have *absolutely no idea* what is going on behind the scenes that they come us looking fine one day and melting down the next.
I know that many shippers ship carpets dry. Ie., any water in the bag when the anemone arrives, came out of the anemone during transport. Apparently this is done, at least what was explained to me, to prevent exposing the anemone to a larger volume of fouled water, and supposedly they ship better this way. Now .. I am guessing that maybe this method of shipping may work for one species (S. haddoni) but not another (S. gigantea). Again, it's a stretch, but the fact remains that so many of them just don't make it, for reasons that seem beyond our comprehension.
Sorry for your situation -- don't give up on it. You never know, .. maybe it can pull through. Good luck!!!
sonofgaladriel
Shiny!
Thanks Tony for the kind words, I really don't deserve them but they are appreciated. I'm pretty sure that I'll find the nem in worse shape when I get home and will have to dispose of it before too much happens to the tank.
catastrofe
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Trust me. . .in the past I've felt the same way you do but I've come to the realization that 90% of anemone success depends strictly on the health of the animal when you buy it.
Don't beat yourself up. . .it's a hit-and-miss proposition to find healthy anemones.
Don't beat yourself up. . .it's a hit-and-miss proposition to find healthy anemones.
