Gigas Grow Out Thread

hart24601 · Jan 31, 2020

Huff747 said:
Well after months of worrying that my gigas wasn’t growing I think I’ve finally been able to make him happy. Only took 2 tanks and 3 light fixtures for him to start showing growth. Literally had no white on the shell for months. Tough to guage the scale in the picture but that white band is about 3/8-1/2 inch wide. He’s got a ways to go to catch up to some of the others but I’m just happy that he seems happy now

That’s awesome, congrats! Happy you cracked the code so to speak.

Aframereef · Jan 31, 2020

Huff747 said:
Well after months of worrying that my gigas wasn’t growing I think I’ve finally been able to make him happy. Only took 2 tanks and 3 light fixtures for him to start showing growth. Literally had no white on the shell for months. Tough to guage the scale in the picture but that white band is about 3/8-1/2 inch wide. He’s got a ways to go to catch up to some of the others but I’m just happy that he seems happy now

You can see from my pic I have 1 that grows almost twice as fast as the other just inches apart. The smaller one kept getting knocked over was the only difference.

hart24601 · Feb 15, 2020

Update growth. 2.5x larger?

hart24601 · Feb 15, 2020

My friend @BeardedMcG did his wizardry to overlay the teeth on the bottom. Because it balloons out so much more it’s tricky but based off the ridge spacing here is a pretty accurate overlay.

SpSDrew · Feb 22, 2020

This is 2 months of growth

outerbank · Mar 1, 2020

7 and 1/2 months. The shell is now about 5 inches and the clam close to 5 1/2 inches open. The bowl is 5 1/2 inches wide. Also, the clam is coloring up very nice. It is developing blue-green edge and beautiful spots!!!
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outerbank · Mar 1, 2020

That's awesome and a cool image!!

hart24601 said:
My friend @BeardedMcG did his wizardry to overlay the teeth on the bottom. Because it balloons out so much more it’s tricky but based off the ridge spacing here is a pretty accurate overlay.

DogsRule · Mar 8, 2020

Updated pics. Gigas showing great color (for a Gigas) & holding it's place against the Derasa.

Added a light colored Hippo earlier this week. Can't get a good pic, but hopefully this shows the subtle stripes & blue dots (about 2" TL)

& last pic is just because they happened to be there when I took the clam pics. We are big on fostering/adopting. One of my Pits with one of my Beagles- life is good.

DenverSaltyFarm · Mar 8, 2020

Looks great! Is that metal halide lighting?

DogsRule · Mar 8, 2020

Mcluvin said:
Looks great! Is that metal halide lighting?

Yes. I run 3 x 250 wt MH on my 220g reef

outerbank · Mar 14, 2020

Can’t get video to load.

SpSDrew · Mar 14, 2020

2-3 month growth

outerbank · Mar 15, 2020

225-275 par. Ecotech LEDs and T5s. Clam was 2 and 1/2 inches when bought July 2019.

hart24601 · Mar 17, 2020

Check out the thickness change. When I got it the shell wasn't even a finger width thick.

OrionN · Mar 21, 2020

My Gigas today, about 6 inches

Mrxia0 · Mar 21, 2020

It’s a lot prettier now than when they were small. How big is that? And how long did you have it? Lol al I have is a big lowly derasa and want to get a gigas but I’m afraid I won’t have the nutrient levels to support one

OrionN · Mar 21, 2020

Mrxia0 said:
It’s a lot prettier now than when they were small. How big is that? And how long did you have it? Lol al I have is a big lowly derasa and want to get a gigas but I’m afraid I won’t have the nutrient levels to support one

Had it since 11/2019. It was about 2.5 inches. Now, today, it is 6 inches.

Sorry, Looking at my pictures. I got the Gigas on 7/12/2019