Cipro Treatment - Cease or Continue?

[stonecold]

This is my first attempt treating Gigantea using Cipro. Based on my research, treatment should vary between 3-5 days. Last night was the first treatment. Below are the details/results as of this afternoon.

Upon arrival - In bag.

In display.

In display, few hours later.

Remove from the DT and place in the TT. Dose 250mg.

Morning after 1st dosage. Only sunlight.

This afternoon.

It still spits out "rat poop". Base on the timeline/pics, should I cease or continue treatment? Please kindly advise, thank you.

 

[OrionN]

You should continue to treat for at least 7 days

 

[stonecold]

You should continue to treat for at least 7 days

Thank you for the quick response, Minh. I will continue treatment.

I've read various threads and I'm a bit confused regarding the "new" water. When changing water, please kindly advise/confirm if I should use the new water that I've made or should I use the DT water? Also, should I do a complete water change (10gallons) or only 5 gallons.

 

[OrionN]

My tank water is great so I take water from my DT to change the HT water and add new water to my DT. These day I change 100% of the water daily plus 100% whenever the anemone deflates and add med each time I change water

 

[ThRoewer]

My tank water is great so I take water from my DT to change the HT water and add new water to my DT. These day I change 100% of the water daily plus 100% whenever the anemone deflates and add med each time I change water

My problem is that a 100% water change in my 10 gallon HT amounts to a 50% water change in my current DT, which may be a bit harsh on my corals.

Would a 50% water change in the HT be enough if the water values are good, or do the medications byproducts have to be completely removed?

 

[OrionN]

I think it is best to do 100% water change. You may have to use new salt water. I would age the water for at least 24 hrs before use it to change water.

 

[ThRoewer]

I can use natural seawater from the pacific. One of the LFS' here sells it. But I still prefer to put the new water into my tank and use the replaced tank water for the HT.

 

[OrionN]

as long as you aged the water, 50% daily water change would/should cause no problem with the DT. I would make sure that the new water is not lowe in temp, or higher in salinity than the DT