Flukes?

[Solasis]

I've had this exquisite wrasse for around a month. He acts normal.. but sometimes flashes. Eats great.

He had some lympho or a bacterial nodule issue after settling in.. and its MOSTLY gone now. I chalked up the flashing to itchiness from that. Yesterday.. I noticed one of the scales became dislodged. This morning, one more. I'm now thinking this might be flukes?

No other fish showing issues.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Could be flukes, although fish rarely scratch so much as to dislodge scales if they have flukes.

Prazipro is generally reef safe. Some people report wrasses being sensitive to that, but I've not seen that myself. You do need to increase aeration when dosing it with wrasses though. You should dose it, then 8 days later, do a 25% water change and dose it again.

Jay

 

[vetteguy53081]

I've had this exquisite wrasse for around a month. He acts normal.. but sometimes flashes. Eats great.

He had some lympho or a bacterial nodule issue after settling in.. and its MOSTLY gone now. I chalked up the flashing to itchiness from that. Yesterday.. I noticed one of the scales became dislodged. This morning, one more. I'm now thinking this might be flukes?

No other fish showing issues.

May be injury or bite marks . Pics are a little fuzzy but generally you can see symptoms versus the actual flukes themselves. In some instances, this can even be sand. If flukes, some things you will see is heavy breathing, loss of appetite, itching itself against objects, sudden darting across tank , fish seem to be yawning and even clamped fins

 

[Solasis]

Could be flukes, although fish rarely scratch so much as to dislodge scales if they have flukes.

Prazipro is generally reef safe. Some people report wrasses being sensitive to that, but I've not seen that myself. You do need to increase aeration when dosing it with wrasses though. You should dose it, then 8 days later, do a 25% water change and dose it again.

Jay

Thanks Jay. I was worried this could be uronema as I had a possible scare with that a few months ago being in my DT... but the fish still eats amazingly so I crossed that off my mind. If not flukes, could lympho or a minor bacterial infection cause this?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Thanks Jay. I was worried this could be uronema as I had a possible scare with that a few months ago being in my DT... but the fish still eats amazingly so I crossed that off my mind. If not flukes, could lympho or a minor bacterial infection cause this?

It doesn't look like Uronema. Lymphocystis is more often seen on the fins. It could be a minor bacterial issue - but if the fish was flashing prior to these spots, then flukes are more likely.

Jay