Time to treat H. magnifica

[mcfa2403]

After 3 days with no deflation I came home to this...

Treatment tank,

Doesn't look too bad.

Added 25mg/gallon.

So the heater I had in the treatment tank malfunctioned and the water rose to 85 degrees, however I was able to catch it relatively quickly but the nem was not happy,

(sorry for the bad pic didn't realize until today it didn't get much of the nem, but it is clearly pancaked)

Today before first water change,

It is not looking good, after the way my luck has gone if I can't save this one I will likely give up on magnifica (I don't like killing things) both times a somewhat freakish accident has occurred in the process of getting ready to treat.

Anyways, here is a picture of how it sits now (I am losing hope fast)

 

[justinky]

That's a beautiful Magnifica, good luck.

 

[D-Nak]

If it makes you feel any better, I've seen photos of ones that looked worse and they bounced back. They respond to treatment a lot better than gigantea.

Was the Cipro prescribed to you? I've never seen it labeled for anemones!

 

[mcfa2403]

If it makes you feel any better, I've seen photos of ones that looked worse and they bounced back. They respond to treatment a lot better than gigantea.

Was the Cipro prescribed to you? I've never seen it labeled for anemones!

That does make me feel better, at least somewhat! It is at least some good news.

Ha, yeah it was prescribed. I found a local exotics vet who was pretty excited to try something new, very nice guy. He had cipro on hand and gave me the hook up.

 

[jwoyshnar]

If you seen what my large one looked like in the hospital tank you would be surprised that it lived let alone is thriving like it is today.

 

[mcfa2403]

48 hours with no real change, not sure if that's good or bad at this point...

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Hope it makes it,What kind of flow is it receiving,just wondering with it in a bowl it would seem flow would be low.

 

[Pastey]

Was it expelling any waste or are you noticing any of the tell-tale dark "matter" on the tank bottom between treatments?

 

[mcfa2403]

The flow in the tank was pretty high so I put it in a shallow bowl to keep it from blowing around the tank. Based on what you said I have removed it from the bowl and lowered the flow.

It has been expelling significant amounts of dark brown waste.

 

[OrionN]

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Ha, yeah it was prescribed. I found a local exotics vet who was pretty excited to try something new, very nice guy. He had cipro on hand and gave me the hook up.

Best of luck with him.
So did you show the Vet our write up here on RC. Neat, I am not sure if Vet school teach any fish/marine live treatment.

 

[EnderG60]

what are you treating it with?

 

[mcfa2403]

Best of luck with him.
So did you show the Vet our write up here on RC. Neat, I am not sure if Vet school teach any fish/marine live treatment.

I showed the vet the write up sticky along with the pictures of mine, he seemed interested in learning a little more about it.

Last night the nem finally started to try to attach to something. This morning it was 50% attached but the water was cloudy so I did a 100% WC. After the water change it started to attach again and is now somewhat inflated. However, I noticed that white smoke is coming from the mouth (I have been told in some jellyfish species antibiotics stimulate spawning so I wonder if that is the case here or perhaps expelling zoaxanthelle) and was wondering if I should do another WC or wait until the 12 hour mark so as to avoid the stress of another WC so soon.

 

[mcfa2403]

Last night:

And today:

 

[worm5406]

Looking better. Still not happy.

 

[mcfa2403]

Well it was an uphill battle all the way and it just didn't make it. After 2 attempts to keep a magnifica I am giving up as I wouldn't feel right losing another. When I feel up to talking about it I will post my experience with the treatment and see if I can't pose a few theories as to what happened.