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lost a couple of torches to BJD. Tried iodine/reef primer and the torches seems to be ok. Plan is to have cioro readily available just in case another torch gets BJD, then I would probably treat the tank. :-(
 
fishy408 said:
Oddly enough this link seems to be broken on my mobile device but not on my pc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxolinic_acid

Would be nice if there was a place locally to pick it up. I wonder why LFS don't carry them.
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@robert4025 any chance you'd be able to stock this? Given your expansion into freshwater, it should be right up your alley! Plus it would be good to steer folks away from antibiotics used for humans still.
 
These things are hard to get if you don't know where to look.
  • Called a few vets locally for a prescription (Cipro) - no success
  • Called a couple of Koi Shops (Oxolinic Acid) - no success, they also have never heard of it but did offer other medications they used on their kois.
 
fishy408 said:
These things are hard to get if you don't know where to look.
  • Called a few vets locally for a prescription (Cipro) - no success
  • Called a couple of Koi Shops (Oxolinic Acid) - no success, they also have never heard of it but did offer other medications they used on their kois.
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Try chemiclean in the meantime, then do the 3 day delivery from the link I posted.
 
A torch that I received a couple of weeks ago died in 24-48 hours when I first noticed tissue recession. I didn't know what BJD was at the time, but the reference to "smell" gave it away.
A second torch got BJD and I used Iodine, but it wasn't helpful. I was able to cut off the infected head and dip the remaining head in Iodine and Reef Primer. So far it is doing well.
A third torch has symptoms, but no visible BJD yet. I have dipped it in iodine/Reef Primer.

/crossing fingers

I did the math for the Cipro treatment and it looks like I need just 1 tablet. If I can find one in the meantime while ordering the Oxolinic Acid that would be ideal. Never had BJD before, it seems to act very fast.

500mg dissolved in 50ML of RODI water
50g tank converts to 190 liters

Formula
190 X .125 = 24
Divide by 10 = 2.4 ML/night
6 nights X 2.4ML = 14.4 ML/over 6 days
 
I did cipro dosing to my tank. 2 times and I gotta say it did save my tank. I did dose 1 pill of 500mg of cipro for my 190 gallon system. Once a day for 5 days.
In the past I used lower dosage but the disease came back.
I just did one after coming from NJ, I lost a big 20 heads hammer colony and another 10 heads torch colony, now everything seems to be stable now. Some hammers that ware having issues they look like they are recovering. Cuz they are nice and puffy in daytime but when the light is off you can see the skeleton and flesh is dripping on some heads.
 
Alexx said:
I did cipro dosing to my tank. 2 times and I gotta say it did save my tank. I did dose 1 pill of 500mg of cipro for my 190 gallon system. Once a day for 5 days.
In the past I used lower dosage but the disease came back.
I just did one after coming from NJ, I lost a big 20 heads hammer colony and another 10 heads torch colony, now everything seems to be stable now. Some hammers that ware having issues they look like they are recovering. Cuz they are nice and puffy in daytime but when the light is off you can see the skeleton and flesh is dripping on some heads.
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Thanks for the experience. Did you do 1 pill for 5 days, or 5 pills for 5 days?
 
1 pill each day so I used 5 technically, but I was gone between the 3rd and 4th days for 2 days and I extended for another 2. So total I used 7 pills. But I would have used it 5 pills for 5 days if is all in one.
 
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