Petco Gigantea - Page 5

OrionN · 02/11/2014, 08:08 PM

Guess what I just got from Petco a few hrs ago. Both go straight to Cipro treatment tank

worm5406 · 02/11/2014, 08:26 PM

Nice... you have all the luck.. LOL...

Or is it torment?

OrionN · 02/11/2014, 08:33 PM

These two anemones are really nice. They are not as healthy as my last three but one is green, fairly dark green tipped while the other one is white tipped with just a hint of light green but the oral plate and the lower part of the tentacles are green

taylor t · 02/11/2014, 09:51 PM

Nice! When Peter first got my 2 blues, one had white tips, one didn't. Now, neither have white tips now-just solid color.

Are you close enough to the ocean to just fence off an area and claim it???

worm5406 · 02/11/2014, 10:28 PM

But his water is too cold!

OrionN · 02/11/2014, 10:41 PM

I used to live on the Corpus Christi Bay but not anymore. Not suitable for reef tank. Thje water there, with run off is full of nutrients. Some of my friend and I pump water from the Gulf of Mexico to use for our tank.

After 6 hrs or so in the HT, with Cipro, the two anemones look a lot better. Will update with picture tomorrow.

OrionN · 02/12/2014, 09:33 AM

Update today. About the only good thing I can say is that the anemones are improving and they have not deflated yet. This. IMO, mean that they are doign well, however they still do not look healthy to me. This is certainly understandable, not in the HT for 24 hrs yet.

worm5406 · 02/12/2014, 09:53 AM

LOL... Trying to push each other out huh?

OrionN · 02/12/2014, 10:53 AM

I got 2 mugs, one for each, but they like to be cozy.

worm5406 · 02/12/2014, 01:46 PM

Yeah they do seem to share. Must be the caffeine too. The other might be the decaf cup.

D-Nak · 02/12/2014, 05:52 PM

So how many gigs are you up to now? 30?

deangelr · 02/12/2014, 05:56 PM

^^^^

I was also curious here.. ;-)

Overboard · 02/12/2014, 08:41 PM

Another great find! You have all the luck!

OrionN · 02/12/2014, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by D-Nak

So how many gigs are you up to now? 30?

I got 5 Giganteas 2 Haddoni and a Magnifica that is not doing well.
Now two more Gigantea. The green one deflated today. The white one does not look too well but have not deflated.
Will see.

OrionN · 02/12/2014, 09:47 PM

Picture tonight. They do look better tonight than they did last night.

worm5406 · 02/12/2014, 10:51 PM

They do look nice!!

five oh · 02/13/2014, 10:01 PM

My Petco has 3 in stock. I think they wanted $60 each. They are a brownish and slightly green.

Diamond Dave · 02/13/2014, 11:42 PM

I also scored a sebae at petco that was a total rescue.

OrionN · 02/14/2014, 06:08 AM

The anemone have not change much from the last pictures. No pooping and no deflation. They will not become "healthy" until I get them to DT next week and start to feed them. I do think that their infection are well under control.

taylor t · 02/14/2014, 04:22 PM

Those guys look great for fresh arrivals... can we see a pic of the original petco gigs?

Last one I remember they had turned into beasts!

OrionN · 02/14/2014, 10:31 PM

taylor,
Below are two of the original Petco Gigantea. I trade one for a light.
The other two are my new Petco Gigantea tonight right after I change 50% of the water and add Cipro.
I even got them to separate coffee mug.
The second one got shaded in my holding tank. Too many Gigantea. I got a little light but since I got my 320 gal DT up and got him in there he is looking really nice.

OrionN · 02/14/2014, 10:35 PM

The two new Gigantea are doing really well. Mouth all close up and stiff and everything. I will stop antibiotic Tuesday (7 days of treatment) and keep them in the HT for the rest of the week. Transfer them to DT over the weekend. That is my plan.

With Cipro I am 5 for 5 Gigantea from Petco. I posted the Cipro thread about 1 year ago. I really am glad that Cipro help save a lot of anemones.

