I want to preface this thread with my experience. I am not a gig expert but I have treated several gigs over the past few years successfully according the Cipro protocol from this forum. Only trouble I've had with gigs in the past was getting more than one in an aquarium for a prolonged period.:furious:
Has anyone seen any negative reactions by anemones to Cipro? I say this because I am on day two of treatment of a gig that I purchased a couple of days ago. I bought him straight out of the box from the wholesaler when it arrived at the LFS. I chose this route because the LFS anemones rarely look good in their tanks and they don't appear to treat medically if they become ill. They are aware of Cipro and the protocol posted here but have told me they've tried it but made their anemones look worse so they stopped.
It looked really good in the bag (mouth tight and closed, great body and folding, tentacles normal) but immediately showed signs of stress when I put him in quarantine tank -- mouth gaping, somewhat flat, 'teeth' showing. As soon as I added Cipro (250mg/10g), he immediately pancaked and the gaping got worse. Originally, I thought it was the anemone expelling bad stuff from shipment. The next day while the lights were on it got much better - sticky, reacting to light, touch, had body, mouth almost completely closed, etc. As soon as I added the next dose of Cipro prior to its dark period, it immediately pancaked again, mouth gaping much more than prior to treatment. I haven't experienced this in my prior treatments so I thought I'd ask the forum experts. It's currently in its 2nd lighted period.
Have you seen this type of (negative?) reaction before?
Should I continue treatment?
ps - If the consensus is to continue treatments, I'll document the reaction with photos. I would have some photos now but my confidence in Cipro was always strong. This is the first time I've correlated the LFS's reactions to Cipro.
Has anyone seen any negative reactions by anemones to Cipro? I say this because I am on day two of treatment of a gig that I purchased a couple of days ago. I bought him straight out of the box from the wholesaler when it arrived at the LFS. I chose this route because the LFS anemones rarely look good in their tanks and they don't appear to treat medically if they become ill. They are aware of Cipro and the protocol posted here but have told me they've tried it but made their anemones look worse so they stopped.
It looked really good in the bag (mouth tight and closed, great body and folding, tentacles normal) but immediately showed signs of stress when I put him in quarantine tank -- mouth gaping, somewhat flat, 'teeth' showing. As soon as I added Cipro (250mg/10g), he immediately pancaked and the gaping got worse. Originally, I thought it was the anemone expelling bad stuff from shipment. The next day while the lights were on it got much better - sticky, reacting to light, touch, had body, mouth almost completely closed, etc. As soon as I added the next dose of Cipro prior to its dark period, it immediately pancaked again, mouth gaping much more than prior to treatment. I haven't experienced this in my prior treatments so I thought I'd ask the forum experts. It's currently in its 2nd lighted period.
Have you seen this type of (negative?) reaction before?
Should I continue treatment?
ps - If the consensus is to continue treatments, I'll document the reaction with photos. I would have some photos now but my confidence in Cipro was always strong. This is the first time I've correlated the LFS's reactions to Cipro.
