need id on an anemone

[o0jmadr0x0o]

this nem has been at the lfs for a while now, it eats well and the tentacles are still sticky,but is very bleached. they have it under a NO florescent bulb. i am thinking of trying to rescue this poor thing but wanted to know what kind of nem it was before i purchase it.

i impossible to see in the second pic, but there are blue spots on its underside.

 

[garygb]

It's a very bleached S. gigantea.

 

[Reefvette]

Pm me I'm in jersey too. Let me know where it's at. Your taking a big chance.

 

[BonsaiNut]

it's a very bleached s. Gigantea.

+1

 

[Greg 45]

I would doubt thats is a gig.
They dont usually sit that high in the tank.
LOL on purchase they usually are har to keep when healthy.
I keep them and other nems

 

[o0jmadr0x0o]

i am so torn, i can get it for real cheap and it will eventually die if i dont take it. i was trying to remove it from the glass it is stuck on today and the thing tried to eat my hand, first it grabbed one finger and i didnt want to hurt it by just pulling the finger away. so i used another finger help pry the stuck one away, eventually i had 4 fingers stuck to this ting and it was closing up like it was trying to eat me. had to pull rely hard to get my hand out, to the point i felt like was i damaging it.

IF i do decide to buy it, whats a good way to remove it from the glass?
do i need to acclimate it to my lighting and how.....its comming from two no bulbs to a 8 bulb tek light on a 75g tank.
i have been feeding it every other day, is this to much? im pretty sure its not spitting out the silverside, i figure it needs the food because its not getting energy from the lights its under?

thanks for the help guys

 

[garygb]

If the price is right, and if you have the space and want a gig, why wouldn't you rescue it? You could use a credit card and gently slide the card between the glass and the foot of the anemone making sure not to "pinch" the foot. You will certainly need to acclimate the anemone to your drastically brighter light. You could start with placing the anemone on a rock at the bottom of the tank, as far away from the lights as you can put it and slowly bring it up toward the middle of the tank over a period of weeks. Keep up with the target feeding as the anemone regains its color.

 

[nikon187]

I would doubt thats is a gig.
They dont usually sit that high in the tank.
LOL on purchase they usually are har to keep when healthy.
I keep them and other nems

It is a gig, they sit that high in the tank when lighting isn't adequet. ( normal output floresents)

 

[o0jmadr0x0o]

If the price is right, and if you have the space and want a gig, why wouldn't you rescue it? You could use a credit card and gently slide the card between the glass and the foot of the anemone making sure not to "pinch" the foot. You will certainly need to acclimate the anemone to your drastically brighter light. You could start with placing the anemone on a rock at the bottom of the tank, as far away from the lights as you can put it and slowly bring it up toward the middle of the tank over a period of weeks. Keep up with the target feeding as the anemone regains its color.

i dont want to take this thing home put it my tank and have it die after a couple weeks and destroy my tank.

 

[garygb]

In your initial post you're asking for an id, me and several others are confident that it's a bleached gigantea.

No one can decide for you whether you should or should not buy the anemone. If it's eating and otherwise healthy, only bleached, there's are very good chance you can bring back its color. But there are no guarantees, for this anemone or any other animal you might be considering adding to your tank. If you choose to purchase the anemone, I hope it does well and thrives for you.

 

[ulli]

Give it a chance?
I would.

 

[o0jmadr0x0o]

aright so operation gigantea rescue is underway. brought it home today (holy crap this thing is crazy sticky!!!) acclimated for about 30m. and within 30 min in the tank its attached on a rock and hasn't moved yet(5hrs elapsed). im only going to be running 4 of my t5 bulbs for some time to minimize light shock. also replaced my carbon just to be safe. how soon can i start feeding and how often should i feed to help it recover?

 

[Winwood]

Congratulations and good luck! I would try feeding small amounts of mysis shrimp to start out.

 

[katarina]

Good luck. I think it is really pretty. I wonder what color it will end up.

