Yellow Gig

That thing looks rough. Add shipping to the mix and its a gonner IMO. Plus, pretty sure that is a bleached green. Wouldn't waste my money on that.
 
I agree its a bleach green, 50 percent chance on living, mouth seems to be open not tight. too much on price also
 
ptr13 said:
I agree its a bleach green, 50 percent chance on living, mouth seems to be open not tight. too much on price also
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Less than 50% for sure. As is, he need treatment right now. No treatment and shipped, he will be dead.
 
Of any of the online shops, I tend to trust UC. I think they're being honest about the color (that's it's yellow in the shop), but I personally don't think it'll stay yellow and will turn into a green gig. As others mentioned, I agree that it's simply a bleached green one. I've seen quite a few of these "yellow" gigs now, and all have turned green. Not to say it's bad, but in this case I don't think anyone should pay a premium for the current color.
 
That pic on UC for sale probably is pretty close to real color in real life, but I agree. Looks like it will color up to a nice green, if it doesn't die first, sadly most likely looking at the picture.

I remember that thread SDguy posted. THAT was intentional misleading.

I don't think UC's photo is trying to intentionally mislead, although their description could use some tweaking. At the bottom, it says it's been "thriving" for weeks... I wonder how it looks today? They may not really know what a gig looks like when they're truly thriving.
 
By the way, I think that photo is pretty true to life. That is what they look like when partially bleached and not in very good health. I wouldn't call it a "yellow gigantea" but otherwise I believe that is a pretty true WYSIWYG photo...
 
BonsaiNut said:
By the way, I think that photo is pretty true to life. That is what they look like when partially bleached and not in very good health. I wouldn't call it a "yellow gigantea" but otherwise I believe that is a pretty true WYSIWYG photo...
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I agree with you. My post doesn't match this situation exactly. Still, I think vendors are knowledgeable enough to know that this nem, if it survives, won't stay yellow, so still misleading, IMO. But that also leads to the argument that customers should educate themselves.

Saying all that, is there such a thing as a yellow gig?
 
SDguy said:
I agree with you. My post doesn't match this situation exactly. Still, I think vendors are knowledgeable enough to know that this nem, if it survives, won't stay yellow, so still misleading, IMO. But that also leads to the argument that customers should educate themselves.

Saying all that, is there such a thing as a yellow gig?
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I've seen many gigs in the wild (around Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia), but no yellows. There are many shades of green, tan/brown and some lighter green tones under particular lighting conditions might look yellowish, but as you get closer you can tell they are either green or tan.

The one in the photo is a half bleached green. Shouldn't sell for more than $50.
To view the real color of any specimen you should look at it under lighting set at 5500/5600K, anything else will give you a false color rendition. Many strobes for underwater photography are set at 5500K, then in post you should set your white balance accordingly.
 
SDguy said:
I agree with you. My post doesn't match this situation exactly. Still, I think vendors are knowledgeable enough to know that this nem, if it survives, won't stay yellow, so still misleading, IMO. But that also leads to the argument that customers should educate themselves.

Saying all that, is there such a thing as a yellow gig?
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I actually don't think many vendors who specialize in coral know a lot about anemones, particularly when it comes to carpet anemones. UC doesn't even list the species of this particular nem. We know it's a gigantea, but by them not labeling it a gig makes me think they weren't sure what it was. In many cases involving gigantea -- such as this one -- I think we know more than the vendors do. I definitely agree that as customers we need to educate ourselves.

I personally don't think there is such a thing as a true yellow gig, but I'm the type of person who only believes something if I see multiple photos and/or videos, and these must come from a trusted source, and shot under ideal conditions. Generally speaking though, the problem with green is that it can quickly morph into yellow, especially under heavy blue light. Furthermore, yellow and green are colors that are interpreted differently depending on who you talk to.
 
SDguy said:
I agree with you. My post doesn't match this situation exactly. Still, I think vendors are knowledgeable enough to know that this nem, if it survives, won't stay yellow, so still misleading, IMO. But that also leads to the argument that customers should educate themselves.

Saying all that, is there such a thing as a yellow gig?
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I used to think people in their profession all knew what they're doing... The more time goes by, the more I realize how dumb the general public really is. LFS may actually not know something. I've talked with a few, and some don't really know much about certain things. Some know a lot about corals, and next to nothing about anemone's, and look like :hmm4: when asked. :lolspin:

I have a lime green gig. I can't help but think, if it got stronger light, it may get closer to yellow than green, but will always have a tint of green to it. Sugartooth used to have a green green gig, I think she bought as yellow. I think she may have had a couple greens, that started out yellow, IIRC.

This guy started out pretty yellow.


Today. This is pretty accurate color to real life. Both taken with same I-phone.


I suspect there's just two green shades, dark green, and lime green. I don't know for sure, just a guess on my part. I've never seen a yellow, to have the pink/light brown undertone when healthy. Every yellow I've seen seems to need TLC, and is in transition to it's final resting place, whether it's the sink, or a tank. Never established. Doesn't mean it doesn't exist, I've never seen one though.
 
I have seen it in person on last Friday when I picked up some SPS. It is definitely bleached and it didn't look like it was in good shape at all.
 
TBH I thing green gigs tend to be on the more lime green/yellow side, than, say, a mint green color.
 
Here it is. I found it. She had some really beautiful anemone's.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1736497

Our lighting and water may impact what color they look like in our tanks too. You lucky enough to see them in person probably know better.

I'm using DIY cree( combo's of XRE, XPE, and XPG's - I think they range from 6500, 10,000, 18,000, 20,000k, with a couple reds and greens mixed in ) LED (each 3 watt x quantity of 60 per 2' of tank) with (2) T5 lamps. I'm also on a well, and don't use DI. I use RO only, and it's got TDS of (+ or -) 10-40 depending on time of year.
 
There are definitely two shades of green in both S. haddoni and S. gigantea; a pale green and florescent green.

I have never seen a yellow (or what I would call yellow) in either species however. Any time I hear "yellow carpet" I immediately check it out and it has always been a bleached florescent green one.
 
Color is the least of my concern with the UC gig. The health of that nem is what troubles me. To characterize it as "thriving" demonstrates a serious lack of knowledge if not worse.
 
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