My new gig, your thoughts / advice ?

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Silfer

Gonnae no dae that.
Bought this gig yesterday, got it the same day it came in to my LFS.

It's been in my tank for 22hours now, this is how it looks:





It had taken foot in the bag when I collected it and all the way through drip acclimatisation. It then took foot very quickly in my tank and hasn't moved or let go at all. It did deflate briefly after my blues went off and only moonlight was on but in the morning was open again and has been open all day.

Is the mouth open like that 22 hours later normal, can it take a few days to close up and settle or should I look at starting Cipro treatment? Don't want to treat it if not necessary.

Thanks
 
As mentioned, that is not a gig. I am 98% sure that your anemone is a haddonni.

Strong attachment is a good sign but it is not a definite cause for celebration. The gaping mouth COULD be acclimation or it could be signs of something more serious. Keep a really close eye on it for the next week or so for any sign of deflation or an increase in balding/striping. If you suspect the anemone is not 100%, the safe thing to do is pull and treat. Better to treat when unnecessary than to wait too long and lose it because you "weren't convinced".
 
100% that's a haddoni, don't even need to see the column. Otherwise, looking relatively good for being so new.
 
weird, the lfs told me definitely a gig, my fault for trusting and not checking.

will keep an eye on it, when would you expect the mouth to be closed by if it's going to settle?

cheers
 
Silfer said:
weird, the lfs told me definitely a gig, my fault for trusting and not checking.

will keep an eye on it, when would you expect the mouth to be closed by if it's going to settle?

cheers
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depends on the health of the animal. It may take a few days, or some like our purple S. Gigantea did it for a few months then haven't looked back. It all depends. You should be fine as long as it's not gaping and spitting out its internals.

Keep a close eye.
 
Thanks for the replies guys, will keep a close eye on it.

A little gutted it's not a gig which I've always wanted, my fault at the end of the day.

Lovely nem though and will keep it, hopefully it settles well.

Will it host maroon clowns?
 
Silfer said:
Thanks for the replies guys, will keep a close eye on it.

A little gutted it's not a gig which I've always wanted, my fault at the end of the day.

Lovely nem though and will keep it, hopefully it settles well.

Will it host maroon clowns?
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This anemone serves as a "host" for many types of Clownfish in the wild including: Amphiprion clarkii, A. sebae, A. akindynos, A. chrysogaster, A. chrysopterus, and A. polymnus. In the home aquarium, they can also serve as host for Amphiprion ocellaris, A. percula, and A. allardi.

So the short answer is yes, this is their natural host and much more suitable than a S. Gigantea.
 
Yeah they have a nice red bubbletip which hosts them, was just curious if they'd maybe show interest in the haddoni or if it's too potent for them.
 
Silfer said:
Yeah they have a nice red bubbletip which hosts them, was just curious if they'd maybe show interest in the haddoni or if it's too potent for them.
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Honestly it all depends, I don't know maroons so well but I know Clarkii and others will readily use about any host available. Someone else with more experience with maroons will chime in.
 
Maroons are usually pretty quick to accept alternatives to their natural hosts, so a pretty good chance it will.
 
Pastey said:
As mentioned, that is not a gig. I am 98% sure that your anemone is a haddonni.

Strong attachment is a good sign but it is not a definite cause for celebration. The gaping mouth COULD be acclimation or it could be signs of something more serious. Keep a really close eye on it for the next week or so for any sign of deflation or an increase in balding/striping. If you suspect the anemone is not 100%, the safe thing to do is pull and treat. Better to treat when unnecessary than to wait too long and lose it because you "weren't convinced".
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While many of us have risked or taken chances, this is actually very sound advice.
I myself should be paying more attention to this type of preventative care.
As mentioned, keep an eye and be prepared.
 
It looks good, and haddoni tend to fare a lot better than gigs in terms of acclimation. In terms of ID, the quickest way to know that this one is a haddoni is the red area around its mouth. Gigs are typically yellow. I've never seen one with red "lipstick".
 
So I've had it for 5 days, looks exactly the same as day one. Mouth has never closed.

It deflates and inflates once or twice a day. It has never moved an inch and if it catches any frozen food it grabs it then let's go.

Any thoughts?
 
Take a picture when he deflates and post it so we can see.

In general, when anemone deflates and re-inflates, he is trying to purge bad stuff inside of him. In the ocean, this helps because the current will remove what he dumps out and when he reinflates, he get new clean water. It is not so in our tank. He dump infected water out then just take it back in.
I recommend that you set up treatment tank for anemones that keep deflates repeatedly.

Good luck with him. He is a very nice Haddoni. I am looking for a nice green for ever.
 
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