Discontinuing Cipro

[skyrne_isk]

I have giant (18"+) ritteri anemone that deflated a couple weeks after being added to my system. Today is day 10 of Cipro treatment, and the little black balls of waste material are still coming out, but not too many. Maybe a 1/2 teaspoon or less worth and less each day. In the past, gigs that have treated I feel like stopped shedding this waste material a couple days in....not sure if I keep up with treatments until no more material is expelled or to just call it as it continually inflated and we are at the >7 days part of treatment. It hasn’t deflated since the first day of the treatment - just not sure if the black junk means there is still more bacterial waste still in the anemone and that continued treatment is needed or if the lack of deflation means we’re good. I’m not a big magnifica guy, maybe those of you who are can chime in.

 

[Big G]

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[Flippers4pups]

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[OrionN]

I would not worry too much about the black discharge. He is shedding his zooxanthellae due to light/condition change. I am sure your treatment tank likely does not have enough like for him, thus he is shedding his zoos.
The picture looks good, as long as he does not deflates and looking well, I would stop treatment. Wait a few days and transfer him to DT if he does not deflates without antibiotic.
Very nice anemone BTW. Good luck with him.

 

[skyrne_isk]

I would not worry too much about the black discharge. He is shedding his zooxanthellae due to light/condition change. I am sure your treatment tank likely does not have enough like for him, thus he is shedding his zoos.
The picture looks good, as long as he does not deflates and looking well, I would stop treatment. Wait a few days and transfer him to DT if he does not deflates without antibiotic.
Very nice anemone BTW. Good luck with him.

Thanks, Minh. Nice to see you over here ;)

 

[skyrne_isk]

I never connected that the discharge was zoox...the more you know!

 

[skyrne_isk]

following up for the community - this is day 4 of back in the main display. no deflation. so to clarify, there was still a tiny bit of discharge on day 9 in treatment tank, but no deflation at that time either. so the discharge appears correlated to bacterial infections but not really causal or directly symptomatic.