Internal Issues

Csi · Oct 1, 2016

Humblefish said:
A binder is a product which reduces the loss of medication to water through diffusion.

More info here: http://www.seachem.com/focus.php

Thank you

izzyishh · Jan 19, 2017

@Humblefish dumb question when feeding with Metroplex (or Metro-MS) when the food is added to the tank will it at all affect inverts? i have had a pistol shrimp for a few years and my royal gramma of 2 has intestinal worms.

izzyishh · Jan 19, 2017

also when you use Seachem Focus to make the food soak "reef safe" what happens to the coral that catch the food? I have a LPS tank and there's no stopping them from catching food

aaron23 · Jan 19, 2017

I have a sps dominated reef, the focus binds the metro into the food making it safe. Corals are just fine. The only concern should be the fish not eating the medicated food

Humblefish · Jan 19, 2017

aaron23 said:
I have a sps dominated reef, the focus binds the metro into the food making it safe. Corals are just fine. The only concern should be the fish not eating the medicated food

+1 Although running carbon whilst feeding metro soaked food is a good insurance policy, just in case a little gets into the water.

Mundeez · Jan 27, 2017

Humblefish said:
There are many different genera & species of intestinal worms, some more dangerous than others. A few are relatively mild. For example, I know a lady who had a tomato clownfish with stringy white poop for 9 years before she finally soaked his food in metro and it went away. So as with many diseases, hardiness and overall health of the fish also comes into play.

So I have a clown with white stringy poop...should I just feed EVERY fish in my DT, or should I take just the one fish out to QT and feed him there....in other words, do I need to worry about all the fish contracting these pests?

Humblefish · Jan 27, 2017

Mundeez said:
So I have a clown with white stringy poop...should I just feed EVERY fish in my DT, or should I take just the one fish out to QT and feed him there....in other words, do I need to worry about all the fish contracting these pests?

Feed all your fish metro or prazi soaked food. If one fish has internal parasites, odds are the others have them as well.

Mundeez · Jan 27, 2017

Humblefish said:
Feed all your fish metro or prazi soaked food. If one fish has internal parasites, odds are the others have them as well.

Thank you, will do!

Aj. · Jan 27, 2017

What should you do if the clown is not eating?

melypr1985 · Jan 28, 2017

Aj. said:
What should you do if the clown is not eating?

If the fish isn't eating, the second best way to treat is by putting him in a QT and dosing the water instead of the food.

Aj. · Jan 28, 2017

melypr1985 said:
If the fish isn't eating, the second best way to treat is by putting him in a QT and dosing the water instead of the food.

Treat the qt with general cure? Is general cure reef safe?

Ocelaris · Jan 28, 2017

Aj. said:
Treat the qt with general cure? Is general cure reef safe?

General cure is just prazipro and metrodozanol, so if those are not, then general cure isn't. I suspect it is not.

melypr1985 · Jan 28, 2017

Aj. said:
Treat the qt with general cure? Is general cure reef safe?

You would treat the water in QT with the general cure. It's not something I would put in my reef.

Aj. · Jan 28, 2017

melypr1985 said:
You would treat the water in QT with the general cure. It's not something I would put in my reef.

I'm just having a hard time catching my clown. Thanks for the advice everyone

Aj. · Jan 28, 2017

I got my clown in a 5g tank and got general cure in it. Can I put melafix as well to treat the fin damage?

melypr1985 · Jan 28, 2017

Aj. said:
I got my clown in a 5g tank and got general cure in it. Can I put melafix as well to treat the fin damage?

I'm not sure about mixing melafix in with general cure. I wouldn't mix those two together if you can help it. Metroplex, which is in General cure has antibiotic properties.

Aj. · Jan 28, 2017

melypr1985 said:
I'm not sure about mixing melafix in with general cure. I wouldn't mix those two together if you can help it. Metroplex, which is in General cure has antibiotic properties.

Ok thanks and what is th treatment timeframe? According to the box it's 4 days 2 treatments. One ever 48 hours

melypr1985 · Jan 28, 2017

Aj. said:
Ok thanks and what is th treatment timeframe? According to the box it's 4 days 2 treatments. One ever 48 hours

Well, you are treating for intestinal worms so that can take 10 days or longer. Treating the water may take longer than that and some intestinal worms can be very stubborn, so it could be two weeks or so.

Aj. · Jan 29, 2017

melypr1985 said:
Well, you are treating for intestinal worms so that can take 10 days or longer. Treating the water may take longer than that and some intestinal worms can be very stubborn, so it could be two weeks or so.

So I'll be adding half a packet every 2 days for 2 weeks? It's a 5g tank and also can I run some purigen in the back compartment as well?