Acclimating my New Gig

[fishkeeprian]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/143xf2zc57...81621.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/grq0u1qtlh...81626.jpg?dl=0

Mouth nice and tight, very sticky and has been at my LFS for around a month, looks like a surviver.

[fishkeeprian]

Been in the tank about an hour now, doing great.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r8yiylgfpq...11800.mp4?dl=0

[Vinny Kreyling]

Looks good, hope it does well for you.

[humphreyhh]

Looking good! Great pick!


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[humphreyhh]

One question. If you find a healthy gig do you still use cipro for it before put it into the tank?


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[D-Nak]

Originally Posted by humphreyhh

One question. If you find a healthy gig do you still use cipro for it before put it into the tank?


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You don't have to, but this is assuming the gig is established, meaning it's not a fresh import and the owner has had it for at least a couple of months.

Many gigs will appear to be healthy after they acclimate to the LFS tank, but once you bring it home they can shows signs of infection and will need treatment.

I would treat all fresh imports with Cipro.

[WVfishguy]

Pardon my ignorance, but is a "gig" a giant carpet anemone?

[humphreyhh]

Originally Posted by WVfishguy

Pardon my ignorance, but is a "gig" a giant carpet anemone?

Yes! S. Gigantea.


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[humphreyhh]

Originally Posted by D-Nak

You don't have to, but this is assuming the gig is established, meaning it's not a fresh import and the owner has had it for at least a couple of months.



Many gigs will appear to be healthy after they acclimate to the LFS tank, but once you bring it home they can shows signs of infection and will need treatment.



I would treat all fresh imports with Cipro.

Thank you! I love them but I probably won’t get one since I’m not experienced enough with them. I like hardier species.


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[Joe0813]

Looks good, keep us updated

[fishkeeprian]

Originally Posted by D-Nak

You don't have to, but this is assuming the gig is established, meaning it's not a fresh import and the owner has had it for at least a couple of months.

Many gigs will appear to be healthy after they acclimate to the LFS tank, but once you bring it home they can shows signs of infection and will need treatment.

I would treat all fresh imports with Cipro.

My local LFS said it already had been through antibiotic treatment when it arrived in the country. it had been in the country for a month before they received it. Then I paid a deposit and left it with them for around 3 weeks to see if its condition deteriorated. They sent me regular pics and it was always looking good etc, so it was a no-brainer for me, plus you don't see these in the UK very often. I've been using my LFS for the last three years and they have never had one in the shop.

And at no point did its mouth change from that tight appearance as seen in the photo, even when removed from the bag to bucked for acclimation. Its so sticky, good colour and is huge when fully open. It even attached itself to the bottom of the bucket and was a pig to remove.

[fishkeeprian]

So came home to lights on and the nem is spitting out some zoo I believe. What would you do now?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dcb2jd333e...65539.jpg?dl=0

[fishkeeprian]

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[fishkeeprian]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ntubt7rwo1...65525.jpg?dl=0

[fishkeeprian]

Would you put into treatment or give it till over the weekend incase it's still acclimatise to tank?

[fishkeeprian]

Would you put into treatment or give it till over the weekend incase it's still acclimatise to tank? It's doing regularly.

[D-Nak]

Originally Posted by fishkeeprian

Would you put into treatment or give it till over the weekend incase it's still acclimatise to tank? It's doing regularly.

It depends... on how much you believe this statement you previously made...

Originally Posted by fishkeeprian

My local LFS said it already had been through antibiotic treatment when it arrived in the country. it had been in the country for a month before they received it. Then I paid a deposit and left it with them for around 3 weeks to see if its condition deteriorated. They sent me regular pics and it was always looking good etc, so it was a no-brainer for me, plus you don't see these in the UK very often. I've been using my LFS for the last three years and they have never had one in the shop.

And at no point did its mouth change from that tight appearance as seen in the photo, even when removed from the bag to bucked for acclimation. Its so sticky, good colour and is huge when fully open. It even attached itself to the bottom of the bucket and was a pig to remove.

I personally don't believe any wholesaler is treating newly imported anemones with antibiotics using the proper protocol (in its own tank getting daily doses of Cipro with 100% water changes). They may be treating prophylactically using antibiotics to treat tanks of nems, but this is not correct, and may actually do more harm than good because it is exposing the nems to antibiotics that the harmful bacteria could develop a resistance to (we don't know how quickly this happens).

If the nem has been in the country for a month (4 weeks) plus an additional 3 weeks at the LFS, then it would be quarantined long enough to not have any harmful bacteria. The longest I've seen any gig go without any signs of sickness is about 4 weeks.

Your gig could just be adjusting to its new environment, particularly new lighting, and the dead zoox it is expelling is a result of that. It should stop doing this in a few days. However, it should NEVER deflate. None of my gigs ever deflate (in contrast to other nems like BTAs which can deflate frequently). If it deflates, even once, I would remove it and begin treatment.

[fishkeeprian]

No its not deflated at all, it was squirming a little when it was pushing out the zoo almost like it was irratated but never deflated.

This is what it has looked like for the last few hours;


https://www.dropbox.com/s/2vh8n3y1bn...11525.mp4?dl=0

Does it look OK?

[D-Nak]

It looks fine. My only suggestion would be to give it a lot more flow.

[fishkeeprian]

Originally Posted by D-Nak

It looks fine. My only suggestion would be to give it a lot more flow.

Ive notice a few tenticals get a little deflated when the lights are off. The body stays good. Is this something to worry about?

[fishkeeprian]

Gig has been doing great today. No more expelling no tenticals defLatin and it was only a few not completely.

[fishkeeprian]

All is going well;

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kh2mvo9w5t...A0002.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sg7dw8zhlf...A0001.jpg?dl=0

[Gregg@ADP]

Looks good. I would definitely get some more vigorous pulses of flow hitting it.

Always a good sign with those guys when they lock into the spot you put them in and get the folds going.

[fishkeeprian]

Originally Posted by Gregg@ADP

Looks good. I would definitely get some more vigorous pulses of flow hitting it.

Always a good sign with those guys when they lock into the spot you put them in and get the folds going.

I have messed with the settings on my PH and he is getting blasted and loving it. He was absolutely huge yesterday. I had really lowered my lights to the lowest setting to acclimate him properly to the light. I know they can handle and like high light but he was not under direct light at the LFS, and I noticed with my light setting at it was it was stressing a little.

He has not moved from that spot since I put him in the tank.

[OrionN]

Looks great. He will be fine as long as no disaster happen to the tank. Most anemones are really sensitive to pH shock so be careful with Kalk. Mix well and add slow.
Nice Green Gigantea.
Personally, I never gradually increase my light for anemones or any corals. I just give them the appropriate amount of light full blast from day 1 in DT.