SNAKEMANVET
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Sorry to hear you lost the blues and purple.Makes me leary about trying one. Good luck with the others hope they improve and become healthier.
S. Gigantea Carpet Anemone Tank
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D-Nak
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Just to clarify, when you say "DOA" you don't mean that you're receiving more and they're Dead On Arrival, but rather that the ones you currently have are dying, correct?
If so, it leads me to believe that Cipro, while a proven method for typical gig ailments, will not help those that are cut. In other words, Cipro can help alleviate the internal infections, but cannot help ailments brought upon by injury. Is that your assumption as well?
If so, it leads me to believe that Cipro, while a proven method for typical gig ailments, will not help those that are cut. In other words, Cipro can help alleviate the internal infections, but cannot help ailments brought upon by injury. Is that your assumption as well?
nemoboy1
New member
Yes you hit the nail on the coffin... The only one that seem to fair well are the few that has full column or 3/4 to fully healed from cut. There are two a green and a purple one that I'm concern about its just a waiting game.
Pinkskunk
New member
i saw some of the videos you shot on youtube, it is sad that these got cutup and being sold without regards to the health of the animals. these people are obviously with all intention to make more money and could careless what happens at the end. you and the rest of us should try to make a stop to this by
1) asking for a refund, your video documentation should be prove for the credit card company. you paid for the whole piece, what you got is half. worst yet, it has a 99.99% chance it will die. that means you are being sold a dying 1/2 animal.
2) stop buying from these people regardless of he/she claim they have no knowledge of the incident. they can always go back to their dealer and deal with it at the other end. i feel bad for those who spend their hard earned money being ripoff like this, and the animal has even less chances to survive. a whole animal already has poor record, let alone a cut up ones.....
this is just terrible, we need to stop continuing support such practice! if we already know such practice being put in place and we continue to buy them, then it is us being ignorant.
1) asking for a refund, your video documentation should be prove for the credit card company. you paid for the whole piece, what you got is half. worst yet, it has a 99.99% chance it will die. that means you are being sold a dying 1/2 animal.
2) stop buying from these people regardless of he/she claim they have no knowledge of the incident. they can always go back to their dealer and deal with it at the other end. i feel bad for those who spend their hard earned money being ripoff like this, and the animal has even less chances to survive. a whole animal already has poor record, let alone a cut up ones.....
this is just terrible, we need to stop continuing support such practice! if we already know such practice being put in place and we continue to buy them, then it is us being ignorant.
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D-Nak
Active member
Can I ask you why you're not QTing them individually? Especially given what you went through the last time?
We know that gigs ship poorly, and they can quite possibly get sick in transport over short distances. Mine stress spawned during an hour drive. Why not separate them into their own tanks to make sure that they're doing well, and then introduce them to the main tank when they appear to be ready?
Also, I know that others don't agree with me, but have you considered allelopathy when having so many gigs in one tank? We know that in nature they are not social creatures (in contrast to BTAs and Mags) where many are seen in close proximity. I've seen a few tanks with multiple gigs where one is doing really well -- long tentacle extension, good size -- while the others in the tank have shorter tentacles and smaller size (even if fed more than the larger one).
I'm wondering if by attempting to acclimate so many gigs in one tank that they are all getting stressed, more so than if they were to acclimate in their own tanks. I realize that there is a cost involved with setting up individual tanks, but this seems relatively low in terms of the overall cost of several dead gigs.
We know that gigs ship poorly, and they can quite possibly get sick in transport over short distances. Mine stress spawned during an hour drive. Why not separate them into their own tanks to make sure that they're doing well, and then introduce them to the main tank when they appear to be ready?
Also, I know that others don't agree with me, but have you considered allelopathy when having so many gigs in one tank? We know that in nature they are not social creatures (in contrast to BTAs and Mags) where many are seen in close proximity. I've seen a few tanks with multiple gigs where one is doing really well -- long tentacle extension, good size -- while the others in the tank have shorter tentacles and smaller size (even if fed more than the larger one).
I'm wondering if by attempting to acclimate so many gigs in one tank that they are all getting stressed, more so than if they were to acclimate in their own tanks. I realize that there is a cost involved with setting up individual tanks, but this seems relatively low in terms of the overall cost of several dead gigs.
Catchoftheday
New member
This is a Great point as i have been wondering the same thing about QTing the gig by them self . Will be following along
nemoboy1
New member
I do see your point... I would have to gather 8 10 gallons along with 8 power heads and 8 heaters... At this point I'm going to let them be in the same system and see how it goes ... If need be I will QT them individually.
The reason that I am not QT with cipro is that I think the more cipro you use the more it can harm then treat them... I like to stick to 3 days maybe 5 days in a month ....forgot to mention the fact that they were treated for 4 days prior so hitting them up again wouldn't help them in my opinion.
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Catchoftheday
New member
Just wondering when you treat with Cipro to the qt tank how many MG are you using per QT tank ? also how many gigs per QT tank ?
nemoboy1
New member
250 mg per 10 gallons... I would agree with dnak 1 gig/nem per tank but if space and equipment is the issue then 1-4 gigs per tank. Cipro I think would wipe out all pathogens regardless but again to be really sure 1 per tank... Hope that wasn't to confusing.
Catchoftheday
New member
I do understand so you have 1 to 4 gigs per qt tank but only using 1 pill to treat 1 to 4 gigs makes me wonder if you should use maybe 2 pills or more since 1 pill will treat 1 gig . Hope you can understand what i am thinking
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
Is it measured by water volume or pill to gig? I guess, we don't really know huh?
Catchoftheday
New member
I really dont know i was just thinking that if a human was sick they would take a whole pill now if there was 3 people sick and to cut the pill 3 way it would take longer to work or would not work at all so if each person ( gig ) had its own pill it would work . sorry its just how my mind works not sure if it makes any sense
xtlosx
Just Reefin'
Yea, the difficult part is we base a lot of the human stuff based on weight, age, etc... we can't really throw our gigs on a scale and see what they weigh? Lot of this is just a total guess and check really.. I see what you're saying though!
