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I've had this anemone for a few months now. When I bought it I planned to set up a hospital tank and treat it as it wasn't sticky and was face down, I rolled the dice on it.
Long story short it started to look much better just while drip acclimating it to my tank so I did not treat and added it to my display. Since then it's kind of been stagnant so I'd like to get opinions on coloration and overall health. Basically should I attempt to get it out of this rock and treat it with antibiotics?
Here is what it looks like currently, about 30 minutes before lights out:
I don't really see it do the deflate inflate cycle I read about with bacterial infections, honestly it always just kind of looks like this. My clowns have grown at a very fast rate so I'm not sure if they are just too large for the small, 3" gigantea or if this is just a stressed anemone.
Tank info:
75g
1.025
78.5-80F
8.3 DKH
450 calcium
1450-1500 magnesium
trace elements tracked by ATI ICP
Lighting, just about directly under a 250w hamilton 14k halide. 10" off water in a 16" deep tank with XHO supplementation. Tank is very stable.
It's recessed in a hole in the rock, I see clowns carry food pieces towards it but haven't witnessed it eat. I haven't fed it personally.
Is this a color morph of gigantea or just a bleached green variety?
Does that mouth look normal? It doesn't appear to gape, not sure what that crud is by it's mouth.
Can aiptasia be problematic for a gig? I see one in that hole in the picture.
Thanks for any help.
Matt
Long story short it started to look much better just while drip acclimating it to my tank so I did not treat and added it to my display. Since then it's kind of been stagnant so I'd like to get opinions on coloration and overall health. Basically should I attempt to get it out of this rock and treat it with antibiotics?
Here is what it looks like currently, about 30 minutes before lights out:
I don't really see it do the deflate inflate cycle I read about with bacterial infections, honestly it always just kind of looks like this. My clowns have grown at a very fast rate so I'm not sure if they are just too large for the small, 3" gigantea or if this is just a stressed anemone.
Tank info:
75g
1.025
78.5-80F
8.3 DKH
450 calcium
1450-1500 magnesium
trace elements tracked by ATI ICP
Lighting, just about directly under a 250w hamilton 14k halide. 10" off water in a 16" deep tank with XHO supplementation. Tank is very stable.
It's recessed in a hole in the rock, I see clowns carry food pieces towards it but haven't witnessed it eat. I haven't fed it personally.
Is this a color morph of gigantea or just a bleached green variety?
Does that mouth look normal? It doesn't appear to gape, not sure what that crud is by it's mouth.
Can aiptasia be problematic for a gig? I see one in that hole in the picture.
Thanks for any help.
Matt
