Petco Stichodactyla Gigantea

[Rio1969]

I have gone to 3 different Petco stores and seen anemones labeled stichodactyla gigantea. They all look like the one in the photos I have uploaded. Is this really a stichodactyla gigantea?

 

[nsamouroux]

Very bleached and not likely to survive long, but that's a gig. Spots on upper column and different shape tentacles than a haddoni.

 

[Rio1969]

Very bleached and not likely to survive long, but that's a gig. Spots on upper column and different shape tentacles than a haddoni.

Thanks, in one of the stores the nem actually had some green in the tentacles the other looked brownish and retracted. The brownish one was being harassed by a clown fish that appeared to be larger than the nem.

 

[nsamouroux]

Aside from being badly bleached the mouth (from the side in the first photo anyways) and overall inflation look ok. I've brought a gig back from being in worse shape via ciprofloxacin treatment, but he wasn't as bleached as the one from petco.

 

[Rio1969]

I did not buy the gig, it has been in the store for at least 10 days. Every time I go to the store it is in a different spot.

 

[pfan151]

Looks pretty healthy aside from obviously being totally bleached. I would have probably grabbed it to try to save. If it has been in the store that long and not deflating I think it may not even need cipro.


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[ali1]

Wouldnt buy any livestock from petco

 

[5Starreef]

It is not a Gigantea, It is a Stichodactyla helianthus

 

[pfan151]

Looks like it is actually a helianthus with the brown verrucae

 

[Breadman03]

It is not a Gigantea, It is a Stichodactyla helianthus

Looks like it is actually a helianthus with the brown verrucae

Agreed.