When they say small..they mean small! S. Gigantea attempt.

Reef1589

Reef1589

Anemones for life
So... i debated if i wanted to throw up a post on my newly arrived S. Gig from Live Aquaria... or wait about a week or 2..and see how things played out with it..

i got the email notification that they were back in stock in the marine section the other morning...early early morning.. so thought i would give it a shot... i saw they had a Small and Large available, i picked up the small (im assuming they had only one in stock cause after i purchased it was out of stock and i bought it probably 20 minutes after the email notification ) ...

anyways! ... after 2 days of waiting, it finally arrived here this morning!... bag had some particals floating in it.. so i did this acclimation attempt the SAME way i did my haddoni procedure (since it gave me luck in the past with my haddoni, only problem is i ran into the same situation where the foot attached to the bottom of the container :debi:, figured id learn the first time) i tipped the container upsaide down and after about 3 minutes he had let go by himself.. everything appears 100% fine.. i placed him in the center of my tank where all my powerhead flows kinda hit eachother, i figured this would be the spot with the most strong..random..flow..

i would say this gig is roughly 3-4 inches.. not very big, but thats more exciting when i get to watch it grow =]

its mouth was a hair bit open the entire acclimation process.. (started at 10:00 a.m. this morning) .. and id say i only acclimated it for about 45 minutes.. here's my procedure i do.. i get a clear tuppaware container.. pour oldwater and speciman into it let it float in the water.. to adjust to temperature.. and probably every 5-10 minutes i do 1 shot glass full of water changes.. sometimes 2.., also depending on the container, vary's between shot glass or a typical cup) ..

also, the Verracue were purple on the underside, and bumpy... so thats good right?


onto the pictures...

This is 5 minutes after it arrived
i think it looks pretty colorful here =]
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this is 3 hours into the tank... foots 100% attached to that rock.. i think he's still calming down...
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closer shot
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Flash Shot..
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ive read so many posts of S. Gig's dieing after a week... so thats why i debating on throwing this post up now, or a week from now, but as you can tell...i decided id just throw it up now...

those pics were from earlier i get newer ones later tonight
 
good luck! giganteas are my favorites, but, like most ppl here, have not had much luck with them :( keep us posted!
 
so this is a good sign i think, just fed my tank...and i watched a small piece of rod's food.. no bigger then your pinky nail... (for this size nem i think its a somewhat decent side of food) .. .got cought in his out ring tentacles..and he managed to bring the whole piece to his mouth... =] didnt intentially feed him..

although its only the first day, im not jumping for joy yet.. but just thought id post that as it was pretty cool :) 7 hrs into the tank and he's feeding himself =]
 
I love the small gigs! They seem to be better shippers than the larger ones... How far down in the tank is it?
 
Its not a maxi mini the tentacles r too elongated for that ill get pics tonight if the power comes back on we just had a hell of a storm come through got all my backups running right now
 
The purple verracue's? Yes they r there....and ill get a pic of it when powers back up. =] those pics were. Taken fairly short after introduction so it was still closed up a bit.....
 
I think it looks great!!! I came close to ordering it, but decided to wait a bit... Best of luck with it... Keep us posted and updated... :)
 
SHEEESH!, talk about wonderful timing, as i said earlier... we got a crazy storm that came threw tonight... tornado warning, was rediculous weather... it was weird, me and my brother were out back, playing around on our newly built Backyard RC track (we Race 1/10th scale RC shortcourse trucks) ... and ya.. it was sunny... few clouds, and you could just hear this crazy insane thunder... all around us.. but it was sunny as could be.. then 20 minutes later pouring rain, and crazy winds... and power went out from 6:00 pm till just now.. (12:10 a.m.) thank god for back ups though!! ..

which is why i want to make this quick PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT!!! ...

***** EVERYONE.. be sure to have a back up plan for when the power goes out, i hate reading tank crashes due to storm power outages, you dont need a $300 generator, run to walmart, pick up a 40$ 415W power inverter, and run it off your car.. its enough to run pumps.. or for you smaller sized tanks, buy some battery operated air pumps... they work for temporary situations **** ...

now..as i promised... and per request.. pics of the underside.. i honestly think the lights off all day kinda helped it acclimate to my tank, 15 minutes after the storm nocked out the power, and lights went off, it seemed to really open up.. and tentacles got even more elongated...

i took these current pictures about 10 minutes ago after everything came back on, figured id just snap some quick shots and turn the lights back off ..

Best underside pictures i can get
Both underside pictures taken with Flash...
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I tried to cover the flash on this pic... and this is what i got..

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also here is a pic i took of it with my phone, about 1 1/2 hours after the power went out... i was able to get a shot of the mouth =]
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it has yet to deflate... but we shall see
 
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Not to try to highjack your thread but do you or anyone know if bleached gigantea's will still have the purple verracue? I've seen what I could swear are gigantea's but looking at the verracues they are still kind of there but not purple. Could it be possible they would change to purple once they regain there zoox?

Good luck with the Gig! The 2nd and 3rd pics looks like it could almost be a ricordia at first glance.
 
Beautiful gigantea.:)
The first pic looks like gigantea. The last pic, in the first post, has traits that look like gigantea, but also has characteristics of helianthus. Knowing the small size, tightly packed tentacles, and color, made me question the ID. I was still leaning towards gigantea, which is why I didn't want to say anything, but I just wanted to be sure. Trying to ID anemones from pic's can be a PITA.



Doe5ia14 said:
Not to try to highjack your thread but do you or anyone know if bleached gigantea's will still have the purple verracue? I've seen what I could swear are gigantea's but looking at the verracues they are still kind of there but not purple. Could it be possible they would change to purple once they regain there zoox?

Good luck with the Gig! The 2nd and 3rd pics looks like it could almost be a ricordia at first glance.
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The verrucae can fade a great deal when gigantea bleaches. They can be very hard to detect. Once the anemone recovers, the verrucae become very noticeable.
 
elegance coral said:
Beautiful gigantea.:)
The first pic looks like gigantea. The last pic, in the first post, has traits that look like gigantea, but also has characteristics of helianthus. Knowing the small size, tightly packed tentacles, and color, made me question the ID. .
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i just went and googled that species, and i can see where the confusion could came into play a little bit haha =P
i woulda been pretty upset if they had sent me that

but the verracue's was the first thing i looked for.
 
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