Ciprofloxacin Dosing

[mBoN]

Hi. I noticed BJD and depleting hammer corals. I read about Ciprofloxacin dosing. My tank has zoas and variety of tangs and fishes. Also have mushrooms sps and lps. Also i got few clams and tube worms and donuts and brain corals.
As soon as i read Ciprofloxacin treatment i rushed to buy the medicine and dosed as below.

My tank is 300L tank. So as i read i mixed 50ml of RODI and 500MG of Ciprofloxacin tablet.
300 x 0.125 = 37.5 /10 = 3.75ml
I used the above formula.

Before dosing the Ciprofloxacin solution
I removed all the hammers and frogspawn and added Revive Coral cleaner to seperate Bucket and added 500mg of Ciprofloxacin and let the hammer and frogspawn for 10mins with air bubbles and placed back in the tank.

Few questions: 1. Am i doing right ?
2. I didnt turn off skimmer as i read it was not necessary.
3. I dosed 3.75ml in the morning (due to fear that i might loose corals)
4. Is the dosing fish safe and other corals safe?
5. How many days do i have to dose?
6. Do i need to do water change?
7. Should i add bacteria after the treatment and how and which brand?

Thanks in advance

 

[ReefingDreams]

Hi. I noticed BJD and depleting hammer corals. I read about Ciprofloxacin dosing. My tank has zoas and variety of tangs and fishes. Also have mushrooms sps and lps. Also i got few clams and tube worms and donuts and brain corals.
As soon as i read Ciprofloxacin treatment i rushed to buy the medicine and dosed as below.

My tank is 300L tank. So as i read i mixed 50ml of RODI and 500MG of Ciprofloxacin tablet.
300 x 0.125 = 37.5 /10 = 3.75ml
I used the above formula.

Before dosing the Ciprofloxacin solution
I removed all the hammers and frogspawn and added Revive Coral cleaner to seperate Bucket and added 500mg of Ciprofloxacin and let the hammer and frogspawn for 10mins with air bubbles and placed back in the tank.

Few questions: 1. Am i doing right ?
2. I didnt turn off skimmer as i read it was not necessary.
3. I dosed 3.75ml in the morning (due to fear that i might loose corals)
4. Is the dosing fish safe and other corals safe?
5. How many days do i have to dose?
6. Do i need to do water change?
7. Should i add bacteria after the treatment and how and which brand?

Thanks in advance

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You can do 5mg per gallon for in-tank treatment. Mike Paletta's example (linked) is for acropora, but this should be safe for for other in-tank treatments, such as yours with hammers. For example, when I did my treatment on a 100 gallon system, I crushed up a 500mg tablet and mixed well in RO water (about a liter). I added it to the sump on lights out. You don't want to add it during the photoperiod. I did this every other day for 10 days for a total of 5 treatments. Leace the skimmer on during treatment. Don't worry about water changes during treatment, but pick them up after as you'll likely see elevated nutrients. You can definitely add Microbacter7 or similar bateria a couple days after your final treatment.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi. I noticed BJD and depleting hammer corals. I read about Ciprofloxacin dosing. My tank has zoas and variety of tangs and fishes. Also have mushrooms sps and lps. Also i got few clams and tube worms and donuts and brain corals.
As soon as i read Ciprofloxacin treatment i rushed to buy the medicine and dosed as below.

My tank is 300L tank. So as i read i mixed 50ml of RODI and 500MG of Ciprofloxacin tablet.
300 x 0.125 = 37.5 /10 = 3.75ml
I used the above formula.

Before dosing the Ciprofloxacin solution
I removed all the hammers and frogspawn and added Revive Coral cleaner to seperate Bucket and added 500mg of Ciprofloxacin and let the hammer and frogspawn for 10mins with air bubbles and placed back in the tank.

Few questions: 1. Am i doing right ?
2. I didnt turn off skimmer as i read it was not necessary.
3. I dosed 3.75ml in the morning (due to fear that i might loose corals)
4. Is the dosing fish safe and other corals safe?
5. How many days do i have to dose?
6. Do i need to do water change?
7. Should i add bacteria after the treatment and how and which brand?

