New s.gigantea

[joker205]

So i picked up a new s.gig at out lfs today and i aclimated it for 3 hours And it is not ataching to the rock or bottom of te tank. Parameters are as follows

Amonnia: 0

Nitrate: 0

Nitrite 0

Salinty 1.026

P.H 8.2

heres some pics

Sorry for the quality of pics the pics are 10 minutes after it went into the tank.

 

[Woogiekids]

Gigs like rock and light. Maybe put it on the rocks?

 

[joker205]

Ok now the tank is 44 by 12deep by 22 wide and i am running 6- t5 bulbs is that enough? I also have a 400 watt pendant not being used or should i stick with the t5's?

 

[nata]

I think 400 watts would be too much ..especially in the beginning

 

[joker205]

Ok so you think the t5s will be enough?

 

[elegance coral]

The gig doesn't look very happy. Hopefully, it's just acclimation stress. It is bleached and will have a long road to recovery, if you can pull it through. In my experience, gig's are light hogs. The more light you give them, the better they do.

 

[BonsaiNut]

The more light the better. In the wild, gigantea are found in 3' of water - or less. Ask yourself if your tank is as bright as 3' deep on a reef in the Solomon Islands

 

[jonnybravo22]

lots of light is probably right for giganteas long term, but consider a gradual acclimation to the light as with all light sensitive creatures. acclimation to water params and shipping stress is enough, if you can remove the light stress component for a few days, might help.

 

[joker205]

Ok now when should i try feeding it?

 

[89Foxbody]

Wait until it attaches to something before you try to feed it.

 

[joker205]

Ok is there anythingi can do to help it to recovery?

 

[BonsaiNut]

Please it on rocks high in the water column with lots of water flow. Then gradually increase the lighting. Once it looks really firm with a tight mouth (no sooner than a week or more after acclimation), trying feeding it small bits of food.

Strong water movement and strong lighting is the best thing you can do for it. As others have mentioned, bring it up to full lighting slowly.

 

[joker205]

Ok but he finally is ataching to the bottom of the rock so should i let him go where he wants or should i place higher up the rock?

 

[RcToners]

IMO,

You should leave it alone if it has already started to attatch. It will move if it wants to, it does not look in that bad of shape and usually after a move an open mouth is pretty common

 

[joker205]

Ok now it keeps onening his mouth for an hour or so then closes it tightly for an hour or so..is this normal?

 

[elegance coral]

It's normal, but it's a very bad sign. They often go through cycles like this after shipping stress. Usually, by the time they get to the point where they are cycling every few hours, the end is near. I'm sorry, but I don't think there is much you can do, unless it makes a drastic turn around very soon. Which I doubt very seriously. I sure hope you can prove me wrong though.

I light acclimate everything I put in one of my tanks, except gigantea. IME, the more light you give them, the better they do. I've never had one show symptoms of over exposure to light. Even when first added to the tank. Right now mine is parked just a few inches from a 10K, 250W, MH.

 

[joker205]

Ok i hope it pulls through..

 

[theaccordmaniac]

I am keeping a yellow, blue, purple and blue s.gigantea in my tank. From my experience this is how i make a new s.gigantea to stay on a spot until it is fully acclimated.

Place the s.gigantea into a plastic container (6" by 3"), and place few big pcs of coral chip so that container won't be blown away by wave. From my experience, the anemone will stick within few minutes. Turn off or reduce the flow during this process until you confirm the anemone fully stick to the bottom of the plastic.
Hope it helps

 

[theaccordmaniac]

I am keeping a yellow, blue, purple and blue s.gigantea in my tank. From my experience this is how i make a new s.gigantea to stay on a spot until it is fully acclimated.

Place the s.gigantea into a plastic container (6" by 3"), and place few big pcs of coral chip so that container won't be blown away by wave. From my experience, the anemone will stick within few minutes. Turn off or reduce the flow during this process until you confirm the anemone fully stick to the bottom of the plastic.
Hope it helps

Please check out this link http://chuisui.com/viewthread.php?tid=12220&page=39
page 39, and look at the purple carpet. there is still a plastic box at the bottom. After few days it moved to it's favourite spot.

 

[joker205]

Ok it looks better now that I added another powerhead but I was wondering if you ever have to much flow for gig?