Almost dead nem

94Roarge · Jan 19, 2017

So someone surrendered a magnifica nem to worm a few weeks back, and it has never been terribly great since. Work had it priced at $500 and I managed to convince them to let me buy it at $20 as it was at death's doorstop.

I'm after some reccomendations for what I might be able to do to nurse it back to health. I know theres almost 0% chance of it making it, but hey, worth a try right?

Here it is. It came in to us at about 6-8" across, and is now anout 3 :/

Jason mack · Jan 19, 2017

94Roarge said:
So someone surrendered a magnifica nem to worm a few weeks back, and it has never been terribly great since. Work had it priced at $500 and I managed to convince them to let me buy it at $20 as it was at death's doorstop.

I'm after some reccomendations for what I might be able to do to nurse it back to health. I know theres almost 0% chance of it making it, but hey, worth a try right?

Here it is. It came in to us at about 6-8" across, and is now anout 3 :/

Good luck .. I hope he makes it !!

mcarroll · Jan 19, 2017

Sorry, only post-advice.

Don't touch it with bare hands after it's dead....it's the most penetrating (as in non-removable) smell I've been acquainted with. Reach in with the plastic bag you intend to discard it in...and plan to scoop up all the water around it too. It will be messy.

Jason mack · Jan 19, 2017

mcarroll said:
Sorry, only post-advice.

Don't touch it with bare hands after it's dead....it's the most penetrating (as in non-removable) smell I've been acquainted with. Reach in with the plastic bag you intend to discard it in...and plan to scoop up all the water around it too. It will be messy.

Omg really ??!!

94Roarge · Jan 19, 2017

Yeah, it's still alive, but that's already set in [emoji14] nice and stanky :/

I put a little bit of a vitalis/new era anenome pellet in its mouth and it closed it. On top of that most of the tentacles still move on their own, so there's hope right? Please?

saltyphish · Jan 19, 2017

I wouldnt feed it right now. Let it get better before feeding it again.

94Roarge · Jan 19, 2017

saltyphish said:
I wouldnt feed it right now. Let it get better before feeding it again.

Oh :S I was under the impression food would give it energy to heal. I'll feed it no more til it's better!

Nem4 · Jan 19, 2017

Im in the same boat! LFS got two in who looked terrible. They weren't even going to bother trying to save them. I said ill take em. One died the next day. The other fully inflated that day and stayed inflated for almost a week. Its been in slow decline since. Just yesterday afternoon i set up a hospital tank and dosing with antibiotics. Im documenting everything and crossing my fingers.
Following along! Good luck!

94Roarge · Jan 19, 2017

Nem4 said:
Im in the same boat! LFS got two in who looked terrible. They weren't even going to bother trying to save them. I said ill take em. One died the next day. The other fully inflated that day and stayed inflated for almost a week. Its been in slow decline since. Just yesterday afternoon i set up a hospital tank and dosing with antibiotics. Im documenting everything and crossing my fingers.
Following along! Good luck!

Do you have a thread for that? I hope it comes through for you!

DeniseAndy · Jan 19, 2017

Definitely do a full cipro treatment. Could bounce back with time and care. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-i-cipro.211822/

Tahoe61 · Jan 19, 2017

DeniseAndy said:
Definitely do a full cipro treatment. Could bounce back with time and care. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-i-cipro.211822/

^ yes to this.

Nem4 · Jan 19, 2017

No. I will start a thread if its successful. Ive read the cipro threads. Unfortunately i didnt have any and wasnt able to get it in a pinch. I did have clindamycin and although i havent seen anyone using it for this purpose, from what ive read it attacks both gram neg/point of sale bacteria. So far not a whole lot of improvement, but he also hasnt gotten any worse.

DeniseAndy · Jan 19, 2017

I got some over amazon and had it in two days for my carpet. May try there.

Sharkbate · Jan 20, 2017

I would isolate it and I cipro or equivalent , mr shrimp will probably add to his stress levels ,good lighting but not burning bright! And good circulation not blasted also clean fresh water changes regularly. Good luck

94Roarge · Jan 20, 2017

Thanks for the advice everyone! I'm about to have 3 days off so whould be able to get some stuff done then

94Roarge · Jan 20, 2017

$20 well spent right?

Nem4 · Jan 20, 2017

Well mine met his maker this morning. Maybe he was just to far gone for help. I hope yours pulls through! Keep us posted!

94Roarge · Jan 20, 2017

Nem4 said:
Well mine met his maker this morning. Maybe he was just to far gone for help. I hope yours pulls through! Keep us posted!

Oh, that murky bucket above was the nem, by the guy's scale on the cipro treatment thread, mine was probably a 13 by the time I got home :/ I vacced it out with a pretty thin hose [emoji14]