Minh's Purple S. gigantea
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OrionN
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It have been two months since I got my Purple Gigantea. It is doing very well. I guess for me when it rain it pour. I have been looking for a good Gigantea for soo soo loooooong, not I got two healthy/semi healthy Gigantea. Below are the pictures of the two.
The Yellow Gigantea also doing very well and zooxanthellae have spread. Now only one small area that is light in compare to the rest of the anemone. In person, it also change slightly to greenish/yellow. It is under 2X250W DE MH 10,000K. Right in between the two light.
The Yellow Gigantea also doing very well and zooxanthellae have spread. Now only one small area that is light in compare to the rest of the anemone. In person, it also change slightly to greenish/yellow. It is under 2X250W DE MH 10,000K. Right in between the two light.
OrionN
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About 10 weeks in my tank, the Purple Gigantea is really doing well. I do not feed her anymore since I do not want her to grow any. I have determined that this is a she Gigantea because to the eggs are clearly seen on the column of the anemone. I moved the rock she attached to to the middle of the sand field and pile more rock in front and side of it to help protect her foot to keep her comfortable.
The Yellow (more brow everyday) Gigantea also is doing well but the mouth is open too much. I feed him every few days but I have to stand guard over him to keep the clowns from getting the food out. He is doing well, except the mouth and the feeding. His denuded tentacles around the mouth have start to grow back as well, as can be seen in the picture below
Purple Gigantea today
Yellow Gigantea with open mouth
The Yellow (more brow everyday) Gigantea also is doing well but the mouth is open too much. I feed him every few days but I have to stand guard over him to keep the clowns from getting the food out. He is doing well, except the mouth and the feeding. His denuded tentacles around the mouth have start to grow back as well, as can be seen in the picture below
Purple Gigantea today
Yellow Gigantea with open mouth
I check this thread every time I come online, which is most days. It's even more interesting now that you have a second gigantea. Who knows, if you can get them to spawn and raise a few of the offspring it would be a major be a milestone in the hobby. Keep up the documentation and progress reports.
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Here is a link to the video of my Purple Gigantea today. flow with an MP10 100% reef crest mode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X610E8tSQ_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X610E8tSQ_o
I have an apex. I have not set it up yet but I am going to set the apex so that at 2300 it sets it to like 25% and back up at like 0700.
Of course a feed mode (manual activated) for like 5-10%.
It has a wireless driver so that it can interface with my two MP40's.
Neat I can actually set it up to change the mode from reef to conatant or anyother mode based on time of day. So I do not have to be setting there doing it by hand.
Of course a feed mode (manual activated) for like 5-10%.
It has a wireless driver so that it can interface with my two MP40's.
Neat I can actually set it up to change the mode from reef to conatant or anyother mode based on time of day. So I do not have to be setting there doing it by hand.
OrionN
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Up date on my two Gigantea. both doing very well, I am not feeding the Purple anemone to keep it small but not really successful. It caught a lot of the food mean for the clowns and the Marine Beta and is getting bigger.
The yellow anemone have been feed regularly and is getting big fast. Fully recovered. Below are pictures of the yellow Gigantea, no longer bleached. The oral plate is peppered with multiple new tentacles. I attempt to take a picture of the tentacles to show these below
10/26/2012 Full view of the greenish yellow Gigantea
Tentacles of this Gigantea
The yellow anemone have been feed regularly and is getting big fast. Fully recovered. Below are pictures of the yellow Gigantea, no longer bleached. The oral plate is peppered with multiple new tentacles. I attempt to take a picture of the tentacles to show these below
10/26/2012 Full view of the greenish yellow Gigantea
Tentacles of this Gigantea
Rippinfrags
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Looking good Minh,thanks for the update! Your purple gigantea is absolutely stunning!
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I would love for it to turn deep green. It seem that Gigantea changes color. Some one wrote that some of the brown turn blue or purple after several years. Now yellowish turn in your tank to deep green.
How much light do you have on him? How long did you keep him and what happened to him?
