It looks like it still has a bit of color on some parts. Hopefully you can get it to recover. Good luck!
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o0jmadr0x0o
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pic from today
it has not moved at all and seems like it has dug in pretty good. for flow i have a tunze 6100 (3200gph i think) its on wavemaker so it switches between 30% power and 100% power every two seconds or so. the tank is a standard 75g. its not too much flow on it but when it dosent want its folds(?) out its easy to see the flow pusing it back onto itself, its hard to explain i will try to get a FTS today. i fed it the first two days but on the second day i seen it spit out 1/4 uneaten silveside, that was tues. so i just fed it now for the first time scince tuesday and it grabbed the food quicker then usual.
so far so good (fingers crossed)
oh and about paramters.
sg 1.025 on a refractometer, i have been using RO to calibrate but i just purchased some calibration fluid.
my nitrates are at 10, and its driving me nuts, i have been dosing micrbacter7 and vodka for a while but cant get bellow 10ppm nitrate.
it has not moved at all and seems like it has dug in pretty good. for flow i have a tunze 6100 (3200gph i think) its on wavemaker so it switches between 30% power and 100% power every two seconds or so. the tank is a standard 75g. its not too much flow on it but when it dosent want its folds(?) out its easy to see the flow pusing it back onto itself, its hard to explain i will try to get a FTS today. i fed it the first two days but on the second day i seen it spit out 1/4 uneaten silveside, that was tues. so i just fed it now for the first time scince tuesday and it grabbed the food quicker then usual.
so far so good (fingers crossed)
oh and about paramters.
sg 1.025 on a refractometer, i have been using RO to calibrate but i just purchased some calibration fluid.
my nitrates are at 10, and its driving me nuts, i have been dosing micrbacter7 and vodka for a while but cant get bellow 10ppm nitrate.
Looking much better compared to the pics in the LFS. It appreciates your brighter lights and good flow. Expect to find that your refractometer will need to be adjusted once you use calibration fluid as the criterion. Distilled water calibration generally throws the accuracy off by about 3 thousandths.
Toddrtrex
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Then I guess -- according to you -- that I shouldn't post in this thread, since I have never kept a Gig. :thumbdown
o0jmadr0x0o --- I personally would stop using silversides, myself and other seasoned anemone keepers have had issues with them. 99% sure that was the reason I lost my H. Malu. If you can get some PE Mysis, that would be great, if not some frozen/thawed krill will work (( that is what I use for my S. Haddonis )). Best to fed smaller portions more often as opposed to large pieces less often. If it is spitting out any uneaten food, then the pieces are too big.
o0jmadr0x0o
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krill is it then. with whatever mysis it can get when i feed the fish. is there a krill you recomend.
i know i can get something like this from the LFS
http://www.google.com/products/cata...og_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CFEQ8wIwAA#
i know i can get something like this from the LFS
http://www.google.com/products/cata...og_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CFEQ8wIwAA#
chitownclown
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Raw shrimp from the deli works also, just remeber to buy non cooked one if you go that route.
BonsaiNut
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I wouldn't say that. But what I would say is that you mention that you have never kept this species. The care requirements for S. gigantea happen to be different from those of any other clown anemone, so for people asking for help, it is nice to know the context in which they are offering advice. This thread starting out with a lot of people offering contrary advice without any context of what they are basing their advice on.
I have never kept an octo, but I love reading the octo forums. Every now and then I post something that I hope might be helpful but if appropriate I always add that I have never kept an octo
I completely agree with your points about feeding, btw. I have had similar experiences.
And no, I am not a world expert on S. gigantea. I don't believe there is such a thing. I have read every scientific paper I can find, and there is very little available. Even the people doing scientific research in the field have little to offer at the moment, since they are either working or have worked with other species. If there is more info out there, I have been unable to find it.
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BonsaiNut
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Building on what Todd said above, be REALLY careful when feeding raw fish or shrimp. If you would not eat it (because it is not fresh) do not feed it to your anemone. Small pieces are preferred - do not try to feed a large chunk of shrimp. Think of small pieces like the size of a pencil eraser (depending on the size of your anemone). You can go a little larger, but there is no real benefit to larger chunks whereas they are harder for the anemone to work with, and can cause tank pollution problems.
ieatchinese
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I have a wonderful blue S. Gigantea and all he eats is Rod's food....along with all of my other inhabitants. I spoke with Rod 4 years ago and asked what he fed his .....guess what his answer was.....Yes, only Rod's food.
Here is a recent pic....under LED lights (Ecoxitic Panoramas)
Here is a recent pic....under LED lights (Ecoxitic Panoramas)
Toddrtrex
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o0jmadr0x0o
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and a pic from today, things seem to be going well.
is it getting to much flow if it folds over like this sometimes
is it getting to much flow if it folds over like this sometimes
