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I think you might be right. He is surely a weird lil Gig. I would leave the lights off completely for a couple days to prove that theory or rule it out. If it's not the lights, double your Septra dose. I've had mags go both ways when they're sick. Some dislike the light while others seem to thrive with it. Then I have some that seem to do well with short periods of light. Like 1-2 hours on, and then off for a couple hours.
 
9am - Day 3

I left actinics on all night. When I went to check the HT this morning it was still inflated with the mouth well closed.

I did a 90% water change + 1 full tablet of Septra. I also turned on the white led's to see how it reacts to stronger lighting. Seems to tolerate it better as for the last hour it did not contract at all.

I'll probably do 4 hours all lights on and 4 hours just actinics and observe how it reacts.

I'd rather prefer it to absorb as much light as possible so it can keep up the zooxanthellae replenishment.




From above

 
9am - Day 4

Knocking on wood, things seem to look better today. Did a 90% water change + 1 Septra.
It has been inflated for the last 36 hours. It had a slight contraction yesterday evening, but then opened again. I have been 'experimenting' different lighting intensities. It's interesting to observe how it reacts to light instantaneously, contracting or expanding in the span of 20-30 seconds, however it is hard to determine which light intensity it prefers. My cheap led fixture has only on-off, and independent white and blue spectrum.

I can confirm it has 2 mouths, a smaller one about 1/4 inch away from the main one. I will try to take a clearer picture tomorrow on my next water change.

Hopefully it will stay inflated from now on. One more day treatment to go, then a few more days observation and if all goes well, back to the DT.





Shot from above right after I dissolved 1 tablet of Septra

 
How mobile is your light on the tank? Perhaps you could experiment with different lighting distances as a way to play with intensity, since you can only go on and off?
 
IMO, this gig has a good chance, not because of the gig, because of the one taking care of it, willing to adjust the light to the response. :)

I've found, best reactions, push the light limit, find point of contraction, back off a bit. Use than intensity for a few days. Let it adjust. Then try ramping up again. Small increments. Too much too fast, will lose the race. If it was mine, I would not feed it for a while, but then again, I'm in the minority thinking this way. JME.
 
seymour47 said:
How mobile is your light on the tank? Perhaps you could experiment with different lighting distances as a way to play with intensity, since you can only go on and off?
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It's not really flexible, it's just your typical cheap led slab style fixture. But I have found creative ways to dim intensity fairly well. I have been using colored Gels that I use for my photography studio lighting. I can attenuate intensity by 10% increments.





taylor t said:
IMO, this gig has a good chance, not because of the gig, because of the one taking care of it, willing to adjust the light to the response. :)

I've found, best reactions, push the light limit, find point of contraction, back off a bit. Use than intensity for a few days. Let it adjust. Then try ramping up again. Small increments. Too much too fast, will lose the race. If it was mine, I would not feed it for a while, but then again, I'm in the minority thinking this way. JME.
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Thanks Taylor, I really want to save this little gig, it became a personal challenge :)

Right now it is well inflated and responding positively to light. I lowered the light fixture and removed the filters. So far so good.





Once I finish the 5 day Septra course, in your experience with your gigs how many extra days you recommend I should keep it under observation in the HT?
 
clorox said:
Thanks Bob, always keeping my fingers crossed. With these guys sometimes it's like taking 2 steps forward and 1 backwards ;)
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Yeah I know that feeling! Been there before myself. I've never been able to save one myself, so that's why I'm reading up before I bring another 'nem in to my care.

As for time before bringing it back from HT to DT? My gut says give it 3 days, just for observation, and also doing WC's so you don't contaminate DT with septra from HT. I'm sure others have more experience to share on this point :strange:
 
How many days, is up to you and what you feel the gig can handle. I've moved mine the next day, and left them for 3 weeks or longer. If your display is in good water quality condition, I would think about moving him sooner than later. May be a good idea to change the water one last time after treatment, and watch how it responds for a couple days first. Don't rush anything, as long as it's looking good, and always inflated. Your clean TT looks perfect. Keep us posted.
 
One more thing. I got the brown zoo going in it's tissue, and cranked up my LED lights BEFORE moving to the DT, so there was minimal light adjustment. My DT doesn't have dimmable LED's, but my TT does. Not sure if this would be an issue for you if you move it.
 
I treated my gig with cipro for about a week. After treatment I waited 3 days then moved it to the DT and it has been doing just fine since then. I'm not sure how long you need to wait with septra but just letting you know how I went about it.
 
9am - Day 5


So, it's been inflated for the last 3 days, and it didn't ball up again. I take it as a positive sign.

Just did again 90% water change + one last tablet of Septra.
Tomorrow I'll just do daily water changes for the next 3 to 4 days and keep a watchful eye for any signs.
I'll also increase lighting intensity gradually, by adding a dimmable led light along the other fixture, so it can light acclimate to my radion in my DT.

After tomorrow I'll try to feed it some mysis and observe.


It deflated slightly right after I was filling the tank with new water and dissolved the tablet of Septra, but that's understandable, as I was moving things around.

 
taylor t said:
how many days, is up to you and what you feel the gig can handle. I've moved mine the next day, and left them for 3 weeks or longer. If your display is in good water quality condition, i would think about moving him sooner than later. may be a good idea to change the water one last time after treatment, and watch how it responds for a couple days first. don't rush anything, as long as it's looking good, and always inflated. Your clean tt looks perfect. Keep us posted.
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Chrisq0904 said:
I treated my gig with cipro for about a week. After treatment I waited 3 days then moved it to the DT and it has been doing just fine since then. I'm not sure how long you need to wait with septra but just letting you know how I went about it.
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I think it's a good idea to treat the NEM for 5-9 days, and observe in non-treated DT water for 2-3 days or longer to see how it reacts. Especially if other Nems in the tank. Use DT water so that the animal can get acclimated to the tank and this also allows you to see if he's unhappy with your DT, or reacts to somebody else in the tank.
 
Update....

After 5 days with Septra plus 3 observing, it went back to the DT.
Looks really good and clowns are happy to have it back. Now the next task will be to make it color up. Under 7k lighting it definitely looks like green is the dominant color.

It still has ways to go before I can tell what color it will end up being.



In the mean time I have a new in-patient in my HT undergoing Septra treatment :)

If all goes well, this will turn out to be an other beauty. It's green with shades of toffee accents. It's clearly a bit bleached, so in time I'll get a better idea.

 
Trying to keep up with Reefahholic, but he beats me by a long margin.

I found it on one of my petco raids :)
 
Looking real good. I've just dealt with treating a Haddoni and Crispa. Be very patient with the lighting. They need a lot after being fully acclimated. It took ramping and 6 weeks for my Haddoni to come out in the open for full light after being ill. it's been about three months for the Crispa to get a beautiful color gradient. i just looked at a day 1 photo, sooooo bleached lol.
 
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