Good morning everyone! I wanted to post a thread to let everyone know about the success I had have using Fish Flex (Cephalexin) on a few Haddoni. Long story short, I have an established GIANT (maybe 20") blue haddoni that I have had for some time. I recently acquired 2 additional haddoni, one from a friend (small blue) and one from Petco (bleached striped).... for $5..... I, for whatever reason decided to just pop the small blue in the established haddoni tank. After about 3 days, the death march began. I had already set up a QT tank for the Petco haddoni, so I decided to use that as a hospital tank and treat them with some Fish Flex I happened to have on hand. The usual gut expelling and poopoo cycle began with both of them. To my dismay, returning home the day after removing the small blue, I noticed my established haddoni in its display tank was deflated. I immediately set up a second tank and moved the established haddoni to its own hospital tank. Fast forward to today (2/6). The established haddoni is on its second dose of treatment and back to being inflated with minimal stomach expulsion. The Petco and small blue are on their 3rd dose of treatment, both looking great. I thought the small blue was a goner for sure, but after the 3rd dose, it really perked up. My success might be due to my timing of treatment, but it also might be due to Cephalexin. When I initially set up the hospital tanks, I did a search for anemone Fish Flex treatment and found nothing other than Cipro treatment. I will continue to update this thread daily with more pictures as the treatment continues. I plan to continue a 250mg dose for a 10 day period. Then leave the nems in the hospital tank an additional week with no antibiotics. I did order a course of Cipro, which comes in Friday, just in case. Please see the attached pictures for reference. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks to reading!
Treatment 1 left tank, Treatment 2 right tank
Treatment 2, really didn't catch the mouth out, but you know the drama.
Treatment 1, night, attached.
Treatment 3, looking good
Treatment 3, from the front
Treatment 2, doing the mouth thing
Treatment 1 left tank, Treatment 2 right tank
Treatment 2, really didn't catch the mouth out, but you know the drama.
Treatment 1, night, attached.
Treatment 3, looking good
Treatment 3, from the front
Treatment 2, doing the mouth thing