I get my purple gig on Tuesday. Fingers crossed.
- Thread starter Faye
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it looks nice in that pictureGood luck! There seem to have been a few nice healthy giganteas recently.
D-Nak
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I'm sure Bob mentioned that pH should be relatively stable, but I'll say it again for those who are interested -- target 8.3 with a minimal swing. My pH is on the high side at about 8.4 but my gig doesn't seem to mind.
In terms of flow, they like a lot of it. Indirect flow is the best. Mine sits directly under an MP40 in nutrient export mode, set at about 80%. It actually extends its column up to get the most flow it can. If you have an MP40 or something similar, make sure to put on the foam cover. I learned the hard way that gigs can raise themselves up quite a bit, and it got caught in the MP40. Fortunately it recovered, but it lost about 1/4 of its oral disk and serves as a constant reminder to keep the foam covers on, even though they need to be cleaned frequently.
Please keep us posted on the nem. I've heard both positive and negative feedback about iBlueWater (specifically regarding gigantea and whether or not he truly acclimates for has long as he says he does) but I've spoken to Bob and he seemed both knowledgeable and trustworthy. I almost ordered a gig from him but fortunately found one locally.
Good luck!
In terms of flow, they like a lot of it. Indirect flow is the best. Mine sits directly under an MP40 in nutrient export mode, set at about 80%. It actually extends its column up to get the most flow it can. If you have an MP40 or something similar, make sure to put on the foam cover. I learned the hard way that gigs can raise themselves up quite a bit, and it got caught in the MP40. Fortunately it recovered, but it lost about 1/4 of its oral disk and serves as a constant reminder to keep the foam covers on, even though they need to be cleaned frequently.
Please keep us posted on the nem. I've heard both positive and negative feedback about iBlueWater (specifically regarding gigantea and whether or not he truly acclimates for has long as he says he does) but I've spoken to Bob and he seemed both knowledgeable and trustworthy. I almost ordered a gig from him but fortunately found one locally.
Good luck!
Faye
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This is the third time I have ordered from Bob. The two others times I was very happy. He's always had me wait for the clownfish to be QT. This is the first anemone i have ordered from him. I'll keep it updated.
Faye
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Yep. He's about the size of a bagel bite right now. Looking foward to seeing hime more inflated.
KCthe I inTeam
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Looks very healthy. Good luck hope all goes well Gigs can be very tempermental when aclimating to a new home.
D-Nak
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I have to disagree. Looks stressed to me -- has "balding" look and the tentacles are short. Looks more like it's still acclimating, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it's healthy -- yet.
IME, this particular color morph doesn't fare well, especially when they have the pastel color. Purple tips on a brown base seem too do okay, even bleached ones recently have had better results.
If the gig starts to expel zooxanthellae you may want to consider drastic mesaures (removing from the DT and placing it in a quarantine tank with antibiotics) to prevent the gig from melting.
If it's about the size of a bagel, out of curiosity, which size did Bob sell it to you as?
KCthe I inTeam
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Sorry poor choice of words on my part. Intended to mean looked healthy for a new gig. When I got my blue gig about a year and a half ago it came in with a gaping mouth almost no tentacles, and those that were present had almost no color at all. Mine was the size of a dinner plate and shrunk down to about baseball size before it began coming back around and coloring back up. In my opinion (I am definitely no expert but do have a gig) as of now it looks better than most gigs that are newly introduced. Definitely better than mine looked and it's still going strong in my tank. Nonetheless I hope it does well they are extremely beautiful when healthy.
DogueDeBordeaux
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How is the gig doing from ibluewater?
Deepsea2005
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Can you give us an update?
Thanks,
Thanks,
Jamie1210
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I'm equally curious about ibluewater as well. I've also spoken to Bob over the phone in the past before, and he seemed like a knowledgeable guy, but I held back because I wasn't impressed with the pictures that he sent me of the gigs--each time seemed a bit "balding" with short tentacles, although he always had reasons as to why the picture appeared that way.
I recall a couple of threads here on RC in which people got gigs from him that looked great, but never updated the threads, so I never knew if they pulled through the shaky 2 month period.
Please update us, even if this gig doesn't make it. Im sure it'll help with a lot of people's decision of whether or not to order.
