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05/05/2019, 04:32 AM
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New giganteas
Last Saturday I scored a blue gig at a local store, They had 4 when I arrived, 2 larger ones that were clearly sick and two smaller ones that looked good.
I took a healthy This was it on the 1st day: It still looked good the next day, until I turned the power-strip with pumps and heaters of the QT tanks off to do a water change on the QT with my bicinctus. Within minutes it deflated and started expelling zooxanthellae: Day 7, after 5 doses of Cipro: It didn't deflate anymore but was still expelling some zooxanthellae Day 8, after 6 doses of Cipro: Bleached, but it seems to be good now. I decided to skip the 7th Cipro dose since I'm running a bit low on Cipro and the anemone clearly didn't like it too much. This Saturday I picked up the second small one they had, a purple one. (I also picked up a bleached but otherwise healthy looking magnifica and, at another store, scored 2 sick haddoni literally for free.) This is the purple gig. Under actinic light, its tentacle tips really pop: It spilled some half-digested food, but once in the QT its mouth was firmly closed: Given that the didn't get sick within a week, I hope I might not need to treat it. Here a video of both giganteas:
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Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +... Last edited by ThRoewer; 05/05/2019 at 04:41 AM. |
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05/05/2019, 06:04 AM
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Very nice. I hope they do well for you.
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Minh My homepage is my album here at Reef Central Current Tank Info: Reboot 320 anemones reef. Angels: Yellow Chest Regal(2), Flame (2). Copperband But. Tangs: Yellow, Purple. Wrasse: about 20 wrasses various species. Anemones: Giantea X4 (Breen, Blue, Purple and Multicolors), Haddoni X1 Red, Magnifica X1 Purpletip |
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05/05/2019, 07:54 AM
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Beautiful.
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05/05/2019, 09:47 AM
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Beautiful!
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05/05/2019, 03:22 PM
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They were both still looking fine this "morning" (or rather noon).
If the blue one stays like this until Tuesday I will put it into the 100 gallon tank for recovery and to color up again. But Tuesday I need the tank for a new tan gig from LA...
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Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +... |
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05/07/2019, 01:33 AM
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Moved the blue gig to the 100 gallon tank for recovery and to color up. Within minutes it found a new guest to host...
The new purple expelled a few zooxanthellae on Sunday but seems so far otherwise fine. Unfortunately, the blue-white LED bulb I used on the QT died and I had to replace it for now with a standard 5000 K Daylight bulb.
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Pairs: 4 percula, 3 P. kauderni, 3 D. excisus, 1 ea of P. diacanthus, S. splendidus, C. altivelis O. rosenblatti, D. janssi, S. yasha & a Gramma loreto trio 3 P. diacanthus. 2 C. starcki Current Tank Info: 200 gal 4 tank system (40x28x24 + 40B + 40B sump tank + 20g refugium) + 30x18x18 mixed reef + 20g East Pacific biotop + 20g FW +... |
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05/07/2019, 06:50 AM
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Wonderful.
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05/07/2019, 11:53 AM
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Those are some amazing specimens!
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