Need a cipro for BJD near Irvine

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thank you so much for the info. I’m currently running skimmer 24/7. You’re suggesting I turn it off the whole treatment?
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The article didn't talk about skimmer use, so entirely possible you can go ahead as usual. I don't know much about skimmers or what exactly they pull out of the water. Since it's only a 6 day treatment, I would probably err on the side of caution and turn it off. But if I knew more about what is skimmed from the water, I might be more confident in keeping it running or not. Turn off any UV you are running--that will degrade the cipro and diminish its effectiveness.
 
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The article didn't talk about skimmer use, so entirely possible you can go ahead as usual. I don't know much about skimmers or what exactly they pull out of the water. Since it's only a 6 day treatment, I would probably err on the side of caution and turn it off. But if I knew more about what is skimmed from the water, I might be more confident in keeping it running or not. Turn off any UV you are running--that will degrade the cipro and diminish its effectiveness.
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so far I just did first dose. I have a 73 gal with about 20 gal sump (12 gal of running water) = 85 gal total ~320 L. After the calculation I dosed 4 mL of cipro, please let me know if I did it right. Light and skimmer are off, took out carbon. I was reading the article and the person refrigerate the cipro. Did you do that too?
 
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so far I just did first dose. I have a 73 gal with about 20 gal sump (12 gal of running water) = 85 gal total ~320 L. After the calculation I dosed 4 mL of cipro, please let me know if I did it right. Light and skimmer are off, took out carbon. I was reading the article and the person refrigerate the cipro. Did you do that too?
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Yes, I also refrigerated cipro and best if protected from light, so I foil wrapped the tube. That might be overkill since it's usually dark in the fridge, unless people are opening and closing a lot.
 
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Yes, I also refrigerated cipro and best if protected from light, so I foil wrapped the tube. That might be overkill since it's usually dark in the fridge, unless people are opening and closing a lot.
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Thank you so much
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Yes, I also refrigerated cipro and best if protected from light, so I foil wrapped the tube. That might be overkill since it's usually dark in the fridge, unless people are opening and closing a lot.
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Also I’ve been dosing nopox. Do you know if it’s still safe to dose it?
 
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NOPoX feeds bacteria… prolly best not to dose cause the whole point of cipro treatment is to reduce e bacterial numbers.

Keeping skimmer on is fine but usually I turn it off the first hour after a cipro dose (it goes crazy sometimes).


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NOPoX feeds bacteria… prolly best not to dose cause the whole point of cipro treatment is to reduce e bacterial numbers.

Keeping skimmer on is fine but usually I turn it off the first hour after a cipro dose (it goes crazy sometimes).


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Thank you. Did you also have all the lights off?
 
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Thank you. Did you also have all the lights off?
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Yes, I dose at night after the lights turn off.

Supposedly the antibiotics will start to neutralize when the next day comes at first light any way.

I also stir parts of my sand (top half inch), if they clump.


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Yes, I dose at night after the lights turn off.

Supposedly the antibiotics will start to neutralize when the next day comes at first light any way.

I also stir parts of my sand (top half inch), if they clump.


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After that do you have your light back on or the light off for the whole treatment?
 
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