clorox
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So.....I got this beautiful green gig yesterday.
The LFS told me that the batch had arrived to his store the day before. If it was a different color I would have passed because it didn't look too hot.
But bright green gigs are rare nowadays, so I bit the bullet well knowing I would have had to treat it.
Did the usual Septra dosing yesterday and when I went to check on it this morning, the water was a bit cloudy, no dark pellets, but the mouth was gaping wide and looked terrible. I did a 100% WC re-dosed and then I noticed it started elongating in a very odd way.
I realized that somehow air bubbles got inside the mouth and into the oral disk.
Essentially, almost half of the body mass was literally floating, while the ohter half was anchored to the big rock I placed in the tank.
What's even weirder is that I noticed that the gig has 2 sets of feet, it's almost like 2 gigs fused together at the oral disk and stopped half way. I can't show it in a picture, but when I was moving it around I clearly saw 2 distinct and separate feet.
To top it off, when the mouth was gaping wide and elongated, I noticed it had a hole inside the mouth, perhaps 1/4 inch wide and I could see through it!
I was convinced that it was a goner, but a few hours later the air pockets appear to have slightly decreased in volume and the gig is slowly inflating.
It's large, I assume it will be at least 12-14" if fully extended and inflated, so I am switching it to a larger HT.
Now the question.....has anyone experienced anything like this? Air pockets inside the oral disk? The only thing I can think about is that while I was pouring water back inside the tank during the WC, air bubbles went through the gaping mouth. I still feel it's odd cause I am always careful not to splash, but I will use a different way to fill the tank on the next change.
This is how it looked at the LFS....not too bad, but really.....placing a gig on coral fragments is dumb. I must have removed at least 20 pieces from under its foot.
After I put it in the HT it was still dropping little coral fragments.
This is after the first WC this morning...it looked terrible, plus the air pockets were stretching it towards the water surface.
That's the hole I mentioned.
After the WC and an hour later, it began inflating, but a portion of it's body is still floating.
Here's a shot from above so you can clearly see the air pockets keeping it afloat.
The LFS told me that the batch had arrived to his store the day before. If it was a different color I would have passed because it didn't look too hot.
But bright green gigs are rare nowadays, so I bit the bullet well knowing I would have had to treat it.
Did the usual Septra dosing yesterday and when I went to check on it this morning, the water was a bit cloudy, no dark pellets, but the mouth was gaping wide and looked terrible. I did a 100% WC re-dosed and then I noticed it started elongating in a very odd way.
I realized that somehow air bubbles got inside the mouth and into the oral disk.
Essentially, almost half of the body mass was literally floating, while the ohter half was anchored to the big rock I placed in the tank.
What's even weirder is that I noticed that the gig has 2 sets of feet, it's almost like 2 gigs fused together at the oral disk and stopped half way. I can't show it in a picture, but when I was moving it around I clearly saw 2 distinct and separate feet.
To top it off, when the mouth was gaping wide and elongated, I noticed it had a hole inside the mouth, perhaps 1/4 inch wide and I could see through it!
I was convinced that it was a goner, but a few hours later the air pockets appear to have slightly decreased in volume and the gig is slowly inflating.
It's large, I assume it will be at least 12-14" if fully extended and inflated, so I am switching it to a larger HT.
Now the question.....has anyone experienced anything like this? Air pockets inside the oral disk? The only thing I can think about is that while I was pouring water back inside the tank during the WC, air bubbles went through the gaping mouth. I still feel it's odd cause I am always careful not to splash, but I will use a different way to fill the tank on the next change.
This is how it looked at the LFS....not too bad, but really.....placing a gig on coral fragments is dumb. I must have removed at least 20 pieces from under its foot.
After I put it in the HT it was still dropping little coral fragments.
This is after the first WC this morning...it looked terrible, plus the air pockets were stretching it towards the water surface.
That's the hole I mentioned.
After the WC and an hour later, it began inflating, but a portion of it's body is still floating.
Here's a shot from above so you can clearly see the air pockets keeping it afloat.
