where to get gigantea anemone?

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krak256

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i'm in the search of a gigantea anemone and it seems that almost every online shop doesn't have any in stock. I've check LA, reef hot spot, cherry corals, blue zoo, and nothing! the other caveat is that it needs to on the smaller side.

where has everyone purchased theirs from? I'm looking to place the nem in the bottom left side of my tank, replacing the green haddoni (the pic is old):
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right now my haddoni is about 4-6 inches. my main concern is its reputation as a fish eater... i really dont want to lose my powder brown or 2 leopard wrasses. am i correct in my assumption that giganteas have a better rep?
 
It true that giganteas are much less likely to be fish eaters than haddoni, however, they are about 10X more difficult to keep and its about 100X more difficult to find a good healthy specimen.
With that said, they tend to be a bit seasonal. They usually start showing up the most in the late fall to spring.
 
IME Leopard Wrasses like to sleep in the sand around and/or under the oral disc of Haddon's anemone (for protection maybe?)

A healthy Powder Brown is highly unlikely to get captured by a Haddon's anemone in that large aquarium.
 
wow, thats a great pic gary. is that your leopard? seeing a fish (other than a clown) that close to a haddoni scares the beejuzus outta me.
 
Leopard Wrasses are pretty smart ;)

At one point I had five Macropharyngodon in the haddoni aquarium. The anemone never ate one.

Mandarinfish are another story............
 
ah got it. where have you picked up your giganteas from gary? i also read that giganteas are far more detrimental to corals than haddonis, is that correct? (regards to moving and stinging)
 
haddoni and gigantea are equally detrimental to corals they come into contact with. The nice thing about Haddon's anemone is that it stays low with it's foot buried through sand to an anchor (rock or glass bottom).

I have secret sources for my anemones :)
 
Gary Majchrzak said:
IME Leopard Wrasses like to sleep in the sand around and/or under the oral disc of Haddon's anemone (for protection maybe?)

A healthy Powder Brown is highly unlikely to get captured by a Haddon's anemone in that large aquarium.
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I noticed my shark nose goby always hang around by my Gig's foot, underneath the oral disc, and sleeps inside the rock that the Gig is attached to.
 
krak256 said:
ah got it. where have you picked up your giganteas from gary? i also read that giganteas are far more detrimental to corals than haddonis, is that correct? (regards to moving and stinging)
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I very recently has a good sized milli frag fall into my S. Haddoni, was there for a couple of minutes before I pulled it out -- the next day it was completely dead.
 
Oddly enough I just sold my pink skunk pair because they were causing my other fish (( dwarf angels )) to get too close to their anemone. Since I sold them, the remaining dwarfs (( lost a golden angel to it )) pretty much stay clear of it -- no reason to go over there, since there are no clowns for them to be harassed by.
 
i have a black saddleback in the nem right now. its odd, for some reason fish like to go to the corner where the haddoni is. maybe because my room light is closest to that corner?
 
i just came back home to find my haddoni oddly swollen, as if it were eating something. i didnt think much of it but kept looking... then i saw thrashing in the middle. i immediately stuck my hand in and pried the haddoni open to find my bipartus leopard wrasse in it. i just removed her and placed her in a breeder net. she's breathing really hard... i really hope she makes it.

im officially done with the haddoni and posted it for sale. i could live with the cardinal being eaten, but not my leopard wrasse.
 
Sorry to hear that. And hate to say it, but I expect the wrasse to be dead within a couple of hours -- have been there before.
 
i see todd. why is that though? is it cuz the stings are too harsh? it wasnt even being digested yet.

edit: just looked at it... its not swimming well and is twitching a lot. its belly is facing up...
 
The fish are goners even before the digestion starts -- the stinging cells from the anemone does them in. I am surprised that your hand isn't hurting/swollen -- happened to me when I tried to save a fish.
 
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