Anyone use Kanaplex for corals?

[mdb_talon]

Curious if anyone else out there regularly uses Kanaplex for sick corals? The reason I ask is I have started using it regularly for corals that are "not doing well" and my results have been fantastic.

I buy/sell/trade a lot of corals locally so am often buying lots of coral and inevitably some just seems unhealthy and may slowly decline in my tank. Seems to happen a lot on wall hammers, wall frogspawn, and acan colonies. Most that come in do just fine, but maybe 1 out of 10 on imported coral seems to just be unhealthy. Most of the time over several months it seems to very slowly recover, but sometimes it may slowly decline and die. In the past I would try things like dips or lugols solution without much success. I also experimented with chemiclean dips, ciproflaxin dips, melafix dips, etc with varying levels of success but nothing that ever really convinced me it really did a whole lot of good(I did get BJD in my QT tank several months ago treated ciproflaxin in tank and that worked great).

The last several months I have started using Kanaplex and the results have really surprised me. Out of several times I have used it every coral has recovered quickly and been back in top form quickly. Had an acan colony for example that over a few months had been slowly receding on the outside polyps. The rest of it was always looking healthy and puffy, but over time it just kept wasting away from the outside edges. I did a 3-day dip of kanaplex (put it in a tupperware that was "floating" in tank water for temp stability and changed water/medication daily). Put it back in tank in the exact same spot (same flow and light) and it never receded anymore and now about 2 months later has completely regrown new heads over the dead skeleton. Similar situation with wall hammers and wall frogspawn. Have not had reason to use it on zoas or sps yet, but when the need arises I am anxious to see how that goes. I always use it as a dip because I am concerned just how reef safe it is, but also because I use relatively massive doses compared to what would be suggested dose for intended in-tank treatment of fish.

Anyway just curious if anyone else has used it as a coral dip and the results you have had?

 

[DE FISH]

Watching never heard of this before… what dosage are you using ?

 

[mdb_talon]

Watching never heard of this before… what dosage are you using ?

It comes with a 125mg spoon. For intended fish treatment it is 1 spoonful per 5g. When I use it as coral dip I use about 5 times that much (a spoonful in an approximately gallon container)

 

[KK's Reef]

This is interesting. I was going to user cipro to nurse a blasto back to health, but didn't want to go through the trouble of getting a prescription from the vet.

I have Kanaplax on hand, though. How long do you dip them, and how many days in a row?

 

[mdb_talon]

@KK's Reef I keep them dipped continually for 3 days in a row(which I guess makes it more of a hospital style treatment versus a "dip"). I change the water/medicine daily and i keep the container floating in tank water for temp (I clamp it to side of my tank). Ideally I would have a really small tank with a nano pump/heater, but honestly this has been working fine I just get a little nervous about the lack of flow for three days (though I do use a turkey baster whenever I go in the room).

As a side note I recently stocked up on ciproflaxin just to have some more as I saw some places were starting to require a prescription. They did not require a prescription and it shipped next day.

Aqua-Cipro (Ciprofloxacin)

Aqua-Cipro (Ciprofloxacin)

www.allivet.com

 

[KK's Reef]

@KK's Reef I keep them dipped continually for 3 days in a row(which I guess makes it more of a hospital style treatment versus a "dip"). I change the water/medicine daily and i keep the container floating in tank water for temp (I clamp it to side of my tank). Ideally I would have a really small tank with a nano pump/heater, but honestly this has been working fine I just get a little nervous about the lack of flow for three days (though I do use a turkey baster whenever I go in the room).

As a side note I recently stocked up on ciproflaxin just to have some more as I saw some places were starting to require a prescription. They did not require a prescription and it shipped next day.

Aqua-Cipro (Ciprofloxacin)

Aqua-Cipro (Ciprofloxacin)

www.allivet.com

Oh ok, so you have the coral bathing in the solution for 3 days.

I have a really small tank and can't supply fresh tank water daily. What do you think about keeping the coral in the same solution for three days, but with heat and circulation?

 

[mdb_talon]

Oh ok, so you have the coral bathing in the solution for 3 days.

I have a really small tank and can't supply fresh tank water daily. What do you think about keeping the coral in the same solution for three days, but with heat and circulation?

I imagine that would work just fine. The only reason i replace the meds is cause i dump out all water. If you got it in a container with circulation i dont think that necessary.

 

[McPuff]

Giving this a try. Have a hammer that has shown very similar signs to what was described in this OP. Lost two heads over the past couple months and the third (and final) has been struggling for a couple weeks. Dipping another "frammer" colony for safe measure. The rest of my euphyllia colonies appear to be totally fine. Hoping it's isolated.

 

[DE FISH]

Giving this a try. Have a hammer that has shown very similar signs to what was described in this OP. Lost two heads over the past couple months and the third (and final) has been struggling for a couple weeks. Dipping another "frammer" colony for safe measure. The rest of my euphyllia colonies appear to be totally fine. Hoping it's isolated.

Let us know how it goes