That's a very good question. If the fish will end up in the same display tank, I don't think there is any added danger from doing that. If the fish in each tank came from different vendors, then there could be an issue with one tank having a particular disease that the other does not have.
Most flukes cannot be seen by eye without magnification. Very few types that you can.
Neobenedenia and other capsalids are the ones you can see with your naked eye - they look like little gray scales when they die and fall off the fish. Gill flukes are really tiny and when they die, they contort, making them tough to ID. Normal Gyrodatcylus skin flukes look like tiny bits of “dust” in the dip water - you can see them, but you need a microscope to really tell what they are….
Hmmm. dang. The instructions on the bottle are a bit confusing saying effective for 5-7 days. I thought that you could dose and then after 72 hours do a water change, wait 2 days, and then re-dose.
This is one instance where I go against label instructions - they just don't take into account the possibility of flukes eggs (which prazi does not kill). What you need to do is kill the adult flukes, then wait just long enough for any flukes eggs to hatch and reattach to the fish, but before they have time to lay their own eggs, then dose them again. I used to space this at 7 days, but have seen some eggs get through, so changed that to 10. Still, this is not a perfect method, and I've had to dose some tanks three times to break the life cycle.
Okay, so my best bet is to now wait 10 days (since I unfortunately dosed today already) and that will be the third dosage which will kill the eggs if I understand correctly.
I’ve had flukes twice. They are hard to see on the fish, except on the eyes, but are quite easy to see after a fresh water dip. They look almost exactly like sesame seeds.
Yes, One type does. Most though,cannot be seen without magnification.
If you decide to go that route, let me know and I can give you instructions.....
Okay I will, I really appreciate that. Is hypo hard on fish? I wonder if I should do it while I have the fish under observation for 2 weeks following the completion of copper treatment. As an added precaution... All this work to only get ich back in DT would...suck.
Personally, I find hypo to be a bit tougher on fish than coppersafe.
Okay. I will wait and see what happens at the end of copper / prazi treatment. The only fish still displaying symptoms is my Blue tang... no more spots or anything, but she's still scratching occasionally. After my third round of prazi ill do on 11/31 (10 days after last dose), I will expect things to be gone by 12/7. If not then I will likely abandon ship and begin hypo treatment.
