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Unread 12/17/2014, 07:50 PM   #26
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Beautiful. That big purple is epic.


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Unread 01/04/2015, 06:25 PM   #27
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Here's a new year update on the gigs. Happy new year everyone.






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Unread 01/04/2015, 07:34 PM   #28
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nice anemones! FTS please!


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Unread 01/05/2015, 02:02 AM   #29
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Wow, those are very beautiful.


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Unread 01/05/2015, 10:10 AM   #30
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Love the pics! Thanks for the updates. I'm hoping to harem in the next couple months...wish me luck


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Unread 01/05/2015, 06:26 PM   #31
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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
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Unread 01/05/2015, 07:28 PM   #32
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Thanks everyone. Here's a fts of the tank as of 10minutes ago. Tank is 63"x32"x24"
Fairly new tank upgraded from an Elos 70 back in August of last year. Lots of sps frags.




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Unread 01/07/2015, 12:50 AM   #33
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this time around if you have to let them go, dont forget the guy name "Pinkskunk"




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Unread 01/07/2015, 09:21 AM   #35
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I won't forget you this time. To be honest, the purple one is more than what I want. My plan for this tank is SPS dominated. While I have a lot of sps space, the purple one is taking more space than I wanted. I will see if I can add more rock to the back and have more space for corals that way.
The good thing about these two is that they barely moved from the original spot I place them.


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Unread 01/07/2015, 11:11 AM   #36
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I won't forget you this time. To be honest, the purple one is more than what I want. My plan for this tank is SPS dominated. While I have a lot of sps space, the purple one is taking more space than I wanted. I will see if I can add more rock to the back and have more space for corals that way.
The good thing about these two is that they barely moved from the original spot I place them.
That Purple has my heart. If you ever decide to get rid of it, sign me up for a bidding war with PinkSkunk, lol.


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Unread 01/16/2015, 11:52 AM   #37
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More of the purple with some life in it.



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Unread 01/17/2015, 07:09 PM   #38
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That is very nice.

WOW...

That is what I am going to make my new 265 geared toward.


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Unread 01/18/2015, 10:19 AM   #39
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More of the purple with some life in it.
Wow what a monster . Really a beauty


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Unread 01/18/2015, 06:00 PM   #40
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That is really what I would love to have in my new 265.

UUGH

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Unread 08/01/2015, 07:44 PM   #41
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Here's an update of the duo. The colors are now a lot better than before. The purple regain all of its zoanthallae making it more brown in appearance.








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Unread 08/01/2015, 09:53 PM   #42
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Wow, that purple one is a monster. Did they eat any of your fish?


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Unread 08/13/2015, 09:46 PM   #43
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Gorgeous carpets and the rest of the tank too! Do these not do well under LEDs (saw someone mention MH/T5 earlier)? Do they move at all or generally stay put? What are you feeding and how often? Stunners!


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Unread 08/17/2015, 11:46 AM   #44
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I'm not going to comment on the LED since I am MH/T5 biased.
I'm not a fan of feeding nems. They get what the clowns give them and what they can catch during my daily fish feeding.
This is a comparison shot from last Nov(when first introduced to the tank) to now. You can see that they stay well put.
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Unread 08/17/2015, 04:28 PM   #45
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How established was the reef before you added them? I'm assuming I'll need 6 months at least after reaching stable parameters.
Would you guys trust an online dealer or just local? Any cost expectations on a blue/purple?


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Unread 08/17/2015, 06:17 PM   #46
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Impressive, I'm so tempted to go to MH but I want to give my ATI 24w 8 bulb a shot. Seems to be going well for now though. Awesome tank and love the gigs. I have a 10" purple that was bleached and a 5" that was bleached I'm trying to rescue. Going good so far but I noticed you said you prefer not to feed anemones? You don't feed your gigs at all? What benefit do you get from not feeding or is it just personal preference to keep nutrients down or worried about bad food? I also noticed you only have one pump for flow, is it an MP40 and no issues without foam guards? I have a 93 cube which my gigs reside and was thinking of adding a gyre 130 to supplement with my mp40 but worry about no foam guards.


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Unread 08/17/2015, 06:50 PM   #47
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How established was the reef before you added them? I'm assuming I'll need 6 months at least after reaching stable parameters.
Would you guys trust an online dealer or just local? Any cost expectations on a blue/purple?
The tank was an upgrade from an Elos system 70. The tank, however, is much larger and it was running in parallel for a couple months before I moved the content of the S70 into it. The giganteas were added 3 months after the tank was set up. Some of you may disagree with that but it worked out for me. In general, I would advise to wait unless you really feel that the tank is ready and the specimen is healthy enough to begin with.
I special ordered through a very good LFS. He sent me pics from his supplier prior shipping to the store. I was out of town that week but he texted me a couple pics of the giganteas when the they arrived. I only agreed to let the supplier ship to him after receiving the pictures from the supplier and saw how healthy they were.

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Impressive, I'm so tempted to go to MH but I want to give my ATI 24w 8 bulb a shot. Seems to be going well for now though. Awesome tank and love the gigs. I have a 10" purple that was bleached and a 5" that was bleached I'm trying to rescue. Going good so far but I noticed you said you prefer not to feed anemones? You don't feed your gigs at all? What benefit do you get from not feeding or is it just personal preference to keep nutrients down or worried about bad food? I also noticed you only have one pump for flow, is it an MP40 and no issues without foam guards? I have a 93 cube which my gigs reside and was thinking of adding a gyre 130 to supplement with my mp40 but worry about no foam guards.
I don't feed the anemones because there's no need. Some people feed them because they want to get them bigger. That's not the case for me. The bigger the anemone, the more PITA for me to place my corals. I only want something for my clowns. The asymbiotic relationship is very enjoyable to watch.
I'm using 2xMP40QD running at max power in long pulse. The return also provide another 600GPH or so. I do not have issue with critters running into the pump. The snails sometime goes in front but comes right back out. I do not feed pause the pump so there's no fish can get in it.


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Unread 07/29/2016, 09:27 PM   #48
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Update of the giganteas and tank. Watch it in 4K. You can see the eggs from the clowns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhMOEZz_ULk


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The green seem to be a lot smaller than the purple one. What ever happened to the tear on the column of the purple one?


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Unread 07/30/2016, 06:23 AM   #50
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Minh,
Thanks for noticing that. Shortly after my last update, the green went into a shrinking state. At one point, I thought I was going to lose it. It was strange since it has been happy and grown for over a year. I didn't know what to do and did not do anything but just watched. my purple one did not seem to be affected. This makes me wonder how many of those small giganteas are actually a monster at one point.
I don't know what happen to the pedal laceration on the purple one. It's still a monster and I haven't tried to find it.


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