H.mag treatment

[Danh Ngo]

I’m treating my H.Mag. He is looking better now, but it is the fifth day of treatment. Mouth is not closing much. It is quite up and down, close and open. Should I increase Cipro from 250-500mg ?

 

[ocboat]

I just treated a new mag for 10 days and the mouth looked exactly the same. It never deflated but the mouth would never close fully. I don't think increasing the meds would do much good since it isn't deflating. I've added it to my display and the mouth still looks the same but otherwise it looks fine. Keep us updated on how it looks.

 

[Danh Ngo]

Just do water change abt 5hrs ago, and water get extremely cloudy, the nem deflate also

 

[ocboat]

Deflation is not good especially after 6 days of treatment. It may not hurt to increase the dose at this point since it doesn't look like it's getting better.

 

[Taylor t]

250 mg level should be good. I would not increase. You may need to change water twice in one day if it’s cloudy. DO NOT FEED IT, at least not for a while after treatment is complete. They can live for months with no food, eating only adds more posssibility if having problems. Feed it when it’s healthy, not while it’s adjusting to your care. Make sure it’s flow is high enough flow. During treatment, they need high flow, some may need extreme flow, to purge all the decay out of them to the point of recovery. They may not look good during this, but they must purge all the decay out, still water or low flow will not do this well.
Good luck.

 

[davocean]

I would not expect the mouth to close while doing treatment, it's going through stress and heavy WC's
5 days is not long, I would keep dosage same and continue until it goes several days w/out deflation, and I agree, no feedings

 

[D-Nak]

When the water gets cloudy, it means the nem has expelled something that's bothering it. Therefore, the water should be changed IMMEDIATELY. The nem shouldn't sit in a tank of polluted water because it means it could get reinfected, or not fully purge the contaminant.