Gigantea or haddoni

sixty_reefer · Sep 11, 2019

Hoping someone could help me out here I did ask the question 6 months back wend she was only 2in, in that time she been growing like crazy, easy at 8 to 9 inches now. But am not an anemone kinda person and a bit confused, could anyone help me out here so I know what to expect in future from this nem?

Baby pic and now

Hemmdog · Sep 11, 2019

Haddoni

sixty_reefer · Sep 11, 2019

Hemmdog said:
Haddoni

I was concerned you would say that, am going to need a new tank just for her

D-Nak · Sep 11, 2019

sixty_reefer said:
I was concerned you would say that, am going to need a new tank just for her ☹

No need for a new tank, just stop feeding it and it should stay about the same size or may even shrink a bit.

lpsouth1978 · Sep 11, 2019

Agreed, looks like Haddoni. I have 2 in a 40b and neither has grown in months. I may feed them a small piece of shrimp every month, but otherwise they get all they need from the lights.

OrionN · Sep 11, 2019

No feeding , very little growth, unless he snatch one of your fish.

Phycodurus · Sep 11, 2019

respectfully, i’m not familiar with gigantea or haddoni anemones but quite curious.

— do haddoni get pretty huge?
— does minimal feeding help control their size? (both types?)
— which one has the more potent sting??

vetteguy53081 · Sep 11, 2019

Haddoni and mine- 10.5 inches

OrionN · Sep 11, 2019

IME, both get to about the same size and both are fish eater

lpsouth1978 · Sep 11, 2019

Phycodurus said:
respectfully, i’m not familiar with gigantea or haddoni anemones but quite curious.

— do haddoni get pretty huge?
— does minimal feeding help control their size? (both types?)
— which one has the more potent sting??

OrionN is a great source for questions like this. He is the most knowledgable anemone expert I know of. I knoe that Haddoni can get close to 3' under ideal conditions, though feeding definitely influences this.

I have not had a gig, but Haddoni's are incredibly sticky and can quickly kill and eat fish.

Jon Fishman · Sep 11, 2019

OrionN said:
IME, both get to about the same size and both are fish eater

Can’t wait to get one. Keep looking for a nice one locally and they sell fast

lpsouth1978 · Sep 11, 2019

LA has some in the Divers Den for good prices. They are not brightly colored, but I still think they are nice. Also AquaSD often has them, but they tend to sell fast!

vetteguy53081 · Sep 11, 2019

OrionN said:
IME, both get to about the same size and both are fish eater

And they sting everything around them

Phycodurus · Sep 11, 2019

lpsouth1978 said:
LA has some in the Divers Den for good prices. They are not brightly colored, but I still think they are nice. Also AquaSD often has them, but they tend to sell fast!

i’ve often admired the ones on DD but even with a 180G mixed reef set-up with reefbrite LEDs & 6-bulb T5 set-up, i’m quite happy for now admiring them in others tanks.

sixty_reefer · Sep 12, 2019

OrionN said:
No feeding , very little growth, unless he snatch one of your fish.

Thank you, so would you say haddoni also? Even though the oral disc is not complete and the under side is tan instead of the usual black. Cryptodendrum Is another that I suspect of. Most haddonis I see the tentacles are all uniform near the mouth. Am I overthinking this

sixty_reefer · Sep 12, 2019

lpsouth1978 said:
OrionN is a great source for questions like this. He is the most knowledgable anemone expert I know of. I knoe that Haddoni can get close to 3' under ideal conditions, though feeding definitely influences this.

I have not had a gig, but Haddoni's are incredibly sticky and can quickly kill and eat fish.

He got some beautiful specimens in is tank in it, to my knowledge there’s 3 anemones that are very sticky, gigantea (short tentacle), haddoni and Cryptodendrum.

But most haddonis I see the tentacles are uniform all the way to the mouth, in mine I can see several lines around the mouth that don’t have tentacles just wondering if that brings it to a different species also shes a healthy anemone definitely not bleached and the underside has always been of a tan colour instead of the usual dark almost black colour.