Robert Ranciato
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Is it ok to use amoxicillan instead cipro when making a long term dip for my torch corals. I'm afraid to use in my main system. I'm going to dip them for few hours to see if they improve.
Question about antibiotic dip
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Likely needs a long exposure to have any real effect, and please reconsider doing this at all. Read this thread for further information https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/please-stop-ciprofloxacin-dips-and-other-antibiotics.955634/
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Robert Ranciato
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Tidal gardens just did his whole system. It can't be that bad. People are putting antibiotics in their system with everything they eat. I will read that. Thanks
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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That is different than the dip you proposed in your first post...
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Robert Ranciato
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So it's better to treat the whole system then just the corals that aren't healthy?
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They removed their video after people shared their concerns on the use of antibiotics. I made a post in the thread for the video on reef2reef which seems to be removed now, but they replied to my post:
Antibiotics have their place when used responsibly to address a specific issue, by people who understand the risks and how to mitigate them, and who use appropriate dosages. Dumping high importance antibiotics used in human medicine into our tanks (or dips) profolactically, without understanding what we're actually trying to solve, how to dispose of medicated water responsibly or what medicine or dosages are appropriate is reckless and contributes to the degradation of the effectiveness of some of the most useful medicine we've got.
Definitely worth reconsidering your usage, or at the very least, taking the proper steps to mitigate the risks.
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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LRT
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I never seen any kind of positive effects when using amoxicillan as a dip and I've tried them all while trying to treat bleaching mushrooms.
If you can find cipro I'd highly reccomend using it as a dip as it's been proven to be very effective for certain uses. I've literally brought piles of slimy mushroom guts back to life with it as well as plenty of threads out there with folks using cipro dips to treat torches and anemones as well.
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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NOT to be used as a dip! That is like licking a Tylenol and expecting it to make your headache go away.
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Im sorry but im finding your comparison a bit ridiculous. My shrooms have had no tongue to lick or brains for headaches unless your counting the big fat pile of slime a few of them were before teatment.
Countless reefers have had great success using cipro as a dip to treat dieing and infected corals with great success. I'm sorry I haven't seen one reefer post a negative side effect. I just haven't.
I have been known to be wrong and not afraid to admit when in wrong and would love to see any actual data that says cipro is harming my corals or myself and other by treating my corals with cipro dip.
In fact from what ive seen I'd say it's quite the contrary and would love to see more information and data on its possible uses to treat infected corals. Id like to see more medicine tested honestly.
Here @Robert Ranciato like I said I haven't seen much on amoxicillan and coral uses but if you can get ahold of cipro I'd for sure use it as a last ditch effort if all else fails.
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This is Red Sea test kit I have. Please do tell about low and high range testing. I did not know it was possible with this kit if it is. Is there another kit I can get Nitrates further dialed in? I have the master kit, but I believe they are all same. For low range, you use 16ml of water. For...
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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I didn't say using Cipro as a dip HARMS coral, just that dips are not the proper way to use antibiotics. You can report/post as much anecdotal "evidence" as you like, it won't change the way antibiotics work.Im sorry but im finding your comparison a bit ridiculous. My shrooms have had no tongue to lick or brains for headaches unless your counting the big fat pile of slime a few of them were before teatment.
Countless reefers have had great success using cipro as a dip to treat dieing and infected corals with great success. I'm sorry I haven't seen one reefer post a negative side effect. I just haven't.
I have been known to be wrong and not afraid to admit when in wrong and would love to see any actual data that says cipro is harming my corals or myself and other by treating my corals with cipro dip.
In fact from what ive seen I'd say it's quite the contrary and would love to see more information and data on its possible uses to treat infected corals. Id like to see more medicine tested honestly.
Here @Robert Ranciato like I said I haven't seen much on amoxicillan and coral uses but if you can get ahold of cipro I'd for sure use it as a last ditch effort if all else fails.
Cipro treatment- Calling all Mushroom Guru's
This is Red Sea test kit I have. Please do tell about low and high range testing. I did not know it was possible with this kit if it is. Is there another kit I can get Nitrates further dialed in? I have the master kit, but I believe they are all same. For low range, you use 16ml of water. For...
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LRT
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I'm posting my direct observations and personal experiences with using cipro as a dip. The evidence of its effectiveness as a dip can not only be seen in the thread I posted but found in countless threads with folks using it as a dip on many different corals for many different ailments with great success across the boards.
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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See, it's not that hard to understand, right??
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LRT
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How might corals "ingest" these antibiotics anyway? Some of us have found specific dosages for longer periods of time to be most effective. In particular mushrooms, anemones as well as many torch coral dip success threads.
Cipro does not only work but I as well as many others have literally watched critters come back to life almost over night by using a cipro dip for longer periods of time.
We can't all be wrong in our observations can we?
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EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal
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That's still not how antibiotics work. Such a short exposure will not effectively kill enough bacteria... That's why they're prescribed to humans for 7-10 days or more.
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