Journal of a CUT S. gigantea
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D-Nak
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The Gen 1 Radions do not have UV. I was hoping that the T5s would provide some needed UV. When I installed the Radions I noticed that a lot of my corals changed color -- most for the worse. It took a good six months for the colors to slowly come back. They actually look great now, which it why I haven't installed the T5s. I have everything that I need, just got too busy to actually install them. I may still do it, since some of my SPS are still struggling to color up (things like a Bali tri-color, valida, etc.).
Yes, and he's got a gig in the tank already, about the same size as the one I had. They (the new owner and his wife) drove about 1.5 hours to pick it up, so it didn't have to endure any shipping stress. They just sent me a photo and it's already acclimated, and their pair of Sanjay Photons already checked it out. I'm sad to see it go, but I know it's going to a great new home with -- as you said -- lots of room to spread out.
OrionN
Moved on
Your cut Gigantea is doing well. I guess we know now that at least some Gigantea can survive short term after cut. Please continue to update us regarding this very special Gigantea. This will let us know if it can survive long term and see if it can regenerate the lost organs.
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</OI am glad that your other Gigantea got send to a good home.<O</O<O</O
jeffm59
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Didn't want to post before the big guy had settled in -- here is D-NAK's gig in his new home in our 360 gallon SPS dominated tank. The nem has moved off the rock where I placed him, but seems happy to be next to the rock. The Sanjay Photon clowns were in the nem even before I had him placed on the rock and they are loving their new larger quarters. No issues with chemical warfare with our other gigs so far.
D-Nak
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I thought I would update this thread since there was a report of more cut gigs. Fortunately my gig is still doing well. Here's a current shot:
As I mentioned on the other thread, after nine months, it's still not completely round. I don't believe it ever will be. It still has a flat spot where the cut/scar site is located. Here's a photo showing the mouth that's not in the middle of the nem (all pumps are off):
And here's a teaser photo of my new project :beer::
:beer:
As I mentioned on the other thread, after nine months, it's still not completely round. I don't believe it ever will be. It still has a flat spot where the cut/scar site is located. Here's a photo showing the mouth that's not in the middle of the nem (all pumps are off):
And here's a teaser photo of my new project :beer::
:beer:
Rotknee
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Nice...you got a green gig! I just sold my purple Haddoni and Crysopterus clowns. Between the gig and Haddoni I didn't have a lot of room left. I need a bigger tank LOL! Speaking of bigger tanks, what do you have planned? Looking forward to the update and congrats on the green guy.
Psionicdragon
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Lol... It's not my green gig, I'm just babysitting for now. But the clowns are mine.
gimme clowns!
D-Nak
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Unfortunately, I have sad news to report. For some unknown reason, my gig began contracting. Note, I didn't say deflate -- it would try to squeeze its body into a compressed form, but its tentacles were still inflated. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that a portion of the body had necrotic tissue:
I quickly removed the gig to a QT tank and began treating with Cipro. Unfortunately, I knew that Cipro probably couldn't help because a portion of the nem was already dead (this did not appear to be a typical internal bacterial infection where the nem deflates). I've had nems (even a gig) get chewed up by powerheads, and all survived. But this was different because it wasn't torn flesh, it was dead flesh.
Upon closer inspection of the underside of the oral disc, I noticed that the damage was where the cut once was:
If you look carefully, you can see verrucae around the entire disc. The scar tissue didn't have any verrucae, which is why I believe the damage was at the cut site. I can only assume the cut site had something to do with the death of the nem. However, I've had the gig for over 10 months. Once I knew the nem was able to eat, I was feeding it heavily and it more than doubled in size. My only hypothesis (aside from it being attacked by a predator, which I highly doubt as my breeding pair of clowns don't let anything near the nem) is that this feeding may have been too much for the nem to deal with, especially since it may have only half of the required body parts.
My postmortem analysis revealed that it only had only siphonoglyph. I opened the mouth to look for the second set of "buck teeth" (gigs typically have a pair, one on each opposite end of the mouth), but I could not fine one. This leads me to believe that my "one lung" theory holds true -- that it was half a nem that was able to heal itself.
What's odd is that the nem was showing all the signs of a healthy gig. Until a few days ago. If anything, it just goes to show that cut gigs DO NOT survive for the long term.
I quickly removed the gig to a QT tank and began treating with Cipro. Unfortunately, I knew that Cipro probably couldn't help because a portion of the nem was already dead (this did not appear to be a typical internal bacterial infection where the nem deflates). I've had nems (even a gig) get chewed up by powerheads, and all survived. But this was different because it wasn't torn flesh, it was dead flesh.
Upon closer inspection of the underside of the oral disc, I noticed that the damage was where the cut once was:
If you look carefully, you can see verrucae around the entire disc. The scar tissue didn't have any verrucae, which is why I believe the damage was at the cut site. I can only assume the cut site had something to do with the death of the nem. However, I've had the gig for over 10 months. Once I knew the nem was able to eat, I was feeding it heavily and it more than doubled in size. My only hypothesis (aside from it being attacked by a predator, which I highly doubt as my breeding pair of clowns don't let anything near the nem) is that this feeding may have been too much for the nem to deal with, especially since it may have only half of the required body parts.
My postmortem analysis revealed that it only had only siphonoglyph. I opened the mouth to look for the second set of "buck teeth" (gigs typically have a pair, one on each opposite end of the mouth), but I could not fine one. This leads me to believe that my "one lung" theory holds true -- that it was half a nem that was able to heal itself.
What's odd is that the nem was showing all the signs of a healthy gig. Until a few days ago. If anything, it just goes to show that cut gigs DO NOT survive for the long term.
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