I went to the lfs today and saw this nem it didn't look like it was in best of shape but it was for a good price and I have cipro on hand. Anyways here's a pic of it I know it doesn't look to great but if it doesn't look good tommorow I'm gona start treatment. Yes I know it looks like an Atlantic sea anenome but it hosted an occ. in the store and I was able to spot some purple vertacue.
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Im not home right now, but when I get home ill take another pic of it, and maybe it'll be in better shape and I wont have to disturb it with treating. Anyways I know the cipro treatment sticky requires that you use a 10 gallon HT and 250 mg of cipro. I have a 20 gallon that I can fill half way, but for my convenience (with making RO water for daily water changes) can I use a 5 gallon bucket or container for treatment and use a 125 mg dosage.
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CoralsAddiction
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Sometimes having a clownfish can do more harm than good to a newly added gigantea, especially if it's stressed.
okay today I put the anenome in a HT with cipro. It wasn't doing too bad in my display-it was more or less iinflated and had a closed mouth. Anyways its been a couple hours in treatment and its not looking too good. It might be because I acclimated it too the ht too shortly. Hopefully it will look better in the morning.
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Here's a pic. The nem purged up a little after I took these pics which I think is a good sign Hopefully ill see more improvement in the morning. There is some discharge in the tank If I do a small water change to remove it should I re-administer the cipro or should I just wait to remove the discharge tom evening when Im going to do the daily water change anyway. Also with the water changes should I use freshly made water or display water, I used both to fill up the HT.
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clorox
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That gig doesn't look good at all. Unless your DT water is very good (ie. your params are excellent and you have had success treating previously sick gigs with it), I would use fresh NSW, aged 24hours.
The theory when doing an unscheduled 100% WC is that you need to re-dose. In essence, what you take out you put back in. When I treated, I only did unscheduled WC's if the water was cloudy. It is paramount that the water is kept as pristine as possible.
For small discharges I would use a turkey baster to suck up expelled zoo's and the slimy gunk they produce around the column.
I go the extra mile, by wiping the tank walls with a sponge and replacing wavemakers and recirculating pumps with clean ones at each WC (helps to have extra sets on rotation).
The theory when doing an unscheduled 100% WC is that you need to re-dose. In essence, what you take out you put back in. When I treated, I only did unscheduled WC's if the water was cloudy. It is paramount that the water is kept as pristine as possible.
For small discharges I would use a turkey baster to suck up expelled zoo's and the slimy gunk they produce around the column.
I go the extra mile, by wiping the tank walls with a sponge and replacing wavemakers and recirculating pumps with clean ones at each WC (helps to have extra sets on rotation).
OrionN
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I think you are absolutely wrong.
In order not to stress the anemone, the water need to be match, aged water. Match in bothe TEMP and salinity. This mean you have to warm the newly mixed water or use DT water which I use.
If you water is not matched with tank water, then you stress the anemone changing from on environment to another. However, sick Gigantea will not live without treatment. Rather than "regret treating it", you should regret not treating it sooner. I cannot stressed enough regarding the need to start treatmetn early.
Make sure that you match the water you use in changing the HT water. I cannot stress enough that the DT need to be in great condition, warm, good circulation, remove waste and if the anemone discharge in HT, you need to do water change. When ever you do water change, you need to replace antibiotic.
I use DT water to change and not have to worry about heating it up. When I do water change or whatever reason, I do 100% water change and redose full dose of medication.
Good luck with him.
Thanks for the responses. Im thinking of moving the nem into a different HT where I could keep a skimmer to improve water quality in between what changes. Would it be beneficial to add a skimmer, or would it do more harm then good by removing some of the dissolved antibiotics?
I can try to get a diff antibiotic maybe. Here's a pic of top view. Could the fact that Im just using plane artificial saltwater instead of display tank water cause anything? Also would it hurt to dose prime, just to prevent any ammonia spikes that could arise when I'm not at home
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Yeah I don't think he'll make it. The weird thing is the nem didnt look that bad when it was in my display it had an open mouth but was still more or less inflated and kept all its insides intact. The night I put him in the HT was when he started to look really bad. I knew the nem wasn't the healthiest when I purchased it, lesson learned. Hopefully I'll see some improvement tom. I dont have any NSW on hand, would it be that detrimental if I continued with aged batches of ASW?
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