Four baby gigs

How are your baby gigs?
Hope they're doing well.

I think you jinxed me. I didn't really want to update this thread, but I will.

You saw the purple/green gig deflate right in front or your eyes. I had to move it and the other remaining greenish and brown gig back to QT -- this time in separate tanks. I treated both with Septra (green and brown one) and Cipro (purple/green one) and both slowly withered away. The green and brown one died first, followed a few days later by the purple/green one.

So, I am left with one green gig:

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Again, it never needed treatment and after a couple of days of observation went right into the DT. It never fully deflated, just a partial deflation when in the observation tank. It looks a lot greener than in the photo, especially when I have the blue channel turned up on the A350. However, taking photos with the blue channel on causes the photos to look purple.
 
Sorry for the bad news. The purple and green one may have been a S.mertensii. I had a large one for 5+ years, and lost it and a 2' gigas when the clam released enough eggs and sperm to turn a 350 gallon tank to milk like water.

Leland
 
Sorry for the bad news. The purple and green one may have been a S.mertensii. I had a large one for 5+ years, and lost it and a 2' gigas when the clam released enough eggs and sperm to turn a 350 gallon tank to milk like water.

Leland

It definitely wasn't a mertensii (no distinctive verrucae), but I wasn't convinced it was 100% gigantea. Sorry for your loss -- sounds like it was a disaster!
 
Wow, that's so touchy with these Gigs.
Maybe they missed the clowns that I went with me :(
The Gig looks cool - does it have a blue edged with the green center?

BTW, the clowns are doing great - one in the carpet and the other likes the hammer in opposite corner of the tank. Don't know why they don't hangout together at all - no chemistry ?
 
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