Gigantea progress thread

[ocellaris123]

Just wanted to start a thread documenting the recovery of a gigantea. This gigantea was purchased from Ibluewater and looked pretty good out of the bag.

Bad photo, but here it is fresh in the tank.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

How long ago did you get it?

 

[geckoejon]

do you have a pic from when it was "fresh out of the bag"?

would you buy another one from them? maybe it depends if this one recovers? lol

 

[Colorfulreefaqu]

It's gonna take 3-4 months for it to color up. Looks healthy though.

 

[ocellaris123]

Hey guys, I have had this guy for a little over a month now. That pic was taken 9-03-2014. Geckoejon, I bought a brown gigantea from them also but it died; not due to illness but to a stupid mistake on my part. No pics out of the bag but here are more recent pics.

This guy never once deflated, and have always had a nice tight mouth. The tentacles are are very sticky and it has a very strong feeding response and strong reaction to stimuli.

9-16-2014

9-24-2014

10-02-2014

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Are you feeding it? If so, what kind of food and schedule?

 

[ocellaris123]

Are you feeding it? If so, what kind of food and schedule?

Yes, PE mysis or hikari mysis, every other day.

 

[D-Nak]

Wow, talk about a severely bleached gig. The progress photos show the color slowly coming back and the tentacles elongating. It's going to be fun to watch the color come back. By the time it's fully healthy it should look like my avatar photo. Keep up the good work!

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Wow, talk about a severely bleached gig.

I have a baby gig now and unfortunately its bleaching is worse than OP's purple gig. OP's gig seems to be responding well to its environment.

 

[ocellaris123]

Wow, talk about a severely bleached gig. The progress photos show the color slowly coming back and the tentacles elongating. It's going to be fun to watch the color come back. By the time it's fully healthy it should look like my avatar photo. Keep up the good work!

Thanks, would rather deal with bleaching than the inflating/deflating death spiral

My guess is it will be a nice purple once fully colored up

 

[D-Nak]

I have a baby gig now and unfortunately its bleaching is worse than OP's purple gig. OP's gig seems to be responding well to its environment.

Fear not. It could come back!

Thanks, would rather deal with bleaching than the inflating/deflating death spiral

My guess is it will be a nice purple once fully colored up

Agreed. Bleaching is fine because many gigs recover, it just takes time. The inflate/deflate purge is another story and I think our collective track record leans more towards failure than success.

 

[asudavew]

Very nice. It's good to see that it is doing so well.
It is going to be a beautiful specimen.
Great work!

The inflate/deflate purge is another story and I think our collective track record leans more towards failure than success.

That's for sure.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Thanks, would rather deal with bleaching than the inflating/deflating death spiral

My guess is it will be a nice purple once fully colored up

Does it deflate when the light is off and/or at night?

 

[ocellaris123]

Does it deflate when the light is off and/or at night?

Negative,

It contracts a little like normal for night

Any pics of yours?

 

[RIGUY314]

very nice. keep the pictures coming. by the way nice clowns too! where did you get them?

 

[ocellaris123]

very nice. keep the pictures coming. by the way nice clowns too! where did you get them?

Thanks,

The clowns are bali picassos also purchased from Ibluewater

 

[taylor t]

Looks to be progressing in the right direction! Good to see.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Negative,

It contracts a little like normal for night

Any pics of yours?

Yeah here it is today:

I was gonna start a similar thread but decided to wait at least a week or two to make sure it actually makes it that long. Lol.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Yeah here it is today:

I was gonna start a similar thread but decided to wait at least a week or two to make sure it actually makes it that long. Lol.

 

[ocellaris123]

Best of luck with him, Did you get it mail order or local?