My S. Gigantea thread

[john37]

So i picked up the other gigantea the same day cuz they both looked healthy and i got a good deal. It's been about 3 days now. I'll update this thread everyday or so on how they're doing.

One of them(left one) had a pretty tight mouth a couple hours ago and so i tried adding a couple small pieces of shrimp and now it looks like some digestive material is coming out of the mouth. It also deflated some. Is this normal? here's a pic so you can see what the digestive stuff looks like.

Here are a couple random shots...one w/flash.

also, if anyone can ID this clown for me i'd appreciate it. Thanks.

 

[Drexgly]

I would guess the clown is a a sebae clown.

 

[shutiny]

Beautiful anemones! Good luck and thanks for posting the pictures.

 

[SuperNerd]

Nice looking nems.

 

[john37]

thanks...well the anemone on the left is still deflated but the mouth is closed.

 

[phender]

The clown is a very nice clarki clown. Probably from the Solomon Islands
Good luck with the anemones. The one on the right looks like it is going to be a challenge.
Did you get these at Jeff's?

 

[delphinus]

I was thinking the one to the left looked kinda iffy and the one on the right looked a little better ... but hard to say. That digestive material being spewed out is not really a good sign. I wouldn't be so quick to feed them right off the bat, they need to settle in first, maybe try feeding in a couple days. And the trick is to keep the pieces small. I only feed my carpets mysis (for the most part), the size is about right. You can feed other things too I guess but the first few weeks I would not feed anything too large, you run the risk of the food decomposing faster than it can be digested and that can be trouble.

 

[john37]

thanks guys.

Phil, no i didn't get them at jeffs. A buddy that works for another fish store picked em up for me. I'm thinking of getting another clarki clown as well.