Ordered a Gigantea from Live Aquaria. Advice wanted.

[SethSPST]

Looks great, has the female gone in yet?

 

[BonsaiNut]

I had lowered the flow on the anemone last night thinking it might like that. Well it did not like it and was slightly deflated this moring when i turned the lights on.

No anemone is as touchy about flow as S. gigantea. They like strong indirect flow - i.e. across the top of their oral disk not blasting directly down.

The green coloration is secondary pigmentation that I only see in these anemones when under bright lighting. It will fade completely if you reduce lighting, but will come back if the lighting brightens. I have not seen it present on all giganteas, just some. It should be fluorescent while the rest of your anemone's pigmentation will not be.

 

[R33f3r]

How's the nem?

 

[GSMguy]

It let go of the rock on Friday, it would not reatatch it had fillaments coming out of the foot, by last night it was dead.

 

[R33f3r]

Sorry to hear that I am 0-3 with Live aquaria gigs. They always seem to have an internal infectionof some sorts when I introduce them in my tanks.

 

[Reef1589]

wowww, sorry to hear that, it was lookin good

 

[Jamie1210]

sorry to hear been following this thread closely for the past few days, and it looked like it was a keeper. Any idea what happened?

 

[ezhoops]

you know this is the time when I wonder if QTing nems is something we should consider more strongly. I feel for you and when I lose a nem I wonder if I should have QT'd it.
I have a QT procedure that I have always wanted to use but never had. I will see if I can dig it up.

 

[ct_vol]

That sucks... It looked happy last week... Did it show any signs of stress when it let go on Friday?

 

[elegance coral]

Sorry dude. Maybe its foot was damaged to begin with. If so, there's nothing you could have done.

 

[GSMguy]

That sucks... It looked happy last week... Did it show any signs of stress when it let go on Friday?

No signs of stress besides the filaments were coming out of the outside edge of the foot. It was so perfect until it just let go. It was all downhill from there, gaping mouth and the inflate/deflate cycle...

 

[GSMguy]

Sorry dude. Maybe its foot was damaged to begin with. If so, there's nothing you could have done.

I never got a good look at the foot because it attached so easily on the first day.

 

[R33f3r]

No signs of stress besides the filaments were coming out of the outside edge of the foot. It was so perfect until it just let go. It was all downhill from there, gaping mouth and the inflate/deflate cycle...

Was there any zoox or "smoke" emitting from the mouth during the cycle?

 

[GSMguy]

Only a bit of brown stuff, could have been zoox.

 

[vwwanksta69]

Sorry to hear about your nem. Hopefully youll have another one soon

 

[trueblackpercula]

Sorry for your loss

 

[ezhoops]

it always seem that they die right after the 14 day guarantee period.

 

[R33f3r]

The diver's den ones i have bought years ago were very good and thrived. The ones I have bought recently not on the wysiwyg section died within a week....it's a matter of luck quite frankly, that we receive healthy ones from the get go. This is why I only buy them from est. tanks from other reefers. Once they are acclimated to artifical lighting and the right waterflow pattern, I find them very hardy, even bleached ones if given the right tlc.

 

[trueblackpercula]

Who long has your tank been set up?
You say the foot had damage? Was the damage there already when you received if?
Do you have anything in the tank crabs,mantis shrimp etc that may have caused the damage?
What is the water temp at?
What is your light cycle like?
How many watts do you have?
Give some details about your system.

 

[GSMguy]

Who long has your tank been set up?
You say the foot had damage? Was the damage there already when you received if?
Do you have anything in the tank crabs,mantis shrimp etc that may have caused the damage?
What is the water temp at?
What is your light cycle like?
How many watts do you have?
Give some details about your system.

October 2009
Never saw the foot until it let go
No crabs or Shrimp at all
79 degrees
9am-noon 3ATI blue plus 1 Fiji purple. 12-4 the 2 ATI Aquablue special. 4-7 actinics
6x39w ATI sunpower
67g display 40br sump shallow sand bed, big skimmer.