New gigas

[Krazy]

how it looking?

 

[a4twenty]

looks fine, maybe a little bleached but that could just be the flash. does he look more colorful from above?

 

[Krazy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11420207#post11420207 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by a4twenty
looks fine, maybe a little bleached but that could just be the flash. does he look more colorful from above?

There's a lil bit, I got this from someone a fellow reefer who's tank was doing horrible. He said this clam was on its last leg.

What makes em bleach as you said ? Lack of light ? Flow ?

I have it on the sand bed of my 210 and I have 250 watt DE phoenix 14k's

Should start coloring back up soon I'd imagine right ?

Or is that a slow process ?

Glad to hear it looks ok other then the bleaching.

I wanna see this baby thrive again!!!

 

[wakesetter]

looks stressed to me.

 

[Krazy]

I'll take a new pic in the am when the hailides are on for a couple hrs..

 

[a4twenty]

your lighting is more than sufficient for a gigas, he should color back up but it can take some time.

try to take a pic from above with the pumps off.

 

[wakesetter]

when I say it looks stressed I am refering to the fact that the mantle looks cloudy rather than shiny and a little pinched in. Make sure your ca and alk are proper. It might just be adjusting to your tank. I assume that you have other clams that are healthy and growing?

 

[Krazy]

I will try to get a top down pic, I should be able to pull that off.

I figured my lighting was enough, but with the 210 being a lil deeper, I wasnt positive...

I have a small gigas that is thriving!!!

The gigas above in the pics has been in my tank for 3 days, I just wanna make sure the majority thinks as I do, that I can have it thriving again in some time...

 

[wakesetter]

that should be plenty of light. They really don't need all that much.

 

[Krazy]

 

[skinz78]

looking alot better, can you get a top down shot?

 

[Krazy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11438571#post11438571 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by skinz78
looking alot better, can you get a top down shot?

What can I use to get a GOOD top down shot ??

 

[wakesetter]

turn off your pumps, let the water settle and shoot from above.

 

[Krazy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11438714#post11438714 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wakesetter
turn off your pumps, let the water settle and shoot from above.

How's that

Why is its mouth so wide open? Is that a sign of stress?

The clam looks ALOT better then it did when I got it. I can say that much for it.

 

[a4twenty]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11439312#post11439312 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Krazy


How's that

Why is its mouth so wide open? Is that a sign of stress?

The clam looks ALOT better then it did when I got it. I can say that much for it.

his color looks a lot better from above. his mouth ( incurrent siphon ) is normal for a gigas, they are known to have larger openings than other clams.

 

[a4twenty]

i was looking back at your first pic and then something caught my eye in this last one.....


the mantle on the lower right side is pulling in. what are those white things on the edge of the shell???

have you checked him for pyramid snails??

 

[Krazy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11440529#post11440529 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by a4twenty
i was looking back at your first pic and then something caught my eye in this last one.....


the mantle on the lower right side is pulling in. what are those white things on the edge of the shell???

have you checked him for pyramid snails??

I did check, and brushed the clam entire shell with a toothbrush before putting it in the tank, I may have ruffed him up in that spot, and also the flow in the tank is high there, I dunno if that would keep him closed there, I do see the white spots though.

I will check tommorow again for sure and post back here. maybe even try a close up shot of that area.

But the first time I looked, there was nothing to be eery of, I looked around the foot hole, and it was clean.

 

[a4twenty]

the best time to look for pyrams is and hour or two after lights out, they are nocturnal.

 

[Krazy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11442906#post11442906 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by a4twenty
the best time to look for pyrams is and hour or two after lights out, they are nocturnal.

I looked it over good about 2am this morning, the white spots look like lil feather duster tubes, they arent pyram snails for sure which makes me feel better.

See if that area doesnt extend today all the way.

hmm

 

[reefkoi]

weird...the mantle is pulled in at that same spot in all of your pics........

I don't understand why featherdusters would be growing on the inside of the shell though? That's a new one.