Gigantea update and a few thoughts:)

Monti-Man · #1 07-12-2008, 03:04 AM

HI all

We'll so far so good. We did have a couple hick ups along the way with the yellow guy. He seems to trully hate 14k bulbs

Had him under it and after seeing Drews and Tonys the tentacles didn't seem right even though the mouth was closed and he was big.

Then we ordered a Purple and he died in shipping so we tried one more and this guy has been perfect since day one.Big and open and mouth tight. He likes to stand up on the rock like a tree...lol
Been on the same rock since day one i just moved it abit for more flow. So i changed out the bulb for a xm10k and the yellow one seems a little better but getting btter everyday.

So what is the thought. Can the tentacle length react to the light or was it just a coincidence. The purple one has always had long tentacles since day one.

I don't get it.

The video was when we first got the purple one and does show the length of the yellow guys tentacles

Delphinus · #2 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 · #3 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 · #4 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).