 

[Conrad25]

I would feed it something daily to get its color back up. Sounds Like its got a lot of fight in it, so it should do well as long as conditions stay good. Hope to see some pics of a nicely colored carpet in the future

 

[Ethan_W]

i am so torn, i can get it for real cheap and it will eventually die if i dont take it. i was trying to remove it from the glass it is stuck on today and the thing tried to eat my hand, first it grabbed one finger and i didnt want to hurt it by just pulling the finger away. so i used another finger help pry the stuck one away, eventually i had 4 fingers stuck to this ting and it was closing up like it was trying to eat me. had to pull rely hard to get my hand out, to the point i felt like was i damaging it.

IF i do decide to buy it, whats a good way to remove it from the glass?
do i need to acclimate it to my lighting and how.....its comming from two no bulbs to a 8 bulb tek light on a 75g tank.
i have been feeding it every other day, is this to much? im pretty sure its not spitting out the silverside, i figure it needs the food because its not getting energy from the lights its under?

thanks for the help guys

if it sticks to your fingers dont pull away, you can damage it. just wait for a minute or so and it will let go eventually. under your lights you wouldnt ever need to feed it imo. maybe once a week or once every other week in smaller amounts than a whole silverside. probably a few mysis or brine shrimp once a week for now until it's healthy looking again

 

[o0jmadr0x0o]

well these are conflicting suggestions feed everyday, and dont feed at all...
and because i only want to run half of my t5 to help this thing, should i be running my actinics (4 ati blue+) or my daylights (3 ati aquablue and a uvl actinicwhite(its a purple looking bulb))....i will eventual get all 8 bulbs going, but what is going to be the easiest on this thing, keep in mind that it is coming from to NO florescent bulbs, one of the bulbs was 10k and the other actinic

 

[RcToners]

if it sticks to your fingers dont pull away, you can damage it. just wait for a minute or so and it will let go eventually. under your lights you wouldnt ever need to feed it imo. maybe once a week or once every other week in smaller amounts than a whole silverside. probably a few mysis or brine shrimp once a week for now until it's healthy looking again

Sorry but I have to disagree with you here. A healthy S gig can do fine under good lighting with the occasional spot feeding however a bleached S gig like the one in this thread will have a much much harder time. I own two large S gigs and both came to me slightly bleached, I feed both every day and have been for quite some time. After about a month or so you should be able to see some color comming back. I would suggest feeding every day and NOT silver sides, there have been some issues with silver sides, do a quick search and see how many nems are believed to have died due to silver sides.

On another note the I.D is 100 % correct and as a previous poster stated this one was that high in the tank due to lighting issues. There is a large purple S gig at my L.F.S that does the same thing due to weak lighting.

I almost have a feeling based on the colors in the first image that this S GIG may have been dyed.

 

[garygb]

I would personally start with 4 daylights and I would want the anemone located deeper in the tank away from the lights. In a couple of weeks, add another bulb or two and continue doing that until you're up to all 8 bulbs. Actinics aren't much help in terms of PAR, Aquablue plus are very high for PAR. I suggest you feed the anemone small (pea sized) pieces of fresh seafood/fish such as shrimp from the seafood dept., fresh trout is a good food, mysis, squid, krill, etc. I would probably feed daily or every other day. The anemone is bleached, but it still has a faint bit of color, which is a good thing. Since it was right at the water's surface, even though under only NO fluorescent, some of the zooxanthellae were still hanging on.

What are your water parameters, particularly sg and nitrates? You will want to provide this anemone with very high water quality. If your parameters are not very good, I'd suggest regular water changes. It's good that you're running carbon, I'd suggest running it continuously and changing out every couple of weeks.

 

[BonsaiNut]

I would start by asking people to only post if they have kept a S. gigantea alive for at least a year in their tank. A lot of strange suggestions in this thread; I'm not sure that all of these suggestions are coming from people with any experience with this species.