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blackgate
03/07/2015, 08:10 AM
Yesterday I bought a bleached purple gig (extremely rare to find a gig in NC). It was holding itself upright, had great looking folds, a fairly tight mouth, and EXTREMELEY sticky. By the time I had got it home, it had regurgitated ALOT of junk and was flat as a pancake. Not dead zoo, but tissue and internals, VERY worrisome. It immediately went into my treatment tank with cipro last night and is looking really good this morning. It has all of its shape back and the mouth is looking better, not great, but better. My problem is, he moved off of my cup and is now wedged himself between the tank and the cup. How can I do a 100% waterchange without disturbing him. I want to be able to put him in my other treatment tank so I can completely clean his current tank and then switch back and forth. How do I do this without having to pull him off the bottom and possibly injuring him or making things worse in general. Please help all of you smart gig owners!
blackgate
03/07/2015, 11:03 AM
anyone got any ideas?
addictedreefer
03/07/2015, 11:05 AM
What are you concerned about? It is ok if they are exposed to the air for a few minutes while you do the water change. Gigs are often exposed for hours at low tide.
blackgate
03/07/2015, 11:08 AM
Should I just continue treatment in the original tank then and not worry about trying to switch him over to another? I thought the idea was to clean one tank while treating in another
addictedreefer
03/07/2015, 11:17 AM
Should I just continue treatment in the original tank then and not worry about trying to switch him over to another? I thought the idea was to clean one tank while treating in another
No need. Just try to vacuum up as much crap as possible when you do the water change. You can use an aquarium safe brush if you are concerned about buildup on the glass. Alternatively, I have had success using a cheap HOB filter on the back of the QT tank. That will trap much of the waste and then you can just rinse or swap out the pad with every WC.
zooman72
03/07/2015, 11:29 AM
No need. Just try to vacuum up as much crap as possible when you do the water change. You can use an aquarium safe brush if you are concerned about buildup on the glass. Alternatively, I have had success using a cheap HOB filter on the back of the QT tank. That will trap much of the waste and then you can just rinse or swap out the pad with every WC.
I agree - I don't think there would be a major difference between a 100% WC, and a 90% water change in terms of effectiveness, especially since you are doing it daily over several days...
blackgate
03/07/2015, 11:42 AM
Alright, I have treated mags before using the alternating tank method and have been very successful. This is my first gig, and I am just nervous about it. We just don't get these guys in around here at all and honestly this was shipped to my LFS as an "assorted carpet anemone from Sri Lanka". I will try and upload a photo here in a bit and get everyone's opinion on it.
blackgate
03/08/2015, 07:39 AM
Alright I am trying to get some photos uploaded here but it doesn't look like its working too well. This is the gig after the initial treatment started on Friday evening. This is the photo Saturday morning. http://s28.photobucket.com/user/ritteriguy/library/gig%20treatment
blackgate
03/08/2015, 07:55 AM
http://s28.photobucket.com/user/ritteriguy/media/gig%20treatment/603BD8FD-A6F1-4A9F-B04D-66A32262BFF1_zpseztbbrmi.jpg.html
http://s28.photobucket.com/user/ritteriguy/media/gig%20treatment/A9B75173-39FD-4E07-8934-1710626646DA_zps6a0wjfvi.jpg.html
Here are the most recent photos from the second day of treatment. Sorry for the links, anyone care to shed light on how to post the pics instead of the links lol
mnchartier
03/08/2015, 09:45 AM
In Photobucket use the IMG links, just copy and paste
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c240/ritteriguy/gig%20treatment/603BD8FD-A6F1-4A9F-B04D-66A32262BFF1_zpseztbbrmi.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/user/ritteriguy/media/gig%20treatment/603BD8FD-A6F1-4A9F-B04D-66A32262BFF1_zpseztbbrmi.jpg.html)
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c240/ritteriguy/gig%20treatment/A9B75173-39FD-4E07-8934-1710626646DA_zps6a0wjfvi.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/user/ritteriguy/media/gig%20treatment/A9B75173-39FD-4E07-8934-1710626646DA_zps6a0wjfvi.jpg.html)
Here are the most recent photos from the second day of treatment. Sorry for the links, anyone care to shed light on how to post the pics instead of the links lol
blackgate
03/08/2015, 10:26 AM
Thanks man!!
