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11/24/2019, 02:02 AM | #1 |
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Australian giganteas
I found 2 small giganteas at a local store today. They looked healthy and not bleached so I took them both. One of them seems actually to be of decent size. In the bag it inflated so much that it filled it out. But when I took it out of the bag and placed it into the QT it contacted again. These are the first pictures of them right after they went into the QT.
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11/24/2019, 06:48 AM | #2 |
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I was told that Australian Gigantea cost a lot mainly due to the small numbers allowed to collected. Two legs and an arm. You ended up in a wheel chair buying one of those.
Do you know for sure yours were from Australia? Nice looking Gigantea
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11/24/2019, 07:02 AM | #3 | |
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I actually didn't pay a lot for them.
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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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11/24/2019, 08:15 AM | #4 |
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This is the season for small Gigantea. Traditionally late fall and early winter is when there is a large numbers of Gigantea were collected. I would not consider a flood of Gigantea but a lot more of them.
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11/24/2019, 01:40 PM | #5 |
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Very nice. I'm curious to see how these look when fully expanded.
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11/24/2019, 09:23 PM | #6 |
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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 +... |
11/29/2019, 04:17 PM | #7 |
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Very nice find. Gigs are very rare in my country. But to see you get 3 is so awesome.
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11/30/2019, 07:27 PM | #8 |
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What's the QT protocol you are using and are you treating with any chemicals?
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12/01/2019, 01:04 PM | #9 | |
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Both gigs and the BTA are doing well so no treatment needed at this point. All are still pretty contract, most likely due the hard flow I have in that tank. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk
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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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12/05/2019, 04:34 PM | #10 |
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Thanks, I'll start doing the same. I would hate for a disease to take out my nems.
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