Show us your giganteas!

[MikeyA]

I want to give a big thank you to @OrionN and @gig 'em for their help with his recovery. Now I just need to convince gig' em to let me have his red gig lol.

 

[MikeyA]

Ok so he's now in his new 10 gallon home and settling in nicely. He has moved away from any flow (which is turned down to its lowest setting). But that's OK if he wants more flow he can move towards it. I wasn't able to get my skimmer online so my plan is to feed only before I do a modest water change on the system. I'll attempt the first feeding tomorrow. Forgive my photography skills or lack there of lol. As you can see he is very bleached but still has slight color still.

 

[MikeyA]

I know not gig related but I thought this was cool enough to share. My melanurus wrasse is pregnant. The only other wrasse in my system of similar species is my male yellow coris. They're always together, have been since day one.

 

[OrionN]

Fish don't get pregnant (other than live bearers). They can get egg bind and died from it.

 

[MikeyA]

Aren't wrasse livebearers

 

[MikeyA]

@OrionN, I did try to feed the gig a very small piece of shrimp. He had zero feeding response nor interest, so I'll try again in a few days after I'm certain he's settled in to his new tank.

 

[OrionN]

Aren't wrasse livebearers

No they are not. Hardly any marine fish are live bearer. Shark, and the live barer freshwater fish (guppies and the like) from the top of my head. I can't think of any others right off of my head.

 

[MikeyA]

What do you think could be the issue with her stomach? She eats very well.

 

[MikeyA]

And I'm happy to report that the gig did finally eat. One small mysis shrimp but he ate it. The feeding response was very slow so I'm watching to see if he spits it back up

 

[Hot2na]

And I'm happy to report that the gig did finally eat. One small mysis shrimp but he ate it. The feeding response was very slow so I'm watching to see if he spits it back up

Thats usually what they do after treatment,,very slow feeding response ,, A week after all abx are removed is usually when I see an improved feeding response..

 

[Saltees]

I love the color! Just keep an eye on the clown and how it's impacting the gig and the acclimation process. Size-wise, it's a bit too big for the gig and if it's too rough, it could actually kill it. I'd expect to see longer tentacles at this point, and I'm wondering if the clown might be jostling it to the point where it's not able to expand its tentacles (meaning it's stressed).

Sadly the anemone passed. @D-Nak You’re right, the clownfish was very rough with the gig to a point where the anemone was dislodged from the rock itself. I placed hard HDPE fencing over the anemone to stop the clownfish from accessing. But it’s too late, the anemone wasn’t quite itself after the above episode, it remained deflated for a day and spilling its guts on the day after. That’s when I decided to CIPRO @ 250mg/10Gal … with fresh water change and CIPRO every 24hours. Didn’t improve the first 2 days, I decided to double the dosage, it did better on day 3 and 4, it actually inflated. On Day 5, it started to loose its tentacles, Day 6 it started to melt, and on day 7 today, it liquified. Throughout, these 7 days it periodically spill contents from its guts, and I removed them diligently, not sure what more I could do.

 

[krak256]

Sadly the anemone passed. @D-Nak You’re right, the clownfish was very rough with the gig to a point where the anemone was dislodged from the rock itself. I placed hard HDPE fencing over the anemone to stop the clownfish from accessing. But it’s too late, the anemone wasn’t quite itself after the above episode, it remained deflated for a day and spilling its guts on the day after. That’s when I decided to CIPRO @ 250mg/10Gal … with fresh water change and CIPRO every 24hours. Didn’t improve the first 2 days, I decided to double the dosage, it did better on day 3 and 4, it actually inflated. On Day 5, it started to loose its tentacles, Day 6 it started to melt, and on day 7 today, it liquified. Throughout, these 7 days it periodically spill contents from its guts, and I removed them diligently, not sure what more I could do.

sorry to hear that

 

[D-Nak]

Sadly the anemone passed. @D-Nak You’re right, the clownfish was very rough with the gig to a point where the anemone was dislodged from the rock itself. I placed hard HDPE fencing over the anemone to stop the clownfish from accessing. But it’s too late, the anemone wasn’t quite itself after the above episode, it remained deflated for a day and spilling its guts on the day after. That’s when I decided to CIPRO @ 250mg/10Gal … with fresh water change and CIPRO every 24hours. Didn’t improve the first 2 days, I decided to double the dosage, it did better on day 3 and 4, it actually inflated. On Day 5, it started to loose its tentacles, Day 6 it started to melt, and on day 7 today, it liquified. Throughout, these 7 days it periodically spill contents from its guts, and I removed them diligently, not sure what more I could do.

