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11/19/2018, 03:05 AM | #1 |
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Flukes in DT! Need advice
I believe my DT is currently under the invasion of flukes as I'm seeing more and more fishes started to scratch on the sand.
I have been feeding medicated food (API general cure + Seachem focus) for the past 5 days, but i don't see any improvement. Should I continue to feed the fish by increasing the doses? Currently I using 2 scoop of API GC + 2 scoop of focus for 2 days of food. I understand I can dose Prazi pro directly into DT, but I'm afraid of adverse effect. My tank is currently FOWLR + a few invertebrate. Your advise is appreciated! |
11/20/2018, 08:11 AM | #2 |
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There is no reason to not does prazi into the display, especially if the tank is fowlr.
Or if you feel like catching the fishes, you can let the tank go fallow while you treat in a hospital tank. Are you sure that it's flukes and not ich, etc? Flukes will fall off during a fw dip.
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I didn't saw any visible white spot on the fish, they have been scratching for at least 2 weeks. I did an FW dip for 1 fish and saw some transparent bug after the dip. |
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If this is the case, are you able to advise any possible cause the fishes are scratching on the sand/rock? I don't see any visible white spot on their bodies. I have been feeding my tank medicated food (API GC + Seachem Focus) for past 9 days, but the scratching is still on going. |
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I not sure which fish is having thin slim coat, below are my current list. Fire Goby Yellow Clown Goby Bi Colour blenny Snowflake clown True pecula clown Yellow coris wrasse Blue eye anthias Cleaner shrimp Nassarius snail |
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I probably wouldn’t do anything until you have more evidence of exactly which disease is plaguing your fish. One strategy is to drip acclimate (over 2-3 days) some freshwater black mollies to match the SG of your DT. Mollies have no immunity to saltwater diseases, so this makes them excellent “canary fish”.
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I will use this as my last resort. My LFS recommended the below item for me to try out. |
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11/26/2018, 08:38 AM | #12 |
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Aqua-Crobes will do nothing for ich, velvet, flukes....
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