To Cipro or Not

[dnledman]

I cannot decide if should pull this gig and his rock and do a cipro treatment. These photos are all today, he started out big and fluffy and has now gone through various stages of shrinking and re-inflating. The cipro was ordered yesterday so trying to decide if I set up a hospital tank or not.

He did appear to be expelling something earlier. I’d say he has been deflated for about ~3 hrs.

Nitrate 5ppm
Phos .09
Ca 430
Alk 9.3

What do we think?

 

[lapin]

Keep an eye out on its mouth. It could be dividing.

 

[Ocellaris123]

Thats the pancake look which to me would mean to take out and treat. Healthy gigs do not deflate like that.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks more like splitting. Leave Cipro to human use unless absolutely a last resort.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/p...s-and-other-antibiotics.955634/#post-10888106

 

[dnledman]

Thats the pancake look which to me would mean to take out and treat. Healthy gigs do not deflate like that.

This is what I was thinking, I’ve only had it for about three weeks.

 

[dnledman]

This is what we look like this morning, splitting feels unlikely?

 

[D-Nak]

Keep an eye out on its mouth. It could be dividing.

I don't think there has been a single reported case of this happening. There have been examples of forced propagation (cutting) but not natural splits.

 

[D-Nak]

I would definitely start treatment. No reason not to at this point.

 

[D-Nak]

Looks more like splitting. Leave Cipro to human use unless absolutely a last resort.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/p...s-and-other-antibiotics.955634/#post-10888106

I didn't read the entire linked thread, but if proper disposal methods are taken into account (neutralizing the active ingredients in Cipro) using it should be fine.