Today's Diver's Den Green Carpet: Gig or Haddoni

[addictedreefer]

I bought the green carpet on Diver's Den today. Labelled as haddoni but looks more like a gig to me, or at least a hybrid of some sort. Thoughts?

 

[taylor t]

I think the same. Mislabeled. Looks gig to me too.

 

[OrionN]

I think they are very much an expert inID animal. I am not prepare to say that they are wrong from the picture above. In person it is so much easier to ID an animal also

 

[ballr]

Definitely not a typical Haddoni. I think it's either a gig or a hybrid.

 

[Pinkskunk]

i dont think it matter because you already bought it and we will know for sure once you recieve it.

i have a red haddoni with tentacles just like that so if you based on the tentacles it can be deceiving

also i see you are in NY area, call up Aquarium Village they bring in gigs more frequently than not.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

I see the confusion but looks like a Haddoni to me.

 

[beachbreak]

I would be shocked if LA/DD mislabeled it. Not saying it hasnt happened but that would be a huge screw up on their part. I would plan on it being a haddoni

 

[addictedreefer]

I agree that DD ID is typically very accurate and I am certainly far from sure that this is a true gigantea, however, this is no ordinary haddoni. Tentacles are far too long; tentacle spacing resembles that of a gig and the posture/folding is very gig-like. Also, DD described the base and foot of the anemone as follows: "underside of the oral disc is purple, with a smooth purple/tan column and blue pedal disc." A blue pedal disk strongly suggests gigantea. Also, the diameter of the pedal disk is described as 3 1/4'', while the oral disk is described as 8 1/2'' - the proportionately narrow foot is highly suggestive of gigantea.

 

[OrionN]

With that description, I think he is a Haddoni/Gigantea hybrid.
Regardless, take good picture of the column and of the foot on arrival for us. I have had two hybrid and love both of them.

 

[asudavew]

Nice looking. Will be fun to see what it is. It looks like a hybrid to me.

It looks really good but be prepared to treat it.

 

[anemoneguy]

I have purchased a mis labled anemone from them before so they are no expert. I bought a red hadoni that they had listed as a red gig.

 

[addictedreefer]

I have purchased a mis labled anemone from them before so they are no expert. I bought a red hadoni that they had listed as a red gig.

Was that from Divers Den or ordinary Live Aquaria?

 

[ballr]

I think they are very much an expert inID animal. I am not prepare to say that they are wrong from the picture above. In person it is so much easier to ID an animal also

LA is not infallible; see below.

 

[justinky]

LA is not infallible; see below.

That's one nice Gig! :lol:

 

[taylor t]

That's one nice Gig! :lol:

Well, it's "true", it's a red carpet anemone. :spin3:

 

[joshky]

I don't think they meant to list that red haddoni as a gig, I think someone had a brain fart when they put the scientific name in. I could be wrong, how old was that listing?

And very nice anemone, we need more pics. :thumbsup:

 

[msmith619]

They added another red haddoni tonight!

 

[D-Nak]

They added another red haddoni tonight!

They did and it was sold promptly after the link went live.

Regarding the other mislabeled haddoni, I think we can agree that 1) it doesn't look like a gig, and 2) they don't exist (aside from a single documented specimen which is most likely a hybrid or a haddoni with gigantea attributes).

 

[ballr]

They did and it was sold promptly after the link went live.

Regarding the other mislabeled haddoni, I think we can agree that 1) it doesn't look like a gig, and 2) they don't exist (aside from a single documented specimen which is most likely a hybrid or a haddoni with gigantea attributes).

Agreed. The only possible red gig is likely a hybrid in Greenwich. Also, to be clear, I did not purchase the mislabeled haddoni, I just recalled seeing it when it was posted. It's pretty clear, however, that LA did not simply just mislabel the scientific name, as they referred to it as a "True Carpet Anemeone," which is how they label gigs.

 

[Kaman8]

They added another red haddoni tonight!

That is a really nice haddon. So bright red