Anyone know what this is on my clownfish?

[vetteguy53081]

Does it have to be PraziPro in particular, or can anything containing praziquantel be used?
I have never seen PraziPro in an LFS and I'm not sure on the availability of it here, could potentially get it online

PraziPro or general cure

 

[vetteguy53081]

Does it have to be PraziPro in particular, or can anything containing praziquantel be used?
I have never seen PraziPro in an LFS and I'm not sure on the availability of it here, could potentially get it online

Good news - You made me look up and I see you are in UK area. With that, obtain Sera Tremazole which is the equivalent of PraziPro

 

[Brad Coughlan]

Good news - You made me look up and I see you are in UK area. With that, obtain Sera Tremazole which is the equivalent of PraziPro

Ok that's helpful,
Thanks for looking it up

 

[Brad Coughlan]

PraziPro or general cure

Can flukes actually kill fish or just mess with their weight or behavior etc

I am wondering since there doesnt seem to be many visual indications of it, and it just makes me wonder if many people have it but just dont notice...

Also just to point out, when I treated my fish a few months ago for ich, I used a copper treatment that contained copper and formaldehyde, could've the formalin in that cured any flukes at the time perhaps? Because that firefish did ocasionally do that same flashing beford I treated, and then stopped after the treatment, and now has of course started once again

 

[vetteguy53081]

Can flukes actually kill fish or just mess with their weight or behavior etc

I am wondering since there doesnt seem to be many visual indications of it, and it just makes me wonder if many people have it but just dont notice...

Also just to point out, when I treated my fish a few months ago for ich, I used a copper treatment that contained copper and formaldehyde, could've the formalin in that cured any flukes at the time perhaps? Because that firefish did ocasionally do that same flashing beford I treated, and then stopped after the treatment, and now has of course started once again

Flukes will often get into gills affecting breathing, ability to eat why the increased breathing rate and literally suck fluids out of fish as they are Monogean flatworms that use hooks to latch onto a fish and can reproduce every 5-7 days

 

[Brad Coughlan]

Flukes will often get into gills affecting breathing, ability to eat why the increased breathing rate and literally suck fluids out of fish as they are Monogean flatworms that use hooks to latch onto a fish and can reproduce every 5-7 days

Alright then, sounds pretty serious

 

[Brad Coughlan]

Flukes will often get into gills affecting breathing, ability to eat why the increased breathing rate and literally suck fluids out of fish as they are Monogean flatworms that use hooks to latch onto a fish and can reproduce every 5-7 days

it has been 24 hours and its still there

Does this mean that ich and brook can be removed from the equation

 

[vetteguy53081]

it has been 24 hours and its still there

Does this mean that ich and brook can be removed from the equation

As with most medications, it often takes 48-72 hour for medication to take effect

 

[Brad Coughlan]

As with most medications, it often takes 48-72 hour for medication to take effect

Sorry I don't think I typed the question right,

I haven't added in any meds, I was just meant to say that the spot on the clown has been there for 24 hours, so does this mean that it is not ich, as in does that not match up with the life cycle of it?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Sorry I don't think I typed the question right,

I haven't added in any meds, I was just meant to say that the spot on the clown has been there for 24 hours, so does this mean that it is not ich, as in does that not match up with the life cycle of it?

Yes as mentioned, if a lesion would remain and not multiply and if ich would be more and located on other areas of body

 

[Brad Coughlan]

Yes as mentioned, if a lesion would remain and not multiply and if ich would be more and located on other areas of body

Alright thats good to hear
Honestly if its treatable in the display tank thats fine with me. Id hate to go removing rocks to catch fish to go into a qt

Thanks for the info

 

[Brad Coughlan]

Yes as mentioned, if a lesion would remain and not multiply and if ich would be more and located on other areas of body

48 hours since I first saw it, now it is begining to fade

Is this the behavoir / life cycle of ich? Or does ich just drop of instantly without fading away?

 

[vetteguy53081]

48 hours since I first saw it, now it is begining to fade

Is this the behavoir / life cycle of ich? Or does ich just drop of instantly without fading away?

Not ich but again viral or bacterial

 

[Brad Coughlan]

Not ich but again viral or bacterial

Hi again,
I know this is less relavent to this thread but it saves me making a new one

Does my firefish have fin rot?
When I took it out of QT about a month ago its fins were all beat up due to aggression I beleieve

And now about a few weeks ago its destroyed fins have these white lumps on them

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi again,
I know this is less relavent to this thread but it saves me making a new one

Does my firefish have fin rot?
When I took it out of QT about a month ago its fins were all beat up due to aggression I beleieve

And now about a few weeks ago its destroyed fins have these white lumps on them

Looks like either injury in which they dive into rocks quickly or aggression/nipping from another tankmate
This is one to keepan eye on for development of infection. General cure as recommended would help with this

 

[Brad Coughlan]

Looks like either injury in which they dive into rocks quickly or aggression/nipping from another tankmate
This is one to keepan eye on for development of infection. General cure as recommended would help with this

Spot on clown now dissapeared

 

[Brad Coughlan]

Looks like either injury in which they dive into rocks quickly or aggression/nipping from another tankmate
This is one to keepan eye on for development of infection. General cure as recommended would help with this

Firefish still flashing
Fish pooping frequently
Fish also "yawning"

I managed ro find PraziPro on ebay, so I'll likely get that and dose it into the reef tank, and of course remove carbon, skimmer and then add an airstone