Flukes

[Jilly92]

please tell me your reef treatments with dealing with flukes. What did you do? For how long? Were you successful? Did anything die?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

It depends on the type of fluke you are dealing with; Neobenedenia is the larger one, and is an egg-laying species, very difficult to treat in a DT. The other common species are Gryrodactylids - they can often be treated with Prazipro in the DT. However, you need to increase aeration, and this drug is simply not 100% reef safe, so expect some collateral damage with more delicate inverts.

Jay

 

[av8soulfly]

Fluke worms can be treated with Prazipro. Remove carbon, turn off skimmer, increase O2 and circulation. I treated my butterflies for about 10 days and it worked great. Freshwater dip will show them dropping off the fish.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Those are Neobenedenia - Prazipro won't kill their eggs, and so there is a very commonly a rebound of the Neo after about 4 to 6 weeks.

Jay

 

[Jilly92]

It depends on the type of fluke you are dealing with; Neobenedenia is the larger one, and is an egg-laying species, very difficult to treat in a DT. The other common species are Gryrodactylids - they can often be treated with Prazipro in the DT. However, you need to increase aeration, and this drug is simply not 100% reef safe, so expect some collateral damage with more delicate inverts.

Jay

I'm not sure of which fluke. I made a post in regards to my clownfish having red bumps and my fish scratching in the sand and you suggested it could be flukes. Which I believe was correct due to dipping in rodi, I had seen little fingernail looking things. I went and purchased api general cure and will be dosing the tank tonight. Maybe that will help.

 

[Jilly92]

Fluke worms can be treated with Prazipro. Remove carbon, turn off skimmer, increase O2 and circulation. I treated my butterflies for about 10 days and it worked great. Freshwater dip will show them dropping off the fish.

Goodness

 

[Jilly92]

Those are Neobenedenia - Prazipro won't kill their eggs, and so there is a very commonly a rebound of the Neo after about 4 to 6 weeks.

Jay

This is so stressful. My flukes didn't look like that though.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

This is so stressful. My flukes didn't look like that though.

Yes - sorry, I was replying that the flukes that came off that other person's butterflyfish were Neobenedenia, and that Prazi doesn't work well for those. If your fish's flukes were smaller and not seed shaped like that, they are a different species and Prazi has a better chance to work. General Cure has the ingredients that should work, just follow the label instructions.

Jay