Mag rescue round two.

[bjledbetter]

So once again lfs calls and says mag come in looking dead. I said I'd come take a look at it and see if it was still alive. I got there and the poor thing was in water that might have been 50. And it looked like crap. The business that it was ordered for said to try again so this one was gave to me again to try and save.
Here it is in the bag:

Got it home and slowly temp and salinity acclimated it to my tt.


This is what it looked like a little while ago after a cipro treatment and lights out for 8 hours.

Pic of the treatment tank. It's deflated some sense I added the light above the tank and has spewed out some white stuff that has clouded the water. Good thing a water change is in store soon and another cipro tab and lights back out.

And yes I know sand should not be in there but i didnt want to take it out as this tank serves other purposes as well at times. Hopeing it attaches to that flat piece of lr so it will be easier to transfer to my main dt here in a week or so. I'll add egg crate tomorrow when I can go get some but i think its fine for tonight. I think this one might stand a chance to make it.:beer: Here's to a speedy recovery Any thoughts on things that need to be done or other comments are welcome

 

[Pinkskunk]

IMO that thing look far too gone to come back. sometime they look so dead and then perk up like the 4th picture to give us hope but then......... i just hope i am so dead wrong.

Second, treatment tank should not have any sand or rock in it. the medication will kill the bacteria in the sand bed, which in turn produce ammonia, make matters worse for a sick nem. you might be doing more harm than good for that nem right now, just my 2 cents.

Look like a nice yellowtips, Best of luck.

 

[xtlosx]

Doesn't look good, but the one I rescued looked AWFUL, so don't lose hope...

 

[e55driver]

Hope that it works out for you.

 

[OrionN]

I think it does not have enough current. The sand definatly need to be remove. We really don't how the antibiotic effect the sand bacterial. Plus with the sand, you cannot suction stuff out of the treatment tank very well at all. When the anemone is doing poorly, I always change 100% of the water when I do water change.

Treatment tank need to be dry out between treatment. To kill all the bacterials so that you will not select for resistant bacterial strains

 

[bjledbetter]

Well woke up this morning to a very deflated sad looking thing and a tank that looked like it contained milk instead of water. Did another water change and will add more cipro this evening if its still around. I'm home today so i can do water changes as its needed to help keep the water clear but i'm losing hope on this one too.

 

[bjledbetter]

I think it does not have enough current. The sand definatly need to be remove. We really don't how the antibiotic effect the sand bacterial. Plus with the sand, you cannot suction stuff out of the treatment tank very well at all. When the anemone is doing poorly, I always change 100% of the water when I do water change.

Treatment tank need to be dry out between treatment. To kill all the bacterials so that you will not select for resistant bacterial strains

I can change tanks out this afternoon when I get my other 10 gallon back I loaned out if the nems still alive. I did do a 90-95% water change this morning. I think flow is ok as when it inflates it blows around the tank. I'm running my evo 200 led from my main display over it at about 50% am I giving it to much light/not enough? I can turn it up or down. I know my other mag likes a lot of light but i just dont want to over do it on such a small tank.

 

[Pinkskunk]

......... We really don't how the antibiotic effect the sand bacterial.

Ciprofloxacin works by killing the bacteria that are causing an infection....... it doesnt distinguish the good or the bad that exist in an environment.....

 

[OrionN]

Ciprofloxacin works by killing the bacteria that are causing an infection....... it doesnt distinguish the good or the bad that exist in an environment.....

Not all bacterial is effect the same way by an antibiotic. A tankfull of antibiotic does not mean that the tank is steril. A lot of the bacterial are resistant to certain antibiotic but not others
We don't know which are resistant which are sensitive, thus we don't know the effect of Ciprofloxacin on a sandbed full of bacterial of various species.

The more bacterial strains, the more likely there will be resistant. Many bacterial species pass the gene for resistant among each other.

 

[bjledbetter]

I decided to try and add more flow and went and got a power head from petco. Here is a video of the nem and the setup. You have to click the picture