Fedex Blah....Help with gigas

[onehundred20]

Ive been looking for a gigas for a few months that I liked and found one at liveaquaria....Well unfortunatly it s got shipped out on the wrong day and got caught in memphis with those storms yesterday...anyway it got here this morning around 7 and I got it in the tank at 11:30....

But my question is...it is very stressed and its mouth is gaping pretty bad, is this a bad thing? also what causes the gaping, stress or lack of light?

here is a pic

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r232/onehundred20/DSC01757.jpg

[Unarce]

More than likely, its the extreme stress from the prolonged shipping. It looks bad, but it's not at a point of no return.

Did you slowly acclimate it to your lighting? Even the natural light in your room can shock it after being in completely darkness during shipping.

[ezcompany]

it does look bad, but it doesn't seem life threatening.
i've had a black and white maxima arrived to me after all the water leak out to the box, i know how you feel. its still alive and well, i skipped acclimation and plopped him in the tank. they are resilient creatures and shouldn't be given up on easily :)

[jmaneyapanda]

Gigas inhalent siphon is usually quite enormous, so it doesnt even look as bad as that. Give it some time- it'll come around. And call LA- they will take care of you if it doesn't.

[onehundred20]

Unarce - yup I acclimated in the dark then turned the actinics on

jmaneyapanda - I had talked to them when it got delayed they said they would make it right, I really just hope it pulls through:)

[jmaneyapanda]

cool- like i said, though, it really doesnt look that bad to me- give it time.

[onehundred20]

looking a little better today?

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r232/onehundred20/DSC01759.jpg