You know what I wondered about soak food in cipro. My nem started to eat 5 days in. I thought about that but didn’t pull the trigger. Obviously there would be no way to know how much would be absorbed but I wonder if it could be beneficialI am in the middle of treating a H. Magnifica that was in my tank for about a month and then began to decline.
I am treating in a 10 gallon and at day 5, I was doing some more reading and read a post about someone using a powerhead to blow water directly into the mouth and noticing a massive improvement the next day.
My nem was starting to improve after 5 days but progress was slow so I decided to try forcing the ABX water into the animal. I used an OLD, WORN HYDOR PICO for this. I can't stress enough how little water this powerhead moved. It was extremely gentle and I simply pointed it towards the mouth for about a minute.
I didn't blow the nem up like a balloon but it was a little more inflated when I was done.
The next day, I was surprised to see all signs of deflation were gone, mouth closed and it was inflated to nearly double the size of the night before. I believe that assisting the new in taking in the ABX treated water improved it's effectiveness but again, this powerhead was almost finished and was extremely gentle. If it was a larger one, it would probably do more harm than good.