Bleached gigantea thread

[Ocellaris123]

Wanted to start a new thread updating the color change of this gigantea. Will update when changes occurr

In treatment 10/19

In display 11/18

Moved but coloring up today (growing larger with a diet of salmon and shrimp from seafood section of grocery store; i dont eat seafood)

 

[bradleym]

Very impressive improvement so far. Good work!

 

[Ocellaris123]

Shares tank with this blue

 

[bradleym]

Gorgeous! I used to aspire to having a blue like that long ago. :)

 

[The new fish on the block]

Very nice gig! Hope it starts coloring up soon for you.

Quick question regarding feeding: did you buy fresh salmon/ shrimp and freeze it?

How big of a piece are you giving it? I would like to try to get my gig in qt bigger before introducing any clowns.

 

[Ocellaris123]

My fiance eats sea food so she cut up 1/4 to 1/2 inch pieces of salmon and shrimp she bought for herself and froze it for my anemones.

The anemone is turning more brown as the zooxanthellae repopulates its tissue. The outer rim will has a pinkish hue to the tips of the tentacles

 

[Ocellaris123]

Tentacles getting super shaggy on blue

 

[Ocellaris123]

Updated pics, getting more color back, definitely a tan

 

[Naso180!]

Big improvement! Still feeding the same? How often?

 

[Ocellaris123]

Big improvement! Still feeding the same? How often?

Yeah still feeding the same , directly fed every two to three days since its bleached. Will cut back once fully recovered but it gets daily meals from catching what i feed fish

 

[Ocellaris123]

Here is another partially bleached purple one in my other tank, had this guy almost three weeks no issues so far.

 

[Ocellaris123]

Caught some LRS, just noticed from looking at the pic that the outer rim looks blueish/purple

And grimace the gig, i run my lights windex blue so have to turn my whites way up for pics

 

[Ocellaris123]

Nice morning sun shot with a new blue in back corner

 

[Ocellaris123]

This is most likely his final color, cream tips, purple outer rim and tan overall. Not a fan of where he moved himself but at least he is healthy

 

[Ocellaris123]

Also have this small 3 inch purple i picked up a month ago.

 

[Ocellaris123]

This one a true blue gig, not purplish blue like my other ones. Has haddoni like tentacles but attached to rocks, pastel blue foot with obvious verrucae on the column.

 

[D-Nak]

I suspect that the tentacles will look more gig-like once it's settled in.

 

[Ocellaris123]

I suspect that the tentacles will look more gig-like once it's settled in.

Yeah thats what im thinking as well

 

[Ocellaris123]

Had a loose rock the “ bleached” one was attached to tumble. The gig since moved to a much better perching spot. Hopefully it stays

 

[Ocellaris123]