My old gigantea, found??

Breadman03 · May 11, 2017

Long story short, I had a nicely established large S. gigantea, but had to move it to a stock tank for over a year. When I got it back in glass, I lowered the intensity of my Radions significantly and they were also further away, but my gig bleached out within a day and a half. Basically, I went to work the day after moving it and came home to a notably bleached anemone. It just withered away and disappeared. I believe that the glass reflected so much more light than the black plastic that the effective light intensity was just too much.

Well, I'm fighting an aptasia infestation and found a little something under my rock that looks like a bleached out anemone that is holding the traditional gigantea folded posture. Now, its tiny, but I'm hoping that it just might be it.

Thoughts?

Shaddow_wolf169 · May 11, 2017

Might be a baby

terri_ann · May 13, 2017

That would be special for you!! Keeping the faith!!;Happy

Zack K · May 13, 2017

That was a beautiful nem[emoji24] That may be a baby

Shaddow_wolf169 · May 13, 2017

Looks bleached feed a Lil mysis to it

AcroNem · May 13, 2017

Do you have any other anemones in the same system?

Breadman03 · May 13, 2017

I used to have a BTA, but it got mulched. I had a serious algae issue, then a tank crash that I thought had wiped everything out. I went nuts after the crash by ripping out algae, cranking up magnesium, soaking rocks in peroxide, lanthanum chloride dosing and vinegar dosing. I figured I'd tackle the issues when the tank was empty, then allow it to stabilize.

The main reason I suspect it might be the gig is the posture. My iPhone doesn't pick it up well, though.

It was on the bottom of the rock with very gentle flow. I found it while tackling my aptasia issue with kalk paste and moved the rock near the front glass where it would get gentle flow and be protected from direct light. It should only get light reflected off the glass, and I also dropped my Radions from 70% to 40% with a 6 week acclimation to 55%.

As far as feeding mysis, it's barely the size of a mysis. The top pic was from before I had to put it in the stock tank, right after feeding it....PE mysis.

AcroNem · May 13, 2017

It looks like it could be the gigantea, I just asked because it's more likely to be the quadricolor. You're right though based on the way it's sitting it doesn't look like a small quadricolor. As others have stated try to keep feeding it, it should be able to tackle a mysis. Keep us posted!

Nemguy123 · May 13, 2017

It looks like a bleached green mushroom I had the same thing happen once would be really cool if it was a gig I hope it is!

Reefahholic · May 26, 2017

I'm going with no.

Taylor t · May 27, 2017

My guess, IF, it was your old gig, it would take weeks to months of subpar conditions of neglect to shrink-and should have been visible/have access to light and flow the whole time. IMO, not likely your old gig if it just "disappeared" on you one day. Not likely your old gig, not impossible, but not likely. You most likely would have watched it regress. It's very unlikely a gig would regress off in the corner in the shadows by itself, and shrink and bleach to that level. What I typically see from gigs, they can shrink, bleach, and regress when we think care and conditions are right, but typically when they move off to the shadows and lower flow, deflates typically take over and lead to death.

One way to find out for sure. Give it higher light and flow and see what it turns to. My guess is it's a mushroom. I have had mushrooms turn into exactly what the picture you posted looks like before.

Let us know how it turns out, I'm curious.