ThRoewer
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In recent months I lost numerous anemones to something that doesn't seem curable with Cipro.
Aside from 9 BTAs I lost:
6 giganteas, among them the purple one I had for 5 years. My metallic green gig was the latest victim which went from fine to mush in less than a week.
1 magnifica - my large Maldivian mag. I treated this one for five weeks with Cipro and for a while, it looked like it may pull through but the open mouth never went away. It had some necrosis next to the mouth that improved during the Cipro treatment but got worse again after I stopped dosing Cipro. So 2 weeks after stopping Cipro treatment I decided to change antibiotics and started a second round of treatment with Septra. That's when things went downhill fast. The anemone reacted to Septra like it was a toxin to it. It started expelling its symbiotic algae and declined rapidly and was mush on day 7 of the Septra treatment.
BTW, so far I have not been successful in treating anemones with Septra - all I tried it on died and so will not use it for anemones again as they don't seem to tolerate it.
Only 3 BTAs, 2 magnificas, and one gigantea recovered so far and seem to be stable. One haddoni is still hanging on but shrunk from 8" to just 1.5".
I wonder if these losses were caused by Cipro resistant bacteria or if this might be something new.
Also interesting is that the behavior of the anemones is different than during a "normal" infection. The magnificas and giganteas didn't go through the deflating - inflating cycles you normally see but rather went somewhat limp and had their mouths out.
Aside from the huge financial loss, it is extremely frustrating and outright scary.
Has anybody else encountered something like this?
Aside from 9 BTAs I lost:
6 giganteas, among them the purple one I had for 5 years. My metallic green gig was the latest victim which went from fine to mush in less than a week.
1 magnifica - my large Maldivian mag. I treated this one for five weeks with Cipro and for a while, it looked like it may pull through but the open mouth never went away. It had some necrosis next to the mouth that improved during the Cipro treatment but got worse again after I stopped dosing Cipro. So 2 weeks after stopping Cipro treatment I decided to change antibiotics and started a second round of treatment with Septra. That's when things went downhill fast. The anemone reacted to Septra like it was a toxin to it. It started expelling its symbiotic algae and declined rapidly and was mush on day 7 of the Septra treatment.
BTW, so far I have not been successful in treating anemones with Septra - all I tried it on died and so will not use it for anemones again as they don't seem to tolerate it.
Only 3 BTAs, 2 magnificas, and one gigantea recovered so far and seem to be stable. One haddoni is still hanging on but shrunk from 8" to just 1.5".
I wonder if these losses were caused by Cipro resistant bacteria or if this might be something new.
Also interesting is that the behavior of the anemones is different than during a "normal" infection. The magnificas and giganteas didn't go through the deflating - inflating cycles you normally see but rather went somewhat limp and had their mouths out.
Aside from the huge financial loss, it is extremely frustrating and outright scary.
Has anybody else encountered something like this?