Considering Dosing Paraguard to the DT

splix · Aug 21, 2017

I've got something going on with the fish and it's been up and down for the past few months. No spots but eyes are cloudy, they swim like something is on them sometimes, like they're swimming into a spider web or something. They just start spazzing and shaking heads or dart around for a few seconds. They're all eating normal and healthy besides whatever is on them. No fin rot or physical noticeable signs other than the glean on some of their eyes. I FW dipped my regal and nothing showed or came off like flukes so I'm not sure.
My tank is mostly FOWLR except for the BTA's and the random coral that decided it wanted to live after I went fowlr. It's all xenia and mushrooms. If the coral dies, whatever. Not a concern. My main concern is the anemones that I'd really like to live.

My question is am I going to regret dosing paraguard? I cant really find a lot of info from people dosing it into the DT. Is it going to kill all my snails, hermit, BTA's?

I also have prazipro, which I've tried in the past but never got great results from because I couldnt really get a good cycle on it. I was running bio pellets in the past so I couldnt turn off the skimmer for very long. Now I'm not running pellets and can safely keep the skimmer off.

I really dont want to go fallow yet because trying to catch all these fish are going to stress them out big time, and a lot will just die in the QT from stress. The tank isnt that bad, it's not to the point that fish are dying, flashing, exploded with ich, etc.
Thanks

Maritimer · Aug 22, 2017

ParaGuard advertises itself as "fish and filter safe", so I'm pretty certain it would spell doom for both corals and anemones, as well as motile inverts - which would make things pretty messy in your water and filter systems.

I'm not sure what you've got going on in there, so wouldn't know what _to_ dose, but @melypr1985 or @Humblefish might see something in your description that I'm missing.

~Bruce

Humblefish · Aug 22, 2017

Since a FW dip failed to show flukes, the symptoms you describe sound like parasites inside the gills. Most likely ich if fish aren't dying, but their immune systems are struggling to contain the parasitic infestation.

You have two choices: 1) Eliminate the disease 2) Help your fish manage it.

Reading this article might help you decide: https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/ich-eradication-vs-management.45/

melypr1985 · Aug 22, 2017

Humblefish said:
Since a FW dip failed to show flukes, the symptoms you describe sound like parasites inside the gills. Most likely ich if fish aren't dying, but their immune systems are struggling to contain the parasitic infestation.

You have two choices: 1) Eliminate the disease 2) Help your fish manage it.

Reading this article might help you decide: https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/ich-eradication-vs-management.45/

Agreed 100%

splix · Aug 22, 2017

Humblefish said:
Since a FW dip failed to show flukes, the symptoms you describe sound like parasites inside the gills. Most likely ich if fish aren't dying, but their immune systems are struggling to contain the parasitic infestation.

You have two choices: 1) Eliminate the disease 2) Help your fish manage it.

Reading this article might help you decide: https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/ich-eradication-vs-management.45/

I totally get it. I'm just afraid of having to pull them all because I know it's going to be a very stressful event for them with them already fighting whatever it is they have. Especially having to be housed in a smaller (75g) QT together. They're fighting whatever it is and mostly keeping it at bay, I just know they're not 100% clean and healthy. I dont know whats more stressful for them. Living with whatever they have, or pulling them and going fallow for 80 days.