Rose bubble tip rescue, help needed asap

KirbyBTF

KirbyBTF

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I rescued this bubble tip from my local reef club, it's in pretty bad shape. It's about the size of a nickel and has a large tear from the outside to the mouth. There's no discernable mouth at the moment. It is, however, still attaching to anything it comes in contact with. The member told me it's looked like that for about three weeks. I told him I'd give it a go and try to rescue it. I know for a fact his phosphates were sky high and his lighting was beyond sub par. And spot feeding seems unlikely to have happened.

My tank:
Reef breeders value fixture over 7.5g tank
Whites at 30% blues at 100%
Phosphates undetectable with salifert
Salinity 1.024
Am/ni/na 0

Tank is virtually perfect. I dipped the nem in seachem coral disinfectant (triple checked, safe for nems) this stuff is specifically for lacerations on corals. For now i did a very light treatment, I'm going to see how it reacts to a nice clean tank and proper lighting before i decide to go heavier on the treatment. I have it in a medicine bottle submerged in the DT, attached to a rock to assure it doesn't float away.

What else can i do to assure this guy pulls through, or do you guys think it's already a goner. I'm optimistic!
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First and foremost I would try and reduce stress as much as possible. Cleaner water will definitely help. Glad to hear it will attach itself, this is a good sign. Is the tear in the middle? If so, you may want to try and continue the 'cut' to essentially cut it in half. I have seen people cut nems that size in half and viola, there are two nems that do very well.
 
Read through it, didn't really find any symptoms to look out for to induce cipro treatment. I can't see any sort of infection, but it could very well not be visible. At what point would you recommend beginning cipro treatment? Should I continue on the cautious side for now, and see how it reacts in the new tank or go straight to cipro?
 
MKReefTank said:
First and foremost I would try and reduce stress as much as possible. Cleaner water will definitely help. Glad to hear it will attach itself, this is a good sign. Is the tear in the middle? If so, you may want to try and continue the 'cut' to essentially cut it in half. I have seen people cut nems that size in half and viola, there are two nems that do very well.
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That's good to hear, my water is very clean. The tear is from the very outer edge, and continues all the way to the mouth. For a mental image it looks vaguely like a U. I completely agree with splitting it, however I don't think I'll attempt it until it looks a lot happier. Shoot, it might even split itself once doing a bit better.
 
So, this morning it's looking terrible. It has detached itself from the rock and is beginning to disintegrate. Does this mean it's completely dead? It's still...kinda inflated. Definitely not melting yet. Just wanna know if I should give up hope or attempt further treatment, or just let it be.
 
I dipped in that yesterday but it was very light. I may do a heavier dose today. I heard you cant dip nems in iodine though.
 
Reef Dip

Reef Dip

Reef Dip is iodine based.

I dont know who told you that but i dont believe it to be true.


I have saved a couple BTAs using reef dip. Can you see any of the filaments from in side the anemone?
 
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Came home for lunch from work and did a 7 min double dose dip of Sea Chem coral dip.

The good: After this dip he attached himself to the side of the medicine bottle (was previously free floating) and extended a few tentacles to approx 1/4" NICE! He appears to have either A) Formed a new mouth or B) Lessened the gape of his mouth so it is now distinguishable

The bad: The tear is worse than I thought, upon further inspection I realized the tear was all the way through the nem, not just the skirt to the mouth. I can see through the bottom of the nem.

He's currently floating in the medicine bottle, with the cap off, in the DT. Very low flow, and extremely high light. Bumped the whites from 30% to 50%. Will continue to raise the lighting strength over the next week (if he lasts that long)
All I have to spot feed is daphnia, should I give that a go? Or should I wait a bit.
 
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