Anyone looking for S. gigantea?

[duyhuynh]

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Here are some pics of the gigs. They have gone through the 3 day of treatment, but I did skipped one day of treatment last night.

 

[D-Nak]

Getting there. Looks like the one in the first photo is still expelling dead zoox. That should be removed immediately. Use a turkey baster to carefully suck it away from the mouth.

Don't skip days in the treatment process. The goal is to continuously have the antibiotics in the tank to prevent the pathogen from recovering. The treatment needs to be at least 5 days even if they look good.

 

[duyhuynh]

Thanks for the feedback. I removed the dead zoox immediately when I saw it. All gigs will go to a full 7 days treatment and I intend to keep them in my QT tank for 7 addition days (observation).

On another note: I find 10 gals for QT tank is a lot especially you have to do water change with new med every night. Therefore, I use a 5 gals container and cut the med in half. All light, PH and heater are set up appropriately in the QT.

 

[D-Nak]

Thanks for the feedback. I removed the dead zoox immediately when I saw it. All gigs will go to a full 7 days treatment and I intend to keep them in my QT tank for 7 addition days (observation).

On another note: I find 10 gals for QT tank is a lot especially you have to do water change with new med every night. Therefore, I use a 5 gals container and cut the med in half. All light, PH and heater are set up appropriately in the QT.

I agree. I use 10 gallon tanks but only fill them up half way. Only for large nems do I use the full 10 gallons.

 

[pfan151]

The one in the last couple pics looks pretty pancaked to me. I would be surprised if you dont lose that one.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Some gigs look awful up until days 3-4 then miraculously make a strong comeback.

 

[Pinkskunk]

I treat my nem for a full 7 days, regardless how it looks after 3,4,5,6 days. Sometime i go 10 days. If u dont do this right the first time, the bacteria can resist the medication and your nem will lose the battle.

 

[D-Nak]

I treat my nem for a full 7 days, regardless how it looks after 3,4,5,6 days. Sometime i go 10 days. If u dont do this right the first time, the bacteria can resist the medication and your nem will lose the battle.

I completely agree. I always got 7 days and leave it in QT another week no matter how good it looks. I learned the hard way that stopping early and then later switching to a different antibiotic (I tried Septra a few times) never worked.

 

[duyhuynh]

Thanks for the info guys.

 

[duyhuynh]

Updates for day 6 and 7. I will continue the treatment until day 10. Any suggestions?

 

[pfan151]

Updates for day 6 and 7. I will continue the treatment until day 10. Any suggestions?

How much flow do you have in the tanks?

 

[duyhuynh]

Not much. About 300gph 10- 12 inches away

 

[duyhuynh]

I also notice that my gig is retracted when light is on and opened nicely when light is off. Any thoughts? Thanks

 

[OrionN]

Looks like he is not doing well. Best you can do is trying to take care of him the best you can and hope for the best. Good luck

 

[Mad Marine]

That first one looks like a S. mertensii no?

 

[D-Nak]

That first one looks like a S. mertensii no?

Nope. Mertensii verrucae are typically red to pink to orange. I've yet to see purple or blue on a mert. Also, the verrucae start as dots and usually end in lines or almost solid color near the bottom of the foot. Gigs are the opposite, where the dots fade and disappear near the bottom of the foot.

 

[OrionN]

Duy
How are they?

 

[duyhuynh]

One is gone. The other one is still in the qt. It doesn’t look good. I will upload some pictures later. Thanks Minh.

 

[drtrash]

Derrick, will be looking for a mag soon, how are they with them?

 

[D-Nak]

Derrick, will be looking for a mag soon, how are they with them?

They get them every so often. They've probably gotten in a couple in the past month or so. I'll keep an eye out.