Gig treatment

[sprungson]

250mg, 5 gallon saltwater, AP700 light (spare), MP10, 10 gallon tank, small heater.

Day 1 at LFS (the two on the left )

Day 1 pre treatment

Day 2 after first treatment

Day 3 after 2nd treatment

Will update the next 7 days.

 

[Hot2na]

you're using 250 mg cipro per 5 gal ?

 

[sprungson]

you're using 250 mg cipro per 5 gal ?

Yeah, that's worked the best for me.

 

[OrionN]

Goodluck

 

[gig 'em]

Yeah, that's worked the best for me.

Makes sense. I usually do 250 mg per 10 gal, so that's just a higher dosage. Best of luck, they are gorgeous.

 

[Hot2na]

keep us posted ...if that higher dosage works...with no ill effects ...I may try it...

 

[sprungson]

Day 3 after second treatment

 

[D-Nak]

Wow, those are nice sized gigs. Keep up the good work.

 

[sprungson]

Day 4

 

[D-Nak]

Are they expelling anything?

 

[sprungson]

Are they expelling anything?

Yes but not a lot. The thing you see on bottom is sand they were sticking too from aquatic collection.

The only problem I have is that get ticked when I change water and slime a little bit.

I take a net and grab any loose slime.

 

[OrionN]

Looking good.

 

[gig 'em]

Those are monster gigs. They seem to get bigger each day

 

[sprungson]

Those are monster gigs. They seem to get bigger each day

Yeah one is 12". I'm not sure about the other one, but it could be up to 1.5 feet. Who knows when it is in the display.

 

[blackgate]

Man, very jealous over here. These guys are awesome!

 

[sprungson]

Day 7,

Since day 5, it's been expelling a lot of zooxanthellae and I would say doesn't look great, but not getting worse. I plan to do 10 day treatment and then leave it there for a few days. I definitely would say it's lose a lot of color.

 

[chizerbunoi]

Is the price at the bottom of the tank on the first post actually in the two digit range? If that's the cause, I'm paying 10 times the amount for the same thing. Really jealous.

These are beautiful and thank you for journalizing the treatment with us.

 

[sprungson]

Is the price at the bottom of the tank on the first post actually in the two digit range? If that's the cause, I'm paying 10 times the amount for the same thing. Really jealous.

These are beautiful and thank you for journalizing the treatment with us.

The blue was 300 and purple was 250. If they make it through treatment it would be a steal. I would pay more if they were healthy and treated already.

 

[gig 'em]

Day 7,

Since day 5, it's been expelling a lot of zooxanthellae and I would say doesn't look great, but not getting worse. I plan to do 10 day treatment and then leave it there for a few days. I definitely would say it's lose a lot of color.

I imagine they are quite stressed at this point from the treatment. Assuming they survive and their health doesn't decline, they'll slowly recovery. Just be sure to acclimate them back to higher light intensity now that they're a little bleached.

 

[sprungson]

5 days after treatment, purple died in quarantine. Blue one 50/50.

@Nemguy123 you're totally right. Not worth the price unless they are healthy. I might only buy gigs from you moving forward.

I also told the lfs, I won't be buying anemones from them until their importer ships with no air and fresh salt water