Gigas Grow Out Thread

[MartinM]

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]

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

nuked my whole tank

 

[DeniseAndy]

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]

Sorry to hear the bad news

 

[MartinM]

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]

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.]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[Macdaddynick1]

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

How old is it?

 

[Righteous]

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]

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.

 

[minus9]

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

1st pic looks like Ali's tank?

 

[Asagi]

1st pic looks like Ali's tank?

Yup!

 

[Asagi]

How old is it?

The bigger one is from the 1st Ora batch. The second is from this spring.

 

[Asagi]

some good shell growth.

 

[ReeferHD]

growth update, doing good !!

 

[Asagi]

growth update, doing good !!

that's some growth!!

 

[m0nkie]

Heres my 2 gigas