blackgate
03/09/2015, 06:13 PM
Well there hasn't been any changes in the gig. No deflations since the initial night on the drive home. Other than some poop and dead zoo that I have seen, it continually holds its shape and today for the first day, the mouth has stayed completely closed and tight. This will be the fourth night of cipro. Do you guys think I should continue the full course for 7 days or 5? It really has and does look good, other than it being bleached so badly.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c240/ritteriguy/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-03/8956D049-D957-4DBA-BC99-8F544E65D037_zpsnmoeat2i.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/user/ritteriguy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-03/8956D049-D957-4DBA-BC99-8F544E65D037_zpsnmoeat2i.jpg.html)
hotelbravo
03/09/2015, 06:52 PM
I think its a beautiful anemone. Good luck with it!
blackgate
03/09/2015, 07:01 PM
Thanks man I am hoping for the best
Ryleerei
03/09/2015, 07:50 PM
I've treated all my nems for at least 6 days. My most recent acquisition, mid January, is similar looking to yours. Only in the past few days do I see hints of zoo coming back and that is after a transplant. With cipro my experiences have been loss of zoo, so I try to feed as soon as they look healthy. If the feeding response is good, I put anem into display. This is what has worked for me. Good luck, I like the color!
OrionN
03/09/2015, 07:56 PM
The anemone look good. Best of luck with him
blackgate
03/09/2015, 07:59 PM
Orion, do you think I should keep going for the full 7?
OrionN
03/09/2015, 08:02 PM
If I am you I would go for the 7 days treatment. I don't think my treatment tank stress the anemone very much. If you don't have anemone in the tank, you can transfer him to the DT after 5 days of not deflating.
blackgate
03/09/2015, 08:05 PM
Ok, sounds good
addictedreefer
03/11/2015, 02:01 PM
Any update? He in the DT yet?
blackgate
03/11/2015, 04:35 PM
Funny you should ask. He really has shown no signs of deflating or even purging after the initial night last Friday night. He will be going in to my dedicated anemone tank which is a 24 x 24 x 12 and has no anemones in it right now. I am planning on moving him in tonight and will post pics once he is in. I really did try (as you can see by the pics lol) to keep him on a coffee mug, but it just didn't work out that way. He climbed up on the side glass yesterday and has not moved since. I hate to peel the foot off the glass, but I am not getting a say in the matter. I am just really thankful that we have medicine now to treat sick and delicate nems such as these and am really thankful for all of the advice that people give on this site!
blackgate
03/12/2015, 07:33 PM
Just wanted to say that the gig looks incredible and I am optimistic about its recovery. I would post some pics but the blue led looks so bad on an iPhone that its more embarrassing than anything. Anyway, I will post some pics on Sunday when I get back in town and let you guys see when the whites are on. Thanks for everything!
blackgate
03/15/2015, 04:04 PM
Just a quick update. He still looks good, but one thing I have noticed about this particular gig is he does not like flow. He will def. move around until there is hardly any flow on him at all. I don't know if he might still be adjusting to the tank or if he just doesn't like it.
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c240/ritteriguy/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-03/D42216A0-B010-40B5-8AF9-713539730F34_zpsr1pmxhcy.jpg (http://s28.photobucket.com/user/ritteriguy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-03/D42216A0-B010-40B5-8AF9-713539730F34_zpsr1pmxhcy.jpg.html)
OrionN
03/15/2015, 04:46 PM
Looking good. What king of clown is that?
blackgate
03/15/2015, 04:58 PM
Its a Mcculloch and even though it's not a natural pair, I think she still looks pretty cool in it. I decided to try my hand and feed it a little while ago. I gave it a tiny piece of fresh tuna medallion and the feeding response was VERY slow. It did appear however, to eat the piece which is great news. I have never had an anemone this far bleached before so I am still nervous about the long term survival.
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