CoralsAddiction
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You've put in so much care into this anemone I hope you get to enjoy it very soon in your DT. 
Alex's purple gigantea
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clorox
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After my post 2 days ago things appeared to be going well, however things didn't quite work out so easily.
Let me quickly recap.
After I treated for 8 days I decided to stop as it had been 4 days that I haven't observed deflations and the gig appeared to be recovered.
Last Wednesday I decided to stop dosing Septra and just perform WC's twice a day.
This is how it looked around 9am yesterday.
Then, inexplicably, in the span of a few hours it went from fully inflated to deflated like a pancake with gaping mouth and looking really bad.
Having witnessed such a rapid decline after all the effort I put in during the past 2 weeks really made me feel as deflated as the poor gig.
I spoke to an experienced reefer friend of mine and he told me I had to keep the water as crystal clear as possible and do it asap, so as a last resort I pulled out the gig, emptied the HT, and cleaned everything, heather, wavemaker, aquaclear and washed thoroughly the tank with rodi and a bit of white vinegar.
Then I filled the tank with new water and placed the gig inside. You have no idea how bad it looked, I was convinced it was gone.
Here's the gig after I cleaned the tank and the rest. What you see on the right hand side are air bubbles from the airline.
At that point there wasn't much more that I could do. The water and tank were crystal clear, I left on actinics at the lowest setting for the night, and went to bed.
This morning when I got up and checked the tank I couldn't believe my eyes, not only the gig went from pancake flat with gaping mouth to fully inflated, but it also moved 1/2 way in the tank and climbed to the shorter side!
This afternoon I decided to put it in my cycled QT and it appears to be doing well so far.
As I wrote in Dave's thread, I am convinced that 2 things happened.
1- I overdosed Septra, I think 8 days total and 4 after it was always fully inflated are way too much medication. I should have stopped at 5.
2- I only cleaned the HT with some paper towels when I did WC's.
Despite I was turkey basting and doing multiple WC's per day, I wasn't doing a thorough cleanup. I really begin suspecting that during treatment and especially after apparent recovery it is critical to keep not just the water as crystal clear as possible, but also the tank as well as all the equipment that is in contact with the polluted water. I ordered spare nano koralia's and aquaclears so I can always have clean ones ready after each 24 hours.
It is a massive effort to do WC's and keep everything spotless, but I think it's worth it.
Let me quickly recap.
After I treated for 8 days I decided to stop as it had been 4 days that I haven't observed deflations and the gig appeared to be recovered.
Last Wednesday I decided to stop dosing Septra and just perform WC's twice a day.
This is how it looked around 9am yesterday.
Then, inexplicably, in the span of a few hours it went from fully inflated to deflated like a pancake with gaping mouth and looking really bad.
Having witnessed such a rapid decline after all the effort I put in during the past 2 weeks really made me feel as deflated as the poor gig.
I spoke to an experienced reefer friend of mine and he told me I had to keep the water as crystal clear as possible and do it asap, so as a last resort I pulled out the gig, emptied the HT, and cleaned everything, heather, wavemaker, aquaclear and washed thoroughly the tank with rodi and a bit of white vinegar.
Then I filled the tank with new water and placed the gig inside. You have no idea how bad it looked, I was convinced it was gone.
Here's the gig after I cleaned the tank and the rest. What you see on the right hand side are air bubbles from the airline.
At that point there wasn't much more that I could do. The water and tank were crystal clear, I left on actinics at the lowest setting for the night, and went to bed.
This morning when I got up and checked the tank I couldn't believe my eyes, not only the gig went from pancake flat with gaping mouth to fully inflated, but it also moved 1/2 way in the tank and climbed to the shorter side!
This afternoon I decided to put it in my cycled QT and it appears to be doing well so far.
As I wrote in Dave's thread, I am convinced that 2 things happened.
1- I overdosed Septra, I think 8 days total and 4 after it was always fully inflated are way too much medication. I should have stopped at 5.
2- I only cleaned the HT with some paper towels when I did WC's.
Despite I was turkey basting and doing multiple WC's per day, I wasn't doing a thorough cleanup. I really begin suspecting that during treatment and especially after apparent recovery it is critical to keep not just the water as crystal clear as possible, but also the tank as well as all the equipment that is in contact with the polluted water. I ordered spare nano koralia's and aquaclears so I can always have clean ones ready after each 24 hours.
It is a massive effort to do WC's and keep everything spotless, but I think it's worth it.
Gigantea
In Memoriam
Yes, it's not good. I guess he's pretty bummed.
clorox
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Sorry guys for the lack of updates due to labor day long weekend.
I needed a break after 2 weeks attempting to save my beautiful purple gig.
Unfortunately, this time around it didn't make it, sigh
After I posted the positive outcome a few days ago, it suddenly took an other dramatic turn for the worse.
In the span of a few hours it went from looking great (for a recovering gig) to REALLY bad.
Here's an image so you can see what I mean.
I just couldn't believe my eyes as it went from fully inflated and tight mouth to an ever gaping mouth and partial deflation getting worse and worse.
In an last ditch effort, I moved it back to the HT, no meds, just clean water.
I left it for the night to wake up in the morning as see this....
The water was so cloudy I could barely see if it was still there. I emptied the water and had ready a new batch, but after noticing its miserable state, I decided to 'pull the plug'. It was essentially disintegrating.
One could come up with many theories, but I think that it overdosed in Septra.
I should have stopped medicating on the second day of full inflation, instead of 4. Some gigs take medication better than others.
The poor thing put up a fight, but ultimately, despite all my efforts I couldn't do more to save it.
I needed a break after 2 weeks attempting to save my beautiful purple gig.
Unfortunately, this time around it didn't make it, sigh
After I posted the positive outcome a few days ago, it suddenly took an other dramatic turn for the worse.
In the span of a few hours it went from looking great (for a recovering gig) to REALLY bad.
Here's an image so you can see what I mean.
I just couldn't believe my eyes as it went from fully inflated and tight mouth to an ever gaping mouth and partial deflation getting worse and worse.
In an last ditch effort, I moved it back to the HT, no meds, just clean water.
I left it for the night to wake up in the morning as see this....
The water was so cloudy I could barely see if it was still there. I emptied the water and had ready a new batch, but after noticing its miserable state, I decided to 'pull the plug'. It was essentially disintegrating.
One could come up with many theories, but I think that it overdosed in Septra.
I should have stopped medicating on the second day of full inflation, instead of 4. Some gigs take medication better than others.
The poor thing put up a fight, but ultimately, despite all my efforts I couldn't do more to save it.
CoralsAddiction
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So sorry you lost such a beautiful animal 
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