Gigas Grow Out Thread

MartinM · Jul 5, 2023

wjgeese said:
BEAUTIES! How big is the blue one? where'd you get it? I lost 7 blue squam a couple years ago to a ritteri anemone that got shredded. made me cry! all were about 4 to 6"..
one was 8"

Was it the sting or did the water foul? :( :(

wjgeese · Jul 6, 2023

MartinM said:
Was it the sting or did the water foul? :( :(

nuked my whole tank

DeniseAndy · Jul 18, 2023

In case anyone is following my giga, it seems to have perished. It is still in my tank, but back to almost nothing. Poor thing tried so hard to come back. Not sure why it turned bad again as it was healing and recovering.

I am very sad as I had been growing this guy for a bit over 3.5yrs. Not very long, but it was thriving until I left. :anxious-face-with-sweat::confounded-face:

alton · Jul 19, 2023

Sorry to hear the bad news

MartinM · Jul 19, 2023

DeniseAndy said:
In case anyone is following my giga, it seems to have perished. It is still in my tank, but back to almost nothing. Poor thing tried so hard to come back. Not sure why it turned bad again as it was healing and recovering.

I am very sad as I had been growing this guy for a bit over 3.5yrs. Not very long, but it was thriving until I left. :anxious-face-with-sweat::confounded-face:

Oh that's terrible. I hope it pulls through. What PAR is it under?

ReeferHD · Aug 23, 2023

Hey guys, here’s my 2nd attempt at a gigas, the last one was an impulse buy and I didn’t realize it was already declining at the LFS. this one is growing explosively, already almost 1/2 inch of growth in just a month! Got him from petco for $40 believe it or not.

Chrisv. · Aug 23, 2023

ManWithAClam said:
Hey guys, here’s my 2nd attempt at a gigas, the last one was an impulse buy and I didn’t realize it was already declining at the LFS. this one is growing explosively, already almost 1/2 inch of growth in just a month! Got him from petco for $40 believe it or not.

Wow. Did the Petco have it properly labeled?

ReeferHD · Aug 23, 2023

Chrisv. said:
Wow. Did the Petco have it properly labeled?

they did not, but i asked the employees there and they told me it was a Derasa, they even checked their stocking list and it said it was a Derasa, so they sold it to me for Derasa price.

wjgeese · Aug 23, 2023

ManWithAClam said:
they did not, but i asked the employees there and they told me it was a Derasa, they even checked their stocking list and it said it was a Derasa, so they sold it to me for Derasa price.

wow, that's old school price for a gigas! well done!

Asagi · Aug 23, 2023

Old one in buddy’s tank and one of the new ones growing.

Macdaddynick1 · Aug 24, 2023

Asagi said:
Old one in buddy’s tank and one of the new ones growing.how old is it?

How old is it?

Righteous · Aug 24, 2023

My gigas, about 3-4 years old. It's now 11 inches across. Worrying he's not going to fit soon!

I was doing some work in the tank the other day and he got mad and squirted water straight out of the tank all over me!

Macdaddynick1 · Aug 24, 2023

Righteous said:
My gigas, about 3-4 years old. It's now 11 inches across. Worrying he's not going to fit soon!

I was doing some work in the tank the other day and he got mad and squirted water straight out of the tank all over me!

Gorgeous specimen. I knew they grow fast but wow.