Gigantea

[ocellaris123]

Unfortunately i lost my large purple one. Luckily the blue one was not affected by whatever took it down, it crashed after dosing flatworm exit. I moved the small purple one in its place

 

[drexel]

That sucks, sorry to hear. As a PSA, I would advise people to stop using flatworm exit, it's so easy to overdose or miscalculate the amount of flatworms there are. Just use natural predators to deal with them and if they're not causing any harm, then I wouldn't do anything drastic. Spotted mandarins are my go-to fish for their control.

 

[ocellaris123]

Yeah lesson learned, the blue gig showed no effect, in hindsight i lost a otherwise healthy purple haddoni that also crashed a few days after fwe. I will not using fwe again.

 

[bakbay]

Yeah lesson learned, the blue gig showed no effect, in hindsight i lost a otherwise healthy purple haddoni that also crashed a few days after fwe. I will not using fwe again.

Aw man - so sorry to hear! These things are so fragile creatures.

 

[bakbay]

That sucks, sorry to hear. As a PSA, I would advise people to stop using flatworm exit, it's so easy to overdose or miscalculate the amount of flatworms there are. Just use natural predators to deal with them and if they're not causing any harm, then I wouldn't do anything drastic. Spotted mandarins are my go-to fish for their control.

Yup - I got 2 Mandarins recently, no fwe for me and hearing so many horror stories - I will never use it.

 

[ocellaris123]

Important to note i cant attribute the losses to fwe, so its only speculation on my part. Ill take some photos of my small purple in its new tank when i get home. I have 4 healthy gigs ( 2 purple, 1 blue, and a tan) so i think i will consider myself lucky and stop with that…… unless i can find a green one which lives.

 

[dotheduy]

Here a my green and blue. Love them.

 

[bakbay]

Super jealous! I'm hoping to score a healthy green in my lifetime...

 

[ocellaris123]

Here a my green and blue. Love them.

The best color duo for gigs imo, great job with them

 

[ocellaris123]

Aw man - so sorry to hear! These things are so fragile creatures.

Yeah they really raise the stress level when you first get them, but once established they are pretty hardy. Just have to get them past a month and they are usually solid. Imo it’s prob just luck of getting a good specimen more than anything; antibiotics or not.

 

[bakbay]

Yeah they really raise the stress level when you first get them, but once established they are pretty hardy. Just have to get them past a month and they are usually solid. Imo it’s prob just luck of getting a good specimen more than anything; antibiotics or not.

Amen to stress level - I would go home to a gaping mouth and frantically started medicating with Cipro’s. I’m much happier without gigs in the last 2 mos! lol

 

[ocellaris123]

Here is the small purple gig and the blue gig. They both share the same tank

 

[ocellaris123]

For those wondering if gigantea can survive tears in the foot the answer is yes. The above blue came in with multiple tears in foot and i accidentally ripped the small purples foot moving it from tank to tank. Both have healed up