Gigantea foot tears help...

Swayze27

Swayze27

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My new gigantean was doing fine other than arriving slightly bleached. I had to shut the pumps and powerheads off briefly and it immediately began sagging from the rock it was on and the mouth began gaping slightly. It literally went from good to bad in seconds. Perhaps this was going to happen at any moment anyway. When this occurred I noticed several small spots on the underside of the foot where it appeared that very small amounts of tissue was coming out. The mouth closed back up however its now not wanting to attach. I have removed it from the tank and have started cipro in a qt. Am I wasting my time and effort or can gigantea recover from foot tears?
 
It can definitely recover if it's not too bad. I'd just run it through the cipro treatment and hope for the best. Does it stay well attached to the rock it is on?
 
It was attached nicely until I shut the pumps off, it was strange how everything transpired. But after that, he was attaching but not as well and when I noticed the foot, I prepped the qt and placed his foot into a small bowl in the qt. It looks like 4-5 little pin hole tears with small pieces of tissue coming through.
 
Swayze27 said:
It was attached nicely until I shut the pumps off, it was strange how everything transpired. But after that, he was attaching but not as well and when I noticed the foot, I prepped the qt and placed his foot into a small bowl in the qt. It looks like 4-5 little pin hole tears with small pieces of tissue coming through.
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If it came off the rock easily when you put it in QT that's not a good sign. Just have to hope for the best and keep up with the treatment.
 
Cipro Treatment started 3-21-2017

Cipro Treatment started 3-21-2017

I have began treatment on my new Gigantea and haddoni. Both started out fine in my display tank and then out of nowhere typical signs of infection started, deflation, discharging black pellets, etc. The Haddoni is in my opinion in much better shape than the Gigantea but there is hope for both in my opinion. I will try to update with daily pictures and info, wish me luck. This isn't stressful by the way....
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pfan151, I hope so but you don't know me........I ain't that lucky. Pretty sure that's tissue coming through, but tears look much better already since this morning. But I know not to get my hopes too high.
 
Day 1 almost complete

Day 1 almost complete

About 20 hours into treatment. Haddonni mouth is not as tight as I would like it to be but at the same time he has yet to deflate since cipro was added. Gigantea foot is looking better and he is actually attaching to the bottom of the bowl. Mouth looks good and body is more rigid this morning compared to when I removed him from display. I have been siphoning discharge out and tested for ammonia this morning, tested 0. I will do a 5 gallon water change after work and add display water. I will try to add pics soon.
 
You should do 100% water change. It is unclear how much med is still active after 24 hrs. The amount of active med undoubtedly related to the intensity of light.
 
I have them in a 20 gallon now but I have a spare 10 gallon, should I just alternate tanks each day with fresh water from display and new meds?
 
You can swap back and forth between tanks if it is easier. I usually just siphon all of the water out and refill but it may be beneficial to use a totally sterile new tank for each waterchange.
 
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