Gigantea update and a few thoughts:)

Delphinus · #1 07-12-2008, 03:56 AM

I don't see any reason to suspect that light isn't a variable in tentacle shape.

I wouldn't worry so much about what the tentacles look like. I think there is some variability between individual to individual and what they react to isn't going to be exactly the same all the time. All we know are really just guidelines.

Having said that though I am worried about my blue though, because it just doesn't eat. 3 out of 4 have the same feeding response to mysis, my blue can't eat unassisted. This worries me about its long term prospects.. time will tell I guess.

Monti-Man · #2 07-12-2008, 04:03 AM

I think in time it will eat unassisted though Tony. MIne did that for around 2 weeks i think. I had to put it on his mouth otherwise i was getting no feeding response at all. Now it seems to have possibly gained the strength to eat on its own? Not sure but i still worry about the yellow guy as we'll. He seems just generally unhappy some days. Not deflated but just smaller? And i hate to feed him daily as it just increases that bacteria infection risk.

Delphinus · #3 07-12-2008, 05:29 PM

It's been about 4 weeks with mine though, I was sort of hoping to see a slight change by now. He's extremely bleached, more so than what yours and Drew's and a4twenty's were to start off with. It gave the anemone a really cool "baby blue" colour but I'm worried he's a little compromised. Well, he's still here after 4 weeks so we'll see where it goes.

In my opinion the risk of bacterial infection from overfeeding is really only a danger in the first week or so. I feed my other gigantea's a squirt of mysis every day or two. So I would try ramping up the feedings a little at this point and see how it goes.

I don't think smaller (as opposed to deflated) is a bad sign in and of itself. Some days my older ones are huge, some days not so much. Probably depends on how much they ate the night before, how close they are to pooping some out, whether it's a sunny day or not, who knows maybe even slight temperature variances could play a small role. That's the fun of anemones - seeing how much personality they really have (whodda thunk it they have personalities .. LOL).