OrionN · 02/14/2014, 10:40 PM

About my Gigantea count, I forgot to count the Gigantea I got at my office, in a 65 g tank.
Here is a picture of the tank.
My phone picture got this band of color on it when I take picture of this tank. I am not sure why and cannot do anything about it.

FernandoReef · 02/15/2014, 03:24 PM

Oh wow, you didn have any problems with other fish rather than the clownfish with the anemones?

OrionN · 02/15/2014, 03:34 PM

I lost fish now and then, but not often. Most of the time the fish got scare from something that I did and spook into the anemone. Rarely they got careless and wander into the anemone. I cover the anemone when I do something major to the tank.
IMO, dim light slowly at night is also important in keeping fish safe.

02/11/2014, 08:08 PM	#101
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	Guess what I just got from Petco a few hrs ago. Both go straight to Cipro treatment tank __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

02/11/2014, 08:26 PM	#102
worm5406 Not afriad to admit wrong Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: South of WashDC in Maryland Posts: 7,774	Nice... you have all the luck.. LOL... Or is it torment? __________________ Stock:LPS/SPS\|1 hippo\|4 OC Clown\|4 Pepp shrimp\|2 Brittle Star\|3000+ Copepods\|10+ MiniBrittle\|8+ Bristle Worm\|2 Anemone\|100+ mini-feather\|4 boys 14,21,22,22 Current Tank Info: Tank:300g Mixed Reef 300+lb LR\|4" LS\|5x MP40W\|75g fuge\|5x RadionPRO\|RO DB250 skimmer\|Apex

02/11/2014, 08:33 PM	#103
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	These two anemones are really nice. They are not as healthy as my last three but one is green, fairly dark green tipped while the other one is white tipped with just a hint of light green but the oral plate and the lower part of the tentacles are green __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip Last edited by OrionN; 02/11/2014 at 08:45 PM.

02/11/2014, 10:28 PM	#105
worm5406 Not afriad to admit wrong Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: South of WashDC in Maryland Posts: 7,774	But his water is too cold! __________________ Stock:LPS/SPS\|1 hippo\|4 OC Clown\|4 Pepp shrimp\|2 Brittle Star\|3000+ Copepods\|10+ MiniBrittle\|8+ Bristle Worm\|2 Anemone\|100+ mini-feather\|4 boys 14,21,22,22 Current Tank Info: Tank:300g Mixed Reef 300+lb LR\|4" LS\|5x MP40W\|75g fuge\|5x RadionPRO\|RO DB250 skimmer\|Apex

02/11/2014, 10:41 PM	#106
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	I used to live on the Corpus Christi Bay but not anymore. Not suitable for reef tank. Thje water there, with run off is full of nutrients. Some of my friend and I pump water from the Gulf of Mexico to use for our tank. After 6 hrs or so in the HT, with Cipro, the two anemones look a lot better. Will update with picture tomorrow. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

02/11/2014, 09:51 PM	#104
taylor t Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Naperville, Il Posts: 2,396	Nice! When Peter first got my 2 blues, one had white tips, one didn't. Now, neither have white tips now-just solid color. Are you close enough to the ocean to just fence off an area and claim it???

02/12/2014, 09:53 AM	#108
worm5406 Not afriad to admit wrong Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: South of WashDC in Maryland Posts: 7,774	LOL... Trying to push each other out huh? __________________ Stock:LPS/SPS\|1 hippo\|4 OC Clown\|4 Pepp shrimp\|2 Brittle Star\|3000+ Copepods\|10+ MiniBrittle\|8+ Bristle Worm\|2 Anemone\|100+ mini-feather\|4 boys 14,21,22,22 Current Tank Info: Tank:300g Mixed Reef 300+lb LR\|4" LS\|5x MP40W\|75g fuge\|5x RadionPRO\|RO DB250 skimmer\|Apex

02/12/2014, 10:53 AM	#109
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	I got 2 mugs, one for each, but they like to be cozy. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

