Octospawn has BJD!

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Evening everyone! I see what really looks like BJD on my Octospawn! I am going to remove it, I do not have a hospital tank set up, so I will just pitch it ( 5 heads 😢) but how do I treat the tan so it doesn’t spread?
Yeah, I am super bummed! It started as one head! But I do see several vermitid snails on it, so I am going to assume that is what caused it🤞🏻
 

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in my experience the only way to treat it is with cipro. I’ve also cut the infected heads off a colony and successfully saved the rest of the colony by dipping in a cipro bath
 
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in my experience the only way to treat it is with cipro. I’ve also cut the infected heads off a colony and successfully saved the rest of the colony by dipping in a cipro bath
Shoot! That ids one thing I do not have and don’t know how/where to get it!
 
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in my experience the only way to treat it is with cipro. I’ve also cut the infected heads off a colony and successfully saved the rest of the colony by dipping in a cipro
Shoot! That ids one thing I do not have and don’t know how/where to get it!
hey by chance can either @vetteguy53081 or @Jay Hemdal tell me anything about the best way to treat my tank for BJD? I do know how or where or even how to use Cipro! Some are saying that is the only way to treat it.😬
 

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Sorry - I've never had to treat for that, but cipro is the treatment that I've heard of.....
 

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Thank you Jay! Do you where I can get that? From everything I have seen it requires a script from a vet to acquire

Usually, you do need a script. I found this vendor selling it online, but I've never used them:

 
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Usually, you do need a script. I found this vendor selling it online, but I've never used them:

Thank you again Jay!
 

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