Frankie's 120gal. glass experiment

[Frankie]

Thanks Doni! i will go and get this stuff for the food today. Give me a moment and i ill get a shot of the underside.

 

[Frankie]

How is this? I will get a better one when the MH's come on it you need it. Thanks for the help Doni!

 

[AQTCJAK]

Great looking Frankie

 

[Woodstock]

I am pretty sure that is a gigantea carpet anemone. Do a google search and read up on all the info you can. They are the largest and most difficult to keep in captivity. I have only owned haddoni carpet anemones (supposedly the easiest of the carpets).

 

[hma]

Agree 100% Doni. That is a Condylactis gigantea.

Here a picture of my Condy…

 

[BigAl07]

Very impressive Heinz.

 

[Woodstock]

I think it is a Stichodactyla gigantea.

Beautiful anemone Heinz!!

 

[hma]

I think it is a Stichodactyla gigantea.

Beautiful anemone Heinz!!

mhhhh .... I think you am right Doni… sorry, I saw the purple tipps of the Anemone in the foreground and that looks like my Condy .... :scram:

 

[Frankie]

Well I am a little disgruntled. It appears i have one of the hardest to keep anemones out there. But, I like a challenge Let see what all these years of rare successes have gotten me shale we? I will need all the support i can get from you all! So post away!

 

[blue_eyes53813]

Awesome looking anemone and sun corals Frank.. Did you have to do anything special for the sun corals to open like that?

I think my carpet might be a gigantea too?? Not sure though, If you find any good reading on them will you post it please. The base of mine looks spotted like yours. None of my clowns will go near the anemone. I have a maroon gold stripe and a pair of orange skunk clowns.. They stay FARRRRRRRR away from it.

 

[Frankie]

I took some more pictures of this monster.
I dug a hole and buried its foot in the sand then placed some rocks next to it. It creeped up onto the rock. It's kinda cool the way it is attached! I did some reading up on Stichodactyla gigantea.
It was suggested that i place it in the manner i just described and it would go either in the sand or onto the rock. I guess it likes the rock! Here are some more pictures with a good under side for Doni.
I also got all eight moon lights up! I am going to run them 24/7. One less timer will be good.
The clown seem to be warming up to it now also btw. :whstlr:

 

[Frankie]

Not the greatest pictures this morning but i thought i would show what i woke up to.

 

[Woodstock]

Yay!! They found it! What a beautiful family they make
That gigantea is awesome Frankie. Don't get too disgruntled, there are reefers out there that have kept them successfully.

 

[Anselth]

Nice Frankie! Good luck with them!

 

[blue_eyes53813]

Ahhhh very Nice.. From doing some searches on the stichodactyla family , I think I have a mertensii... My carpet seems to be a non stinging anemone though but looks like a mertensii from pictures.. Im gonna do some more searching today... Awesome looking anemone Frankie

 

[BigAl07]

Awesome pics Frank! Excellent work and looks like HAPPY days are here

Allen

 

[Craig Manoukian]

Awesome symbiotics FF!

 

[lcstorc]

So sweet! Home sweet home.

 

[Frankie]

Agree 100% Doni. That is a Condylactis gigantea.

Here a picture of my Condy…

Hate to tell you this hma but thats a bleached out seabae anemone i found out. It is bleached out deliberately by keeping it in the dark. I also found out that they die after a few months to a year also.

 

[AQTCJAK]

Glad to see them happy