Cipro treatment for S. haddoni

[Winwood]

Ok so after starting a previous thread asking for advice on what to do for my ailing haddoni, I have come to the conclusion that if I don't become proactive there would be little to no chance of survival for this animal. Therefore, I have decided to treat with ciproflaxin in hopes of saving this anemone. I started this separate thread to document the progression of the treatment.

Anemone before treatment

Product used

Top side view of treatment tank

Side view of treatment tank

 

[worm5406]

Dosage?

 

[Winwood]

250 mg or 1 capsule per 7 gallons

 

[OrionN]

Good luck with him.

 

[Winwood]

Thanks Minh. If I'm not mistaken, you have successfully treated a haddoni with cipro right?

 

[OrionN]

I got a green Haddoni that I special ordered. It deflated badly at the LFS the second day so I took it home and treated it for 2 days. I may have jump the gun there but I was not about to loose a nice green Haddoni without at least try to save it. It perk right up and I stop treatment. It is possible that it did not needed treatment. It is going really great at this time. I also treated my blue Haddoni when it got chewed up by my Vortech for a few days until it does not deflate anymore. Both doing great after short treatment.

 

[Winwood]

Ok thanks for the info. I believe this anemone was going downhill, not fast but downhill none the less. It's been in my care for a month or better. It suffered from constant daily inflation and deflation cycles coupled with an increasingly widening of the mouth each time. Also it seems to have lost a lot of mass. I hope I didn't wait too long. I guess only time will tell.

 

[Daniel62]

Hi, I have treated 5 haddonis in various stages of distress, with the last one still in QT and all are doing great. Your nem should do fine.

Good luck

 

[Winwood]

Good to hear Daniel. I sure hope you're right. This is my favorite color of haddon's carpet anemone despite higher demand for others. It has gone through a lot of contortions since the initial treatment.

 

[Winwood]

Well this morning it still looks pretty rough.

 

[Pinkskunk]

hang in there mate, Haddoni are alot tougher than gigs, hopefully it will bounce back.

 

[Winwood]

Thanks for the encouraging words Pinkskunk.

 

[OrionN]

Best of luck. Please keep us update

 

[Daniel62]

Is that your Qt tank with sand in it. I did mine BB so i could syphon out all the crap that my nems spit out. Also what are you doing for flow?

 

[Winwood]

Yeah I put some dry sand in it. Flow is provided by a small powerhead aimed at the surface for agitation. It is located within the Tupperware with the heater to prevent it coming in contact with the anemone. I believed the nem stress spawned because I witnessed it expelling what looked to be steam for lack of a better description. I will be doing a wc this evening and redosing because of this. I will try and update with pictures tonight when I get home.

 

[Winwood]

Update

 

[xtlosx]

Looks like it has buried itself, that would be a decent sign... Mouth is still out but not a death sentence... Good luck and thank you for documenting this.

 

[Winwood]

Morning update

 

[Winwood]

Well this thread will be coming to an end as the anemone has ceased to be. I didn't bother documenting the animal at this stage because I believe most of us know what a dead anemone looks like. I think in the end, I delayed treatment to long. In the future, I will be taking a much more proactive approach if and when I detect signs of stress in these creatures.

 

[Pinkskunk]

sorry to hear that.

there are 3 things i observed, but already been noted by someone else.

1) Sandbed. i would not do it next time, that way you can vaccumm out the dead tissues they split out. sandbed in treatment tank can do alot more harm than good. bare bottom is best.

2) I always have doubt about the dosage and the purity of the med that is made for animal. I would use only med for human.

3) prob not that important but the heater in the plastic container is a no no for me. those plastic are very very thin and does not take much to heat it and melt it. You ever touch those heater when they are on? they are actually pretty hot. so it can release some chemical into the tank. just my 2 cents.

good luck next time.