It depends if you're constantly adding fish - I would get all of them. If you aren't - I wouldn't get any of them because they all expire - and you have to re-buy them either way.
As we keep cold medicine on hand and asprin and bandages. . . . Often things will go wrong on a Sunday about 7pmwhen stores are closed and having them is an insurance policy.
Thanks @vetteguy53081 Im trying to be more proactive with my tank. I’m lucky enough to maintain an isolation/quarantine tank but to your point if something happens on a Sunday evening I’d prefer to have something on hand to start any treatment if I can.
I have been thinking about this a bit lately. As I understand it PraziPro contains a carbon source (Diproplene Glycol) that could lead to a bacteria bloom. The bacteria could thus degrade the Prazi. Combine this with common dosing of Metro as a broad spectrum gram-negative antibiotic. Why not just go straight to API General Cure instead? I know some reason must exist since PraziPro is always the go-to option.
Kanaplex and neoplex are within the same family of drugs - and are fairly broad spectrum (i.e. they kill gram positive and gram negatives - with more emphasis on gram negatives with more often cause bacterial infections in marine tanks. So - I don't think you need both of them. Maracyn Contains erythromycin, Maracyn 2 contains minocycline. Maracyn 2 is active multiple bacteria - and (according to the company) - is absorbed through the skin of the fish and thus helps with internal infections.
There are multiple issues. Yes, Prazipro is about 90% a glycol solvent. However, the same heterotrophic bacteria tend to consume praziquantel itself…just less risk of a bacterial bloom. Metronidazole is mostly used as an anti-protozoal medication, and may not always be reef safe. It is mostly effective against anaerobic bacterial, and those are rarely an issue with fish.
