NEVER TREAT A DISPLAY TANK WITH ANTIBIOTICS! Topic treatment for cephalops is next to useless but if you want to try treat topically than a QT tank is REQUIRED.
I just guess on the amount of tetracycline and I won't claim it is a consistent dose each day. With the larger animals, I dig a hole in the shrimp, cover the hole with the powder and push it into the shrimp with a stick then repeat two or three times (depending on how well it went into the hole . Then I soak the shrimp in saltwater and work the stuffed part in an attempt to get it well embedded and somewhat liquified (it is quite bitter). There is a lot of the capsule left over and two would be enough for 10 days if I kept the remaining powder but I don't like keeping open drugs around because of the dog so I toss the rest each day. I would be more resourceful if I did not have plenty though.
One thing I should note. I have mentioned believing I have had success with this method now three times. There IS the possibility that the animal would recover on their own but I gave the medication as the infection seemed to be getting worse and believe it had a major impact. Where I have not seen it do any good is in senescent animals. Part of the problem there is to get them to eat but even then it may not help.
No temp changes, the AC is on and the chiller has been holding steady without much effort at 71 (set at 69 with an allowed 2 degree varience). I do check the water with two other thermometers (one stick-on and one digital) and they actually show the tank itself to be a degree lower.
I just guess on the amount of tetracycline and I won't claim it is a consistent dose each day. With the larger animals, I dig a hole in the shrimp, cover the hole with the powder and push it into the shrimp with a stick then repeat two or three times (depending on how well it went into the hole . Then I soak the shrimp in saltwater and work the stuffed part in an attempt to get it well embedded and somewhat liquified (it is quite bitter). There is a lot of the capsule left over and two would be enough for 10 days if I kept the remaining powder but I don't like keeping open drugs around because of the dog so I toss the rest each day. I would be more resourceful if I did not have plenty though.
One thing I should note. I have mentioned believing I have had success with this method now three times. There IS the possibility that the animal would recover on their own but I gave the medication as the infection seemed to be getting worse and believe it had a major impact. Where I have not seen it do any good is in senescent animals. Part of the problem there is to get them to eat but even then it may not help.
No temp changes, the AC is on and the chiller has been holding steady without much effort at 71 (set at 69 with an allowed 2 degree varience). I do check the water with two other thermometers (one stick-on and one digital) and they actually show the tank itself to be a degree lower.