Cipro Question
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The_Paradox
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Think he’s talking about a microbiome test. No idea what level amplification you would need to get meaningful data but probably well beyond what any hobby test is going to do.
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What would we learn from that test? Whether arcobacter is still present? or the relative diversity ? Is the test reliable? Does the sample get skewed in transit? Id think it would.
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WhatCouldGoWrong71
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So, for 5 straight days I used .125 ml per liter of Cipro to treat BJD. I had a hammer on one side of by my tank dissolve and a very large torch colony get infected. I wound up losing about 9 heads, about half. But as soon as I started dosing, the next day you could see a difference. I tried to save 2 heads, but my Hail Mary didn’t work (3% h2o2 15-1). I left the lights off 18 hours a day once I started treatment in the tank. I’m going to stop treatment today. I’ll put lights on at 12, so I get 18 hours of lights out. I’m going to do a 30% water change later today.
I currently see no BJD in my tank currently.
Funny story, I mixed this stuff up and put it in the fridge after my first dose. When I went to use it for my second dose I grabbed what’s on the right. As I am walking to the tank I said to myself “wow, this stuff expanded”. But then I thought, I thought I put it in the draw to hide it from the kids and I grabbed this from the shelf… my wife and I crossed paths traveling this week and I didn’t know she made Alfredo and I put it in an identical container. The coral and fish almost ate Italian that night….
I currently see no BJD in my tank currently.
Funny story, I mixed this stuff up and put it in the fridge after my first dose. When I went to use it for my second dose I grabbed what’s on the right. As I am walking to the tank I said to myself “wow, this stuff expanded”. But then I thought, I thought I put it in the draw to hide it from the kids and I grabbed this from the shelf… my wife and I crossed paths traveling this week and I didn’t know she made Alfredo and I put it in an identical container. The coral and fish almost ate Italian that night….
FernBluffReef
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“Coral and fish almost ate Italian” - LoL. Glad things are doing better.
30% WC? It’s been about a week since I finished treatment. I put carbon back in sump yesterday and I just got done making water, plan on 10% or so. Curious why such a large change, given Cipro and light interaction. Or is 30% your norm?
30% WC? It’s been about a week since I finished treatment. I put carbon back in sump yesterday and I just got done making water, plan on 10% or so. Curious why such a large change, given Cipro and light interaction. Or is 30% your norm?
WhatCouldGoWrong71
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I normally do 10% a week. However my wife and I were out of tow 3 out of 4 weeks, came home and got caught back up in life (kids, dogs , family…) then BJD. So it’s been 6 weeks, so I was thinking 50% of the missed water changes. On a side note I have an ICP test here and I am curious what has been depleted in this time. In July I am consolidating all my stuff into one tank that will be about 450 G system. I’m toying with the monthly ICP and simply replacing what’s missing. I’m going to have to go read up on that.