That's unfortunate. Gigs are extremely fragile when they're first acquired. I recommend at least two weeks isolated in a QT tank--typically the first week is to administer antibiotics, and the second week for observation.

In the past I've seen clownfish do terrible things to acclimating gigs. I've seen them "dive bomb" into the mouth (my clowns NEVER do this to a healthy gig that has the ability to keep its mouth tight), use their tail and body to violently push themselves into the disk (with a healthy gig they simply lie in them), and wiggle around so much that the gig deflates.

It takes a lot of energy for a gig to acclimate--it purges itself of old water (sometimes causing it to deflate) and then tries to keep itself upright on its foot. It is also getting used to new lighting conditions so is has to adjust its zooxanthellae population--we sometimes see dead zoox either expelled as pellets or a dark slimy substance.

In your case, the gig was probably already sick/infected and the clownfish just made it worse. I was concerned because after a couple of weeks you should've seen more tentacle extension and it wasn't happening.

 

[MikeyA]

That's unfortunate. Gigs are extremely fragile when they're first acquired. I recommend at least two weeks isolated in a QT tank--typically the first week is to administer antibiotics, and the second week for observation.

In the past I've seen clownfish do terrible things to acclimating gigs. I've seen them "dive bomb" into the mouth (my clowns NEVER do this to a healthy gig that has the ability to keep its mouth tight), use their tail and body to violently push themselves into the disk (with a healthy gig they simply lie in them), and wiggle around so much that the gig deflates.

It takes a lot of energy for a gig to acclimate--it purges itself of old water (sometimes causing it to deflate) and then tries to keep itself upright on its foot. It is also getting used to new lighting conditions so is has to adjust its zooxanthellae population--we sometimes see dead zoox either expelled as pellets or a dark slimy substance.

In your case, the gig was probably already sick/infected and the clownfish just made it worse. I was concerned because after a couple of weeks you should've seen more tentacle extension and it wasn't happening.

Thats kinda going along with my idea. My gig will house the 10 gallon till I get him around 6", then move to a 20 gallon long till he's of equal/similar size of my mags. That way he can handle the flow, lighting, feeding schedule, and the clowns harassment

 

[Saltees]

That's unfortunate. Gigs are extremely fragile when they're first acquired. I recommend at least two weeks isolated in a QT tank--typically the first week is to administer antibiotics, and the second week for observation.

In the past I've seen clownfish do terrible things to acclimating gigs. I've seen them "dive bomb" into the mouth (my clowns NEVER do this to a healthy gig that has the ability to keep its mouth tight), use their tail and body to violently push themselves into the disk (with a healthy gig they simply lie in them), and wiggle around so much that the gig deflates.

It takes a lot of energy for a gig to acclimate--it purges itself of old water (sometimes causing it to deflate) and then tries to keep itself upright on its foot. It is also getting used to new lighting conditions so is has to adjust its zooxanthellae population--we sometimes see dead zoox either expelled as pellets or a dark slimy substance.

In your case, the gig was probably already sick/infected and the clownfish just made it worse. I was concerned because after a couple of weeks you should've seen more tentacle extension and it wasn't happening.

"Dive Bomb" into the mouth was exactly what my single clown did!

 

[OrionN]

My purple Gigantea this AM. This is around 6 weeks since I got him from @D-Nak

 

[MikeyA]

"Dive Bomb" into the mouth was exactly what my single clown did!

Saltees, I'm very sorry to hear about your gig.

 

[MikeyA]

My purple Gigantea this AM. This is around 6 weeks since I got him from @D-Nak

OrionN, how quickly has it grown for you in those 6 weeks?

 

[Saltees]

Got myself another gig… this round bigger and blue.

 

[OrionN]

My Gigantea adapted and is at full health right now. The smaller Gigantea under and to the right is recovering and is doing well. He is only the size of a quarter and not optimal in health yet.