S. Gigantea Attachment Question

[Doherty]

Hey everone, I picked up a great looking s. gigantea carpet on Saturday afternoon, looked really good in my LFS. Still looks good now, about 8 in when fully expanded, mouth is only slightly open. It accepted food in the LFS, but it is a bit reluctant to take food right now for me. I have it placed in a area of my tank where I had made the substrate about 3in deep up against a pile of stable rock. I had hollowed out much of the substrate so it is sitting right in a pocket.

When I had placed it there saturday I shut down most of the flow to the area to let it settle, but this am I increase the flow and it rolled out of the pocket I made for it.

I know these guys are very difficult to keep, and most dont fair well in the home aquarium.

I just would have thought this thing would have attached already.

I inspected the foot and there doesnt appear to be any damage to it.

Any suggestions, I will post up pics tomorrow. Im off to work now.

Thanks, Matt

 

[COreefer]

What size tank is it in? Gigs like to be up in the rock work not the sand.

 

[OrionN]

A healthy one should attach very quickly, even an unhealthy one should attach. I am not sure what you can do. My Gigantea attached to a piece of rock while in transit from the LFS to home and never let go of the rock since. It just moves to a larger, more stable rock and attach to the side of the rock near the sand and up from there. I also tried several other times to keep Gigantea but they did not live. Deflating and detaching from the rock is the first step to dying in my tank. Good luck with him.

 

[Doherty]

What size tank is it in? Gigs like to be up in the rock work not the sand.

It is in a 25g lagoon style tank...... 24x24x10h
He has 4sq feet to grow...... It is connected to a multi-tank system of close to 100g

I could place on the rocks itself...... But it had it's foot right against the rock not even a little attachment.

A healthy one should attach very quickly, even an unhealthy one should attach. I am not sure what you can do. My Gigantea attached to a piece of rock while in transit from the LFS to home and never let go of the rock since. It just moves to a larger, more stable rock and attach to the side of the rock near the sand and up from there. I also tried several other times to keep Gigantea but they did not live. Deflating and detaching from the rock is the first step to dying in my tank. Good luck with him.

Thanks...... Do you think it just needs a bit more time?

 

[OrionN]

If it is at risk for getting pull into a pump or PH, then get a plastic basket, the type that have large holes to keep circulation from getting block, and put the anemone in it with sme LR. Attach the basket to the top of the tank and once the anemone attach to the rock, you can put the rock on top of the rock structure of your tank.
That is what I would do if I have an anemone that would not attach to rock. My tank have rather high flow. A unattached anemone in my tank will certainly end up getting chew-up by one of the PH or return pump.

 

[Doherty]

Good idea on the Basket Minh I will have to pick up one tomorrow, working till 11p tonight.

It was still very sticky, mouth was only slightly open (not gaping by any means), no inverted stomach, and has good inflation/color IMO.
The thing just won't attach, which is a concern...... I will hope for the best

I will update on how it looks when I get home tonight.

 

[tufacody]

As others have noted, get in on the rocks. I only feed nems when they look like they have fully settled in. Then I feed pea-sized amounts. I wriggle the food quite a bit in its tentacle to trigger feeding response.