Thanks in advance

Please post pics under white light intensity for accurate assessment and often BJD can be misdiagnosed. Furthermore, I do not recommend Cipro which is best left to human use. While it helps in SOME cases with anemone, it also has failures often due to wrong doses given to tank.
Here is an article on Cipro which I agree with:

Please STOP CIPROFLOXACIN DIPS and other antibiotics

It is surprisingly frequent the use of antibiotics on DIPs these days. Some users know me as a reefer only, but I am also a doctor. I will not enter the discussion on holobiont and why bacteria are important for the corals… But I would like to create a HUGE ALERT about dipping corals on...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[TheSheff]

Please post pics under white light intensity for accurate assessment and often BJD can be misdiagnosed. Furthermore, I do not recommend Cipro which is best left to human use. While it helps in SOME cases with anemone, it also has failures often due to wrong doses given to tank.

I don't necessarily agree, I would say that I know a ton of people that have had a ton of success with cipro dosing. BUT, I will say that instead of dosing cipro, I dosed something called RTN/STN X by fauna marin and it made a big difference

 

[mBoN]

Managing Tissue Necrosis | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

While we have come a long way in the hobby and have improved our husbandry skills for keeping corals immeasurably over the past four decades, we still have much to learn, especially in the area of…

reefbuilders.com

You can do 5mg per gallon for in-tank treatment. Mike Paletta's example (linked) is for acropora, but this should be safe for for other in-tank treatments, such as yours with hammers. For example, when I did my treatment on a 100 gallon system, I crushed up a 500mg tablet and mixed well in RO water (about a liter). I added it to the sump on lights out. You don't want to add it during the photoperiod. I did this every other day for 10 days for a total of 5 treatments. Leace the skimmer on during treatment. Don't worry about water changes during treatment, but pick them up after as you'll likely see elevated nutrients. You can definitely add Microbacter7 or similar bateria a couple days after your final treatment.

Please post pics under white light intensity for accurate assessment and often BJD can be misdiagnosed. Furthermore, I do not recommend Cipro which is best left to human use. While it helps in SOME cases with anemone, it also has failures often due to wrong doses given to tank.
Here is an article on Cipro which I agree with:

Please STOP CIPROFLOXACIN DIPS and other antibiotics

It is surprisingly frequent the use of antibiotics on DIPs these days. Some users know me as a reefer only, but I am also a doctor. I will not enter the discussion on holobiont and why bacteria are important for the corals… But I would like to create a HUGE ALERT about dipping corals on...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[vetteguy53081]

While the video shows a substance, I believe it is slime which euphyllia coral emit along with high flow. low calcium and tissue recession from stress. Also assure there are no flatworms present on the skeleton. Also- Wall hammers are one of the most challenging- branching being one of the easier ones

 

[mBoN]

But Calcium is Around 440

While the video shows a substance, I believe it is slime which euphyllia coral emit along with high flow. low calcium and tissue recession from stress. Also assure there are no flatworms present on the skeleton. Also- Wall hammers are one of the most challenging- branching being one of the easier ones

 

[vetteguy53081]

But Calcium is Around 440

Calcium is one cause and in hopes for you to verify which you did and eliminates low calcium (below 380)

 

[mBoN]

So what is the solution for this issue

 

[mBoN]

Calcium is one cause and in hopes for you to verify which you did and eliminates low calcium (below 380)

Now frogspawn is also affected. Someone please Id and let me solve before all dies

 

[vetteguy53081]

Now frogspawn is also affected. Someone please Id and let me solve before all dies

This looks like polyp bailout and often its due to tto much or too little flow. In this case, may be insufficient based on polyp movement in the video. You want movement compared to leaves swaying in the wind, yet not bouncing around vigorously

 

[jmichaelh7]

Hi. I noticed BJD and depleting hammer corals. I read about Ciprofloxacin dosing. My tank has zoas and variety of tangs and fishes. Also have mushrooms sps and lps. Also i got few clams and tube worms and donuts and brain corals.
As soon as i read Ciprofloxacin treatment i rushed to buy the medicine and dosed as below.

My tank is 300L tank. So as i read i mixed 50ml of RODI and 500MG of Ciprofloxacin tablet.
300 x 0.125 = 37.5 /10 = 3.75ml
I used the above formula.

Before dosing the Ciprofloxacin solution
I removed all the hammers and frogspawn and added Revive Coral cleaner to seperate Bucket and added 500mg of Ciprofloxacin and let the hammer and frogspawn for 10mins with air bubbles and placed back in the tank.

Few questions: 1. Am i doing right ?
2. I didnt turn off skimmer as i read it was not necessary.
3. I dosed 3.75ml in the morning (due to fear that i might loose corals)
4. Is the dosing fish safe and other corals safe?
5. How many days do i have to dose?
6. Do i need to do water change?
7. Should i add bacteria after the treatment and how and which brand?

Thanks in advance

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