new purple gig

[geckoejon]

i picked up a purple gig today! it looks good so far. i have antibiotics and a qt ready, if i need it.

i am taking a chance and put it in the dt for now though. so far, very sticky, tight mouth, inflated, and has some color to it. i'm thinking it has some potential

i'm looking for a new home for one of my multi-colored gigs, but this purple makes the transition smoother

pic of it after i peeled it off the rock and then once in the dt. color is someplace in between the 2 pics. will get better ones soon...

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Very nice pick up! Good luck and keep us posted

 

[addictedreefer]

Very big chance you took adding directly to the DT. I added a tiny blue haddoni to my 210 gal nem tank and it ended up getting sick and slowly spreading the infection to almost every mag, haddoni and gig in the system. Already lost a red haddoni and multicolor gig and currently have 3 nems in treatment. Don't be fooled by initial appearance - the blue haddoni I added looked great for the first 5 days . . .

 

[kkittredge]

Very cool - good luck with it.

 

[D-Nak]

Very big chance you took adding directly to the DT. I added a tiny blue haddoni to my 210 gal nem tank and it ended up getting sick and slowly spreading the infection to almost every mag, haddoni and gig in the system. Already lost a red haddoni and multicolor gig and currently have 3 nems in treatment. Don't be fooled by initial appearance - the blue haddoni I added looked great for the first 5 days . . .

I completely agree. My sick blue gig almost killed my other two gigs and took out two small haddoni.

I can't stress how important it is to isolate ALL new additions for at least a few weeks before introducing them to a DT with other anemones.

 

[geckoejon]

Very big chance you took adding directly to the DT. I added a tiny blue haddoni to my 210 gal nem tank and it ended up getting sick and slowly spreading the infection to almost every mag, haddoni and gig in the system. Already lost a red haddoni and multicolor gig and currently have 3 nems in treatment. Don't be fooled by initial appearance - the blue haddoni I added looked great for the first 5 days . . .

I completely agree. My sick blue gig almost killed my other two gigs and took out two small haddoni.

I can't stress how important it is to isolate ALL new additions for at least a few weeks before introducing them to a DT with other anemones.

oh, snap! that would bite!

from the appearance, it doesn't warrant treating at this time. what kind of setup would you recommend holding it in for isolation? same thing as a qt? would you still do a 100% wc every day? any decent way to isolate without performing a wc every day?

 

[OrionN]

I have a 18X20X18 cube that I have running full reef, as a QT tank. I am about to take it down since I am not interested in adding any more Anemone to my tank.

 

[geckoejon]

I have a 18X20X18 cube that I have running full reef, as a QT tank. I am about to take it down since I am not interested in adding any more Anemone to my tank.

Hmm... I could set something like that up. I have a 50g breeder with a split dt that I am considering using for a fish qt when I upgrade. I could always start it back up now and use it for the nems.

My concern would be spreading from one nem to the next. What about having a nem that turns out to need treatment, and then getting a fresh nem down the line? How would you sterilize the tank before adding the new addition? Would you just not worry about it? Think the pathogens would die out without a host?

 

[OrionN]

No I just remove the anemone and put him to Hospital tank and treat him. Leave the QT running. Without an anemone, the bacterial population will normalized. IMO, then anemone deflated and dump out the pathogen into the water is when disease transmission occured.

 

[geckoejon]

Gotcha... Thanks for the info

 

[geckoejon]

updated pic from this afternoon... still hoping and praying that it stays healthy...

 

[zooman72]

That is a nice gig - I will cross my fingers for you!

 

[geckoejon]

thanks... still looks great this morning i have to leave before the lights come on though, so no pic...