Trouble with my new Gigas.

virginiadiver69 · 09/16/2007, 08:46 AM

I have had him in the tank less than 24 hrs. I have noticed the top edge of the mantle starting to rot away. It is about an inch long and 1/4" wide. Otherwise he looks healthy, responds to shadows. My param are, sg=1.025, temp=78, Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate/Phosphate=0, Calcium=420, dkh=9.6
I also added a squamosa at the same time and he is fine.

OmarD · 09/16/2007, 08:47 AM

Somebody chewing/nipping on him?

virginiadiver69 · 09/16/2007, 08:58 AM

That was my first thought too. The mantle does not look like it has been nipped at though. It looks more like it is rotting away, kind of brownish and "dried up" where the live and dead tissue meet. This is definitely dead tissue. Is this the "pinched mantle" that I have heard of ?

camaroracer214 · 09/16/2007, 09:53 AM

might have a disease/parasite...if you just bought it, maybe you didn't notice it at the pet store. just keep an eye on it.

09/16/2007, 08:46 AM	#1
virginiadiver69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va. Posts: 4,400	Trouble with my new Gigas. I have had him in the tank less than 24 hrs. I have noticed the top edge of the mantle starting to rot away. It is about an inch long and 1/4" wide. Otherwise he looks healthy, responds to shadows. My param are, sg=1.025, temp=78, Ammonia/Nitrite/Nitrate/Phosphate=0, Calcium=420, dkh=9.6 I also added a squamosa at the same time and he is fine. __________________ Semi-aggressive mixed reef w/ shallow sand bed 96x30x27 310gal custom acrylic w/ ext. "fail safe" overflow 125gal sump/cryptic fuge w/ 6" DSB 3 400w Plus Rite 20k MH in Lumembrights 2 250w Plus Rite 20k MH in spider reflectors VHO actinic supplementation 2 Tunze wave boxes 2 Tunze 6060 in Tunze Rocks 2 Tunze 6125 Reeflo 250 skimmer Hammerhead return on OM 4 way Aqua controller lll Leviton power panel Deltec Eco-Cooler Randy's Two part 6.5 kw generator

09/16/2007, 08:47 AM	#2
OmarD Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Silverdale, WA Posts: 179	Somebody chewing/nipping on him? __________________ AG "125" AquaC EV 180, "SCWD", 80 lbs lr, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (XM HQI 10000k bulb) Current Tank Info: AG "125" AquaC EV 180, "SCWD", 80 lbs lr, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (XM HQI 10000k bulb

09/16/2007, 08:58 AM	#3
virginiadiver69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Va. Posts: 4,400	That was my first thought too. The mantle does not look like it has been nipped at though. It looks more like it is rotting away, kind of brownish and "dried up" where the live and dead tissue meet. This is definitely dead tissue. Is this the "pinched mantle" that I have heard of ? __________________ Semi-aggressive mixed reef w/ shallow sand bed 96x30x27 310gal custom acrylic w/ ext. "fail safe" overflow 125gal sump/cryptic fuge w/ 6" DSB 3 400w Plus Rite 20k MH in Lumembrights 2 250w Plus Rite 20k MH in spider reflectors VHO actinic supplementation 2 Tunze wave boxes 2 Tunze 6060 in Tunze Rocks 2 Tunze 6125 Reeflo 250 skimmer Hammerhead return on OM 4 way Aqua controller lll Leviton power panel Deltec Eco-Cooler Randy's Two part 6.5 kw generator

09/16/2007, 09:53 AM	#4
camaroracer214 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Baytown, TX Posts: 332	might have a disease/parasite...if you just bought it, maybe you didn't notice it at the pet store. just keep an eye on it.