When they say small..they mean small! S. Gigantea attempt.

[Reef1589]

came home tonight and it doesnt look good, mouths closed, but its deflated pretty badly.. i turned the lights off, and ill check it in an hour or 2 to see if it inflates any..

 

[elegance coral]

How's it doing today?

 

[Reef1589]

48 hour update.

48 hour update.

so it was prettty deflated last nite when i got home, but the mouth was closed, and today it looks better, inflated, but mouth is a little bit open, not gaping, but its still open..

 

[Reef1589]

the mouth is now closed after taking those pictures... ill get some pictures in a bit of the mouth closed

Edit ** - mouths back slightly open again

 

[ct_vol]

Ugh... Hope it pulls through for you!!! Keep us updated...

 

[Reef1589]

i hope so too, but i dont got high hope with this species =[ i really like the coloration of this one... its growing on me, so i hope it comes through.

it is deflated again... but mouth is close... hopefully just doing some internal water changes..

 

[BonsaiNut]

i hope so too, but i dont got high hope with this species =[ i really like the coloration of this one... its growing on me, so i hope it comes through.

it is deflated again... but mouth is close... hopefully just doing some internal water changes..

Just make sure it has plenty of flow. Personally, I feel that water flow is the key to success with this species.

 

[R33f3r]

+1 ^

 

[Reef1589]

you think i got enough flow in my tank?... 2 1600 GPH powerheads / 2 425 GPH powerheads and my return is 700 GPH.. im trying to set the 2 1600's so it hits the gig with random spontaneous flow.. ( just to clarify, im not pointing the powerheads directly at it) .. trying to get the flow to go right above it... and around it..

 

[R33f3r]

That sounds good chaotic waterflow is what it needs to thrive. Have you done a water change since you bought it?

 

[Reef1589]

no... not since i bought it... only been 2 days so far,.... should i?

but its starting to go south the mouth is starting to open bigger... its not spitting itself out... but i know its never good when the mouth is starting to get bigger..

 

[BonsaiNut]

you think i got enough flow in my tank?... 2 1600 GPH powerheads / 2 425 GPH powerheads and my return is 700 GPH.. im trying to set the 2 1600's so it hits the gig with random spontaneous flow.. ( just to clarify, im not pointing the powerheads directly at it) .. trying to get the flow to go right above it... and around it..

It's not how much flow you have in your tank - it's how much flow is directed across the top of the anemone. Here is an OLD video of a healthy purple gigantea. Does your flow look like this?

http://www.wifeofnerd.com/images/gigantea.asf

 

[NewbyReefer]

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[Reef1589]

i cant view the video wont let me for some reason..

but i got the flow hitting it at random times in random directions... ive watched "this is Me's " videos alot.. of his gigs. and have tried to replicate it..

the only issue i have.. is his are much larger, i think its easier to create random flow.. mines alot smaller, the space is tighter... so its harder to get abunch of random flow into 1 spot.. but im trying my best.. the mouth is closing up a bit now i kinda did some re-arranging.. i think another issue is the rock he got into kinda has a small cove/cup so i think it blocks of alot of the random flow for him, so i kinda tilted the rock up a little bit to allow more flow in his direction..

im trying my best to get the flow to just pretty much be chaotic all around it.. re-arranging powerheads and what not

 

[Reef1589]

here is a small..crappy video ... from my phone, to show the kinda flow its getting... (i just increased it a little bit in its general area..do you think its too much / too much direct?)

idk what the video looks like cause it wont let me watch it on youtube for some reason..

<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sNRYcQ0s0AQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

and for the record.. thats about as much as the mouth opens.. it still looks tight... and firm.. and not gaping... it like kinda gets really close to closing then does that again.. and he hasnt really deflated that much ( i dont think anyways)

 

[Reef1589]

after increasing the flow, right before taking that video... and then shortly after i took that video, the mouth had started to close up a little bit..

 

[elegance coral]

I would be careful not to blast it to hard when its mouth is open. You can see the flow I have on mine in this video. It's good, but gentle, flow.

<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ugVktUZV-bE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

 

[this is me]

Robbie,
I wish I can tell you how to direct your flow so that the gigantea will be happy. All I know is that they're really picky about the flow. I have two gigs in the tank. The one on the left is doing really well because the flow is pretty hit hitting at it randomly. The one of the right is doing good but the tentacles is not anywhere as long and doesn't open up all the way because the flow is hitting from its side.
Good luck with the gigantea. Don't stress too much about it. Just make your best guess at the flow and let it be. Don't keep changing things.

 

[BonsaiNut]

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Check your Anti-Virus settings. That is my original file, and I just re-scanned it in the source directory and it is clean as a whistle. I also downloaded it from my FTP server and scanned it again, and it comes up clean for me.

 

[BonsaiNut]

I would be careful not to blast it to hard when its mouth is open. You can see the flow I have on mine in this video. It's good, but gentle, flow.

+1 you do not want to blast water into the mouth - very bad. You want the water to flow across the top of the oral disk - so that the tentacles are washed in flow but it does not look like the anemone column is getting pushed around or that it is "hanging on" for dear life.

Anemones "breath" in two ways - by transferring water into their interiors via their pair of siphonoglyphs, and secondarily by absorption through their body tissues from the water around them. If you can keep the tentacles washed in flow while allowing the mouth to close or open in order for the anemone to manage its internal water circulation, you are doing well.

For what it's worth, when I get a gigantea that looks stressed, I put it in a refugium with a venturi. Good indirect flow with lots of water surface disruption.