parasite on clown
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Try giving him a freshwater dip. Put him in freshwater for 1 minute and tomorrow put him in for 2 min and do that until a fourth day at a maximum of 4 mincan anyone identify these? they're about 1.5mm across and raised. look like a curled up worm.
can I scrape them off? there's one at the end of the tail too.
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You can’t freshwater dip a fish for 4 minutes, but I wouldn’t do any longer than that
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Do they look like this? Dactylogyrus trematodes, a fancy word for a type of flatworm. Can treat is with Prazipro, General Cure, and if really nasty case, with formalin.
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Do they look like this? Dactylogyrus trematodes, a fancy word for a type of flatworm. Can treat is with Prazipro, General Cure, and if really nasty case, with formalin.
yes!
the worms are gone now. leaving a mucousy looking area. and bow I notice my other clown is also developing little white bits on her body
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Do they look like this? Dactylogyrus trematodes, a fancy word for a type of flatworm. Can treat is with Prazipro, General Cure, and if really nasty case, with formalin.
unfortunately, general cure isn't available anymore in Canada, actually pretty much none of the actual medications are available anymore.
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Nasty little things, aren't they
I'd treat the tank with Prazipro. It's reef safe kinda. Might lose some bristleworms, etc.
I dont have, nor can I get Prazi
Canada is not very reefing friendly anymore
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Darn. Well you could certainly try using hypo: Hyposalinity – Scientific research also showed hyposalinity at 15 ppt for 2 days eliminated juvenile and adult flukes. When maintained for 5 days, egg hatching was prevented.
Hyposalinity
Hyposalinity (Osmotic Shock Therapy) What It Treats – Marine Ich (Cryptocaryon irritans) and Flukes (Monogeneans). How To Treat – Place the fish you wish to treat in a quarantine tank with SG & temperature matching the tank they came from. Over a period of 48 hours, gradually lower the SG...
www.reef2reef.com
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Or you can try doing a complete freshwater dip every couple of days: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/
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no qt so no hypo, 2 tanks is pushing it already with family.
do these things have a freeswiming stage? would dipping the fish kill all of the parasites eventually?
it's gunna be difficult catching them all... especially the gramma
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eggplantparrot
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you know what, screw it, I'm gunna set up a 10G hospital/qt in the near future.
I think I'll just fw dip the 2 clowns for now and then do hypo soon while I let the dt fallow.
my original plan was to qt/hypo when I upgrade to a bigger tank in the future, but I think I may need to advance those plans
I think I'll just fw dip the 2 clowns for now and then do hypo soon while I let the dt fallow.
my original plan was to qt/hypo when I upgrade to a bigger tank in the future, but I think I may need to advance those plans
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Fallow period for flatworms is 4 weeks.
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eggplantparrot
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I may as well go for the whole shebang. 76 days right?
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76 covers Ich, velvet, Brook, flatworms, everything except uronema which can survive without a fish host as it is partially photosynthetic.
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umm... the white stuff on my female clown are now gone too...
