Cupramine and metronidazole??
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In dt i had added a ywg after cycling. The ywg was in qt for 1month. Treated for finrot, then after recovery a normal cupramine with prazi. It was there in dt for one month, then i got 2 bangais, that i guess had flukes, but after 1 of them died, i transfered 1 to dt, but the other bangai too died in just 3days. Then i saw an odd behavior of my ywg, so i treated it in qt for 3 weeks, then transfered it to dt. It was fine, but the inside of mouth looks red. i dont know wether it was always like that or it happened after flukes.
However the ywg is still fine, eats like a crazy, super healthy and fine. Hoeever the mouth is still red from inside.
Now i got red flame goby a week back, all normal and fine, and suddenly yesterday this happened. Its now in dt, hiding, comes out when no one is around, but as soon someone comes, it darts back in. Cant figure out if its ok or no.
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Hey guys, today i fed my dt garlic mixed with lobster eggs, and the fire goby is darting around out in open right in front, its eating too. Also its no longer getting scared. As red in an article, that garlic kills flukes, im feeding garlic soaked frozen food and also added some garlic juice to my dt. The gills look a bit pink, but no heavy breating. Ill try making a short video and upload it here.
It sounds like you may have some sort of latent disease in your DT. Maybe some harmful bacteria in the water that your fishes natural immune systems are having a hard time combatting.
Honestly, if I were you I'd start feeding only live or vitamin enriched foods. Soak the fish food with vitamin supplements - even Omega 3 fish oil. Try to beat this through proper nutrition. Also, run a UV (if you have one) as that will zap any free floating bacterium in the water.
Treating bacterial diseases differs greatly from parasites or worms. The latter have a predictable lifecycle that can either be killed at some point (with a chemical) or starved to death (by going fallow). Bacteria are a lot more complex and resilient. Some are good, some are bad. In the end, only a fish's natural immune system can ultimately defeat harmful bacteria. Antibiotics or using an antiseptic can aid in the battle, but only a fish's immune system can win (or lose) the war.
@nanomania The way your firefish is rubbing, I'm almost certain it has parasites or flukes inside the gills. 
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There is a organic ich treatment that does not damage live rock, just 1 use of copper and inverts are impossible. I lost my tank from using copper. I had to boil all my live rock and start over. Took 3 months to repopulate. Now I can grow and have beautiful fish. If you get a new fish and aren't going to quaranteen and are concerned use Quick Start, or another gentle transitional additive. Stay away from ANY harsh chemicals. If your fish has ich, chances are your whole tank will get it, if they haven't already. What I discovered in my research is that a dormant little nasty ich is living in live rock. It waits to find a fish who is less than perfect. Anything from stress to a wound. That's it's calling card and wahlla!! Disease. Look up organic ich treatment. I'm not in town right now so I can't can't give you a name right now. Most "treatment" makes your skimmer bubble like mad. If you do use one that does that you have to wait and wait for the bubbles to clear. The trick to that is removing the skimmer and the water in it. Cleaning it as well as you can. Use a bucket with a couple lids of bleach and run the skimmer for about an hour. Change the water and flush the skimmer in clear water for another hour. Do a water change. I HATE water changes! That's why I stick with mild treatments. Dr. Fosters is the best source for just about annything. This is probably way outside your question, sorry, I tend to want to share when I work out, research out, a problem I want others to know it ,maybe save them some time.
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My research has shown that the wild caught fishes do well for a week to 6 weeks and then just die. I know this doesn't cover all your post but wild caught are chancy. I look for larger specimens, ask all the usual questions, ask their source. Do a quick Google on the supplier and go from there. I got this anal when I got sick of throwing money at dead fish. I want then to live. I get so upset when I loose a fish.
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I am really sick of this new tank, never had somany issues. Is it possible that the rocks or sand has some sort of bad bacteria or maybe the salt i used was cheap one (Blue Treasure Synthetic sea salt) must have caused the issue?
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Why not just added prazipro to the display? I may have missed that part. If you can get General Cure, it will treat flukes as well, but it's not able to be dosed in the display.
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I did dose prazipro, nothing happened, iv called for new bottles, but wont be coming before 20th of may, as my sis is going to get it from usa and she is coming on the 20th of may.
General cure by API?
How is bacteria and fungus by prodibio & worms and parasite by prodibio
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I have no experience with those.
Yes. It's a powdered medication that contains both prazipro and metroplex.
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No, like i said in my earlier post. General cure would not be able to be dosed without a QT.
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Isnt metro and prazi ok to dose in dt? As prazi i have dosed in my reef tank, nothing ever happened, and metroplex by seachem can be mixed with food and fed.
Once added i can add carbon to remove meds and let the tank be inverts free for a month. Would that work?
