Stichodactyla gigantea, Brown gigant carpet anemone

Re: phender

Re: phender

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12065779#post12065779 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Zoom
I don't know but the S. Gigantea in that video looks like is ready to be blowing off the rock :D
Looks like the Anemone is on the live rock .
Is this the right way to introduce one in my tank? I just put the anemone on the top of the live rock ?
Looks like Copes anemone is on the sand.
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Gigantea normally live in shallow sand with their foot attached to a rock under the sand, but they can live up in the live rock as well.

I put it up there for two reason. One, I only have 150 watt MH lights and I wanted it as close as possible and two, I could get the current I want up there. The current was really not that strong. The surge usually didn't lift the oral disk that much. The video sort of caught the "Perfect Storm". :)

The anemone lived there for over a year until it died mysteriously. One of the suspects was feeding it silversides. The other was a purple H. crispa on the other side of the tank that was going through a growth spurt that may have been emitting some chemical agents.
 
Re: Re: phender

Re: Re: phender

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12067587#post12067587 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by phender


The anemone lived there for over a year until it died mysteriously. One of the suspects was feeding it silversides. The other was a purple H. crispa on the other side of the tank that was going through a growth spurt that may have been emitting some chemical agents.
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I hear you about the mysterious death.
I had none splitting deep water RBTA it got to be about 20" around from a 5" RBT .
One day i came from work to a.....Here is some pictures.
I took this picture about a year before the Anemone spawn in the tank
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Did not kill the tank at all the first time i had to do 200g water change to save everything , But in two weeks the anemone mysterious spawn again but i was not home early enough to save the tank.:mad:
 
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12068603#post12068603 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Zoom
I hear you about the mysterious death.
I had none splitting deep water RBTA it got to be about 20" around from a 5" RBT .
One day i came from work to a.....Here is some pictures.
I took this picture about a year before the Anemone spawn in the tank
125103-6-05-2__Medium_.jpg


125109-08-05_002__Large_-med.jpg

Did not kill the tank at all the first time i had to do 200g water change to save everything , But in two weeks the anemone mysterious spawn again but i was not home early enough to save the tank.:mad:
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JESUS!! What kind of stink did you encounter when your tank bombed?
 
What do you think about turning the rock over that it's attached to? This would raise it up about a foot? I think it would be more harm than good?
Thanks for all the advice, I will be up grading to MH some day. Just not in the near future. I just got this fixture @ a month ago.
LOL I already have a hard enough time telling my room mates, Nah..That thing hardly uses any power...... It's not affecting our bills any more that the opening the fridge......

I dont know if that would fly with a few MH humming away over the tank?..........
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12065224#post12065224 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Cope
Some more picks, Are you folks sick of this thread yet?
You can also see the one corner where natural sun light hits my tank.
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not at all please keep it going.

i've been thinking about trying a S. gigantea for some time now and am interested to find out if t'5's / some amount of sunlight sustain one. what is the duration of the sunlight? also is any of it hitting the surface and giving you focused lines of refracted light or is it all just hitting the glass as it appears in you pic.?
 
The sun dose nothing for the anemone I was just making excuses for not cleaning the spot. I just hits the glass, for about an hour and a half. It dose appear quite intense compared to the T5's? You can see the line where the algae dose not grow, where it gets less sun.

I still got my fingers crossed on this one.
 
I would not try to move the anemone. IME,(and other's) giganteas do not react well to any disturbance in their surroundings.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12069844#post12069844 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Cope
The sun dose nothing for the anemone I was just making excuses for not cleaning the spot. I just hits the glass, for about an hour and a half. It dose appear quite intense compared to the T5's? You can see the line where the algae dose not grow, where it gets less sun.

I still got my fingers crossed on this one.
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IME and IMO the sunlight striking your anemone can make a huge difference in it's well being. In addition to acquiring a healthy gigantea
S. gigantea require

* intense lighting
*alternating water flow
*S.G. of 1.025- 1.026
*water temp. 80F
*supplemental feedings of prepared or naturally occurring food
 
Here's a pic of our purple gigantea. It is living in a 110g mixed reef with 324 watts Giesemann T5 lighting, temp 80F and 1.025SG. Supplemental water flow provided by 2 Seio 1500 pumps.

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There's still a lot to be learned about what makes anemones choose where to attach themselves. Many kinds of nems I've had have been in the sand for a while and then just change their mind and attach to rocks instead. Light has a lot to do with it, but also flow too, and other things yet to be discovered.
 
in my aquarium sunlight entering from the open surface appears to do more for my animals then when it hits the front glass which is bad either. that's when i get the most growth spurts and best color.
i'd like to set-up a tank closer to the window but don't trust ~120g-158g parallel to and over only two 2x9 floor beams on a second floor.

mr neutron, how long have you had your gigantea under 6 54w t5's and do you think they'll continue to be sufficient?
 
one more question, My anemone has now attached it self to a flat rock on the sand. Now that it's on a small rock could I move it? I was thinking I could get much greater flow and more light intensity buy placing it up on the rocks.

All previous post have stated the importance of not moving it and to leaving it alone, but would this rely be more stressful than moving the power heads around? It would seem to me the stress incurred by the new current and light would not be good, but could be a large benefit in the future?
What do you folks think.
Or like everyone says, should I just keep my hands out of the tank?
Thanks
Cope
 
Dude

Dude

Dont touch it....

Let it be, let its get acclimated and fully attach itself. Wait to move anything till its stays in place for a prolonged amount of time.

Im not trying to be rude. You got a healthy one give it time and it will work out.

My GBR clown begs you to leave it alone or she will come late at night and steal it.

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Its funny cuz all I wanted was a anemone like the one in your pick.

ok ok I wont touch it, I have been moving power heads around quite a lot in the last few days trying to get the best flow. I just cant get it right ,I blow up the disk, create a sand storm, or get what to me seems nothing like the movement in that above video clip. (slow flow)
Arrrgh
Thanks nice looken fish and nem.
 
Foot

Foot

Once that sucker gets it foot onto the rock and stays in place then go moving power heads around.

Anemones arent like coral they have a choice and you keep changing your setup its gotta change its choice of spots. Once they get settled they can be very hardy and if you want ill give you a 8 inch RBTA for that anemone when it gets settled.
 
If you were my neighbor I would trade you in a heart beat. Some day I may trade it to a local.

Ok I will stay out of the tank for now. I'm just not happy with the flow.
Thanks again
Cope
 
More questions on this guy. This morning when I woke up and looked at the anemone it was very active and waving it arms about quickly. Once I hit the switch on the lights it stopped almost instantly.
Any ideas why it would react like that? Dose it want to feed at night? I remember back some posts, someone said it should not close up at night, this is one of the first nights that it was looking great when I woke up.
Thanks for the advice.
Cope
 
arms = tentacles or folds in the oral disc?
It sounds like you don't have your lights on timers. If not, you should get them on timers.
I might as well mention this now because it was brought up recently in another forum and it's on my mind: IME most anemones can react negatively to the alk part of any liquid two part supplement. Always dose that stuff in an area of high water flow and never overdo it all at once.
 
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