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Very nice. Do you know what color you are getting?
Its gigantea season!
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Very nice. Do you know what color you are getting?
Jeremy Blaze
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Blue or Purple.
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There really is, as far as them being imported. I don't know what causes it. They are a shallow water anemone that should be available year round. I would be nice if someone was mariculturing them like they are starting to do with corals, but I don't think that is the case, the seasonal appearance has been going on for a long time.
Gary and Rod, do you guys agree that they seem to be "seasonal" with just a small number trickling in the rest of the time? BTW, I didn't even realize you were disagreeing with we, I just thought you were adding that giganteas were very sticky.
Maxx II, I would rate the shipping viability of giganteas about equally as bad as H. magnifica. It is very rare that I see one that I am tempted to purchase. Small ones tend to handle the shipping better than big ones, but that is the case in both species.
Re: Re: Its gigantea season!
There really is, as far as them being imported. I don't know what causes it. They are a shallow water anemone that should be available year round. I would be nice if someone was mariculturing them like they are starting to do with corals, but I don't think that is the case, the seasonal appearance has been going on for a long time.
Gary and Rod, do you guys agree that they seem to be "seasonal" with just a small number trickling in the rest of the time? BTW, I didn't even realize you were disagreeing with we, I just thought you were adding that giganteas were very sticky.
Maxx II, I would rate the shipping viability of giganteas about equally as bad as H. magnifica. It is very rare that I see one that I am tempted to purchase. Small ones tend to handle the shipping better than big ones, but that is the case in both species.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
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IMO gigantea are more sensitive shippers than magnificas and (in terms of husbandry) more difficult to maintain.
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here on the east coast it's always a trickle
IMO gigantea are more sensitive shippers than magnificas and (in terms of husbandry) more difficult to maintain.
55semireef
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Whats the smallest amount of volume you should put a Gigantea in anyways? I have seen them in 40 gallon cubes before that did very well such as Tony's.
Mirror Pond
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Picked this up from a very small LFS two weeks ago. It was labeled as a Sebae Anemone and was listed for $24.00. It was completely bleached white, almost transparent when I first got it. It is still bleached but has a definite green/yellow color to it now and is much larger. I have been feeding it small pieces of silversides daily and it is very sticky. I first placed it on a flat rock shelf near the bottom of the tank and it has now moved its foot to the underside of the rock and it has remained there since. It also has not deflated or had any signs of a gaping mouth yet. I know it is still very early but at least it has made it longer than my first attempt several months ago. That one deflated several times every day and almost always had a gaping mouth.
55semireef
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What size tank is that in?
Mirror Pond
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120 gal. I also have a 6 month old H. magnifica on the other side of the tank.
i think the main thing is getting one healthy.I have a blue haddoni, and a blue gigantea, both of which are in their own aquapod and they both are at least 3 years old. I purchased each of them from a local fish store and went and picked them up before they were out of the bag. In my opinion i would never let an anemone go into a LFS tanks, but that is just my opinion (and we all know what opinions are like.)
i have never had a problem with either of these and they both started out about the size of an orange. Now dont get me wrong they have had their bad days but they have always pulled through. I have a MRC Rc1 on each of the tanks and they are lit by a 150 watt sunpod. They have a seio 620 plus the stock pump for flow.
I have been lucky, but i think that if we let the anemones settle and dont F*** with them once we get them in the tank, they will fair better. I mean Honestly do any of us, besides for a certain few know if an anemone has a bacterial infection.
i have never had a problem with either of these and they both started out about the size of an orange. Now dont get me wrong they have had their bad days but they have always pulled through. I have a MRC Rc1 on each of the tanks and they are lit by a 150 watt sunpod. They have a seio 620 plus the stock pump for flow.
I have been lucky, but i think that if we let the anemones settle and dont F*** with them once we get them in the tank, they will fair better. I mean Honestly do any of us, besides for a certain few know if an anemone has a bacterial infection.
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