Stichodactyla Gigantea

Kris4647 · Feb 1, 2020

I just thought I’d share a few pictures. Returned to the hobby a few months ago after many years away, so happy to have found this guy. So healthy. Never deflated, color has filled in quite a bit.

A picture and short video from 12/15 and then today. (Sorry it’s so hard to get “normal looking” pictures with these leds. I used around 11k temp lighting and the aquarium cam app).

DeniseAndy · Feb 1, 2020

Looks great. Nice coloring up too. Any clowns in that baby? A unique pair would be amazing to watch.

Kris4647 · Feb 1, 2020

DeniseAndy said:
Looks great. Nice coloring up too. Any clowns in that baby? A unique pair would be amazing to watch.

Not yet. I lost an entire collection of rare clowns when we evacuated for a hurricane years ago. I’m looking for Leucokranos again they’ve always been my favorite.

OrionN · Feb 2, 2020

OrionN · Feb 2, 2020

IME, they like more flow that what you are providing for him. Here is a short Video of one of my Gigantea. Perhaps they don't need this much flow to live, but they are much happier with this type of flow. My Gigantea just absolutely love it there with this much light and flow.
Best flow for Gigantea

vetteguy53081 · Feb 2, 2020

Stability.... change nothing. It looks great

gig 'em · Feb 3, 2020

Gorgeous specimen

chizerbunoi · Feb 3, 2020

Very nice color.

ztorrico · Feb 5, 2020

OrionN said:
IME, they like more flow that what you are providing for him. Here is a short Video of one of my Gigantea. Perhaps they don't need this much flow to live, but they are much happier with this type of flow. My Gigantea just absolutely love it there with this much light and flow.
Best flow for Gigantea

That should be called The Grinches Gigantea!!! Looks great!!!

OrionN · Feb 5, 2020

ztorrico said:
That should be called The Grinches Gigantea!!! Looks great!!!

I really did not mean to be a Grinch and sorry it may come across like that. I think Kris anemone is very beautiful and healthy. However I do have a lot of experience driven Ed with Gigantea, my favorite anemone. I was just suggest that he may want t increase his flow. Beeping the anemone healthy.

Sailfin11 · Feb 6, 2020

OrionN said:
I really did not mean to be a Grinch and sorry it may come across like that. I think Kris anemone is very beautiful and healthy. However I do have a lot of experience driven Ed with Gigantea, my favorite anemone. I was just suggest that he may want t increase his flow. Beeping the anemone healthy.

I think he said that because your anemone is green like the Grinch, not because of your comment (good advice btw)

jsvand5 · Feb 6, 2020

Great find. They are pretty tough to kill once last the initial acclimation/infection period. I found a nice Blue and a nice green but was never able to find a purple.

Definitely agree with giving it a bit more flow though.

ztorrico · Feb 6, 2020

OrionN said:
I really did not mean to be a Grinch and sorry it may come across like that. I think Kris anemone is very beautiful and healthy. However I do have a lot of experience driven Ed with Gigantea, my favorite anemone. I was just suggest that he may want t increase his flow. Beeping the anemone healthy.

Haha!!! Sorry about that!! I def meant it looks like it could be related to The Grinch based on its appearance!! My bad!!

OrionN · Feb 6, 2020

ztorrico said:
Haha!!! Sorry about that!! I def meant it looks like it could be related to The Grinch based on its appearance!! My bad!!

;Shamefullyembarrasedit is my bad;Shamefullyembarrased

Kris4647 · Feb 9, 2020

OrionN said:
IME, they like more flow that what you are providing for him. Here is a short Video of one of my Gigantea. Perhaps they don't need this much flow to live, but they are much happier with this type of flow. My Gigantea just absolutely love it there with this much light and flow.
Best flow for Gigantea

Always open to advice especially Grinchy advice from Minh (lol, j/k

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I paused my (gyres, mp10s) circulation pumps before I take pictures. It’s still not as much as you are using but I do like to keep the tentacles moving.
Honestly right now I’d like it to stop getting bigger. Since i got it I’ve been feeding gulf shrimp and it’s close to 10”-12” across at this point. I re-scaped my tank and it got up on a rock which is not ideal.

OrionN · Feb 9, 2020

Gigantea do great on rock. They are not really sand bed anemone. At most they attach to side of the rock near the sand. Of the 5 I have 4 are on the rock structure and 1 at the sand-rock interface.
Don't feed him anymore and he won't get bigger (quickly). Fish and snails are fair game as is anything floating around and touch his tentacles.