CoralsAddiction
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Great looking nem!
Today's Diver's Den Green Carpet: Gig or Haddoni
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Which one, LOL? The yellow/purple mag, blue gig and green hybrid all look amazing!!! Would love a FTS.:beer:
CoralsAddiction
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geckoejon
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addictedreefer
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Update: the new nem continues to do great. Tentacles starting to get a bit longer. Also, as a correction to my earlier post indicating that the nem buried in the sand like a haddoni, as you can see in the below picture taken with lights off, it is actually attached to the rock.
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addictedreefer
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Update: Anemone has settled in nicely and expanding to a fairly large size. As you can see in the linked videos below, the tentacles are getting significantly longer. Also, my wild ocellaris pair has begun to spend some time in it (as well as the other gig and mag in the tank). I think this one is a true gig folks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIByfoJfCQQ&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIByfoJfCQQ&feature=youtu.be
Mirror Pond
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Looking great! Congratulations.
juniorrocketdad
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What ever it is it's beutiful
taylor t
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OrionN
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Both of my hybrids are on the sand. I will check for a recent picture of him. I also got a new Green Gigantea as you may have aware
.Your green looks great, best of luck with him.
OrionN
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Here is a picture of my green hybrid, taken several weeks ago. I am sorry about the green cast. This anemone is under double 250 W MH. Somehow there are horizontal bands on the picture when I take the picture under full light. I find that taken picture when the light just come on does not produce this horizontal bar artifact but the color is off. I am a terrible PhotoShop-er so I don't know how to fix either of these problems.
Green hybrid
Green Gigantea today in DT
Green hybrid
Green Gigantea today in DT
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addictedreefer
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Thanks Minh, yeah this one is closer to the gig spectrum - mine looks about halfway between your hybrid and new green gig.
One theory: if gigs and haddonis really do hybridize and the offspring are fertile, then maybe my anemone is the product of a cross between a hybrid and a true gigantea, thus explaining the more gig-like genes. This is really interesting stuff - thinking of writing to a research institution to see if they would be willing to perform a DNA analysis.
addictedreefer
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Just thought I'd provide a quick update on the nem. Continues to do very well. I am now fully convinced that its a true gig, as tentacles have gotten much longer as it has settled in. However, it is not nearly as "shaggy" as my blue gig in the same tank, which is also pictured below. I am convinced that this is just a natural variation amongst the species, and not hybridization. Think about all the different shapes and sizes that people come in -- no reason to think the same is not true for marine inverts.
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Bristle_Worm
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Although he may be a hybrid, I believe he's more Gigantea than Haddoni! Great find!
I think you'll see nice tent extension later on.
I've never seen a Haddoni with purple verrucae. His green is more gig green too.
Hope he does well for you. He looks good!
I think you'll see nice tent extension later on.
I've never seen a Haddoni with purple verrucae. His green is more gig green too.
Hope he does well for you. He looks good!
