Among the reef has gigs available now
- Thread starter pfan151
- Start date
Swayze27
New member
Nem is gone so here it is. Not the greatest pic, hard to hold phone in one hand and slimy nem in other. Mouth is off center and it may not be as visible in the pic but there is a defined line running through foot up to mouth. I can see a clear "v" where mending did not complete.
Did it die that fast?
Still not sure on mine. It looks reasonably decent but it still won't really anchor it's foot down. Still spitting out a bunch of waste daily. I moved it to a basket so I could turn up the flow a bit more. I'm hoping that will help and it should make doing water changes easier.
If your water chemistry is on point, you'll find that ur nems will stay put.
The snail is about to get his rear out of there because they love to bulldoze my frags. Turbos are great for different algae removal though.
taylor t
New member
I hope we can agree that we disagree. I met Randy at another fellow reefers house years ago, he's a stand up guy that I respect. I trust what he says and we had conversations outside the forum. I saw a pic, I think there's another thread with pics on here, either that or he texted them. One was a big piece, one was a small piece. I think he got out, I know he said he sold both pieces as healthy full gigs maybe a couple years after. New family took his time. There's pics on here of both somewhere.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2329298&page=4&highlight=cut
A year ago I had 12 gigs, of which I'm 99% sure 5-6 of them were cuts, all at differing stages of healing. In person, I'm sure they were all cuts, I've had plenty of shred experience. Not a shred. They all healed the same way. Only 1 died, after I gave it to another reefer and told to treat and he didn't. All the ones I believe were cut, are full healthy and show no scar today, including Duy's 2. No one would believe me unless I showed a pic of them. I was confident in their heal, and they shipped fine. Not to mention, at that time there was a flood of cut gigs coming in, including nemo's.
Long term, our life is not long term in comparison... once in captivity, they all die. But certainly you can get many good years out of them.
Deny blame deny blame deny, but water quality and treatment regimen is most likely the reason many don't acclimate/make it through treatment. Took me a long time to figure out a system, once I did, there's over a dozen in a row success for me, with no deaths in between. I'm including Pete's I bought from him, he needed help some lol. Pete, I miss ya buddy!
As for LR in the TT. All of mine used LR in the TT. NO issues. I would choose this every time. Using a platter, cup, bowl, etc. IMO is a poor choice. Messing with them in a compromised state is always taking one step back, whether you see it or not. It's so much easier to transfer them already footed on a rock from TT to DT. If you fear a tiny bit of die off crashing your tank, your tank isn't stable enough to support a gig in the first place. I had one of them in a 10 gallon TT with LR for over a month with no water changes after cipro. It did very well with no water changes after treatment, LR still in there. This alone should say something. I think there's a lot of misinformation reefers keep spreading, like sheep. The stickies are riddled with it. JMHO, I'll bow out now before the arrows fly... :wavehand:
PS... I don't know if Pete ever posted, but very early before cipro was wide known, he used it in his 120 with a 30 sump, 15 pills a day. His tank didn't crash, which makes me wonder how much of the important bacteria it really kills... He had sps in there too, no bleach, and his gig did recover.
Last edited:
taylor t
New member
Diana A
Member
I just treated this mag. Was dying at the LFS.
Here he is out of treatment in DT
Your blue fishy has photoshopped letters on it that are backwards
Swayze... that gig still have life in him. Keep doing water changes, 2x a day if the water isn't prestine. Dose the 250mg per 10/g after each change.
Increase your flow since he's in the basket and cut the light off until he tries to inflate. Then run at very low level. Don't blast him. Just enough to stimulate him.
If you can, add an airstone. Not only will this help improve overall oxygenation, but it will also float detritus to the top around the glass. Then you can wipe it out.
Take a turkey baster and blow small jets of medicated water into the mouth if he's not inflating. Be careful not to be too aggressive. Just small jets. This will inflate him a bit and get the medication in.
The only thing I'm dealing with currently is elevated PO4 due to my rocks leeching. Been knocking it down daily with Lanthanum.
You can see in this graph, that I know it down and the next day it's back where it was. It seemed to be getting lower, but then it came back up. I've been careful to only try and lower it by .1-.15 a day. When I go more than that the nems will walk. SPS will RTN!
For the most part, the nems aren't to irritated with the higher levels. It's not extremely high, but it's too high for my liking. My target is 0.05.
It's getting good flow. It stays pretty much consistently inflated. It does shrink down at times but not what I would really call deflated. Main issues right now are that it won't attach well and the mouth is still gaping. It does seem to be attaching at least partially now that it is in the basket.
BigBlueTang
Active member
Whoops sorry didn't see new posts.
Flow looks perfect. Just keep the water and tank clean. Add low level light and watch how he responds.