02/12/2014, 01:46 PM	#110
worm5406 Not afriad to admit wrong Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: South of WashDC in Maryland Posts: 7,774	Yeah they do seem to share. Must be the caffeine too. The other might be the decaf cup. __________________ Stock:LPS/SPS\|1 hippo\|4 OC Clown\|4 Pepp shrimp\|2 Brittle Star\|3000+ Copepods\|10+ MiniBrittle\|8+ Bristle Worm\|2 Anemone\|100+ mini-feather\|4 boys 14,21,22,22 Current Tank Info: Tank:300g Mixed Reef 300+lb LR\|4" LS\|5x MP40W\|75g fuge\|5x RadionPRO\|RO DB250 skimmer\|Apex

02/12/2014, 05:52 PM	#111
D-Nak Registered Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 5,797	So how many gigs are you up to now? 30? __________________ Tank info: 120 gallon 48x30x20 high DT. Clownfish breeding rack in full swing: C-Quest Onyx, Bali Aquarich P1 Picasso + Rod's Onyx, wild percula + Rod's Onyx.

02/12/2014, 05:56 PM	#112
deangelr Clown Whisperererer Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,262	^^^^ I was also curious here.. ;-) __________________ Many Tanks.... ACROS, CLOWNS AND ANEMONES...

02/12/2014, 08:41 PM	#113
Overboard Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 554	Another great find! You have all the luck! __________________ 360 Gallon SPS Display. Lighting is with two 400 watt MH , two Radion G4 X30s, supplemented with old school VHOs for some "pop". Fish - Pair of IO Regal Angels, pair of captive bred Hawaiian Flame

02/12/2014, 10:51 PM	#116
worm5406 Not afriad to admit wrong Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: South of WashDC in Maryland Posts: 7,774	They do look nice!! __________________ Stock:LPS/SPS\|1 hippo\|4 OC Clown\|4 Pepp shrimp\|2 Brittle Star\|3000+ Copepods\|10+ MiniBrittle\|8+ Bristle Worm\|2 Anemone\|100+ mini-feather\|4 boys 14,21,22,22 Current Tank Info: Tank:300g Mixed Reef 300+lb LR\|4" LS\|5x MP40W\|75g fuge\|5x RadionPRO\|RO DB250 skimmer\|Apex

02/13/2014, 10:01 PM	#117
five oh Moved On Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Homestead / Miami Beach Posts: 21	My Petco has 3 in stock. I think they wanted $60 each. They are a brownish and slightly green.

02/13/2014, 11:42 PM	#118
Diamond Dave Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Hendersonville, NC Posts: 80	I also scored a sebae at petco that was a total rescue.

02/14/2014, 06:08 AM	#119
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	The anemone have not change much from the last pictures. No pooping and no deflation. They will not become "healthy" until I get them to DT next week and start to feed them. I do think that their infection are well under control. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

02/14/2014, 04:22 PM	#120
taylor t Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Naperville, Il Posts: 2,396	Those guys look great for fresh arrivals... can we see a pic of the original petco gigs? Last one I remember they had turned into beasts!

02/14/2014, 10:35 PM	#122
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	The two new Gigantea are doing really well. Mouth all close up and stiff and everything. I will stop antibiotic Tuesday (7 days of treatment) and keep them in the HT for the rest of the week. Transfer them to DT over the weekend. That is my plan. With Cipro I am 5 for 5 Gigantea from Petco. I posted the Cipro thread about 1 year ago. I really am glad that Cipro help save a lot of anemones. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip

02/15/2014, 03:24 PM	#124
FernandoReef Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 53	Oh wow, you didn have any problems with other fish rather than the clownfish with the anemones?

02/15/2014, 03:34 PM	#125
OrionN Moved on Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Coastal Texas Posts: 16,000	I lost fish now and then, but not often. Most of the time the fish got scare from something that I did and spook into the anemone. Rarely they got careless and wander into the anemone. I cover the anemone when I do something major to the tank. IMO, dim light slowly at night is also important in keeping fish safe. __________________ Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip