Powder Blue Tang in Quarantine

[Mike Lemming]

Hi guys!
I currently have a Powder Blue Tang in quarantine who has been there for only 2 weeks. When he first went in, he had a few bits of ich on him but after using Cupramine, he doesn't have any signs of ich and is eating really well. I also just got in a bottle of PraziPro which I will start using soon.
Questions: I am going to do a water change tomorrow and then start dosing the PrazPro, How long do I run the PraziPro?
Also, Is it absolutely necessary to QT for 6 weeks? If after 4 weeks he is eating and no signs of disease, can I add him to the main display?
Last, can PraziPro be ran with Cupramine or should they be ran separately?

This is my first run with a QT tank and my first run with PraziPro and Cupramine.

Thanks for the help everyone!

 

[Bmartinez76]

Patience. I would do 6 weeks to be sure because if you don't and it reappears you'll be upset that you didn't wait 2 more weeks and will now need to spend more time in treatment for not only the PB, but also other fish in your DT.

 

[Mike Lemming]

Patience. I would do 6 weeks to be sure because if you don't and it reappears you'll be upset that you didn't wait 2 more weeks and will now need to spend more time in treatment for not only the PB, but also other fish in your DT.

Very true! If I run the Cupramine for a couple weeks, should I use carbon to get the copper out and then start with the prazipro? Then, run the prazipro for a couple weeks followed by more carbon and then 2 weeks of clean water to observe? Not too sure how the sequence of events with QT goes. Thanks for the help man!

 

[Duke4Life]

I like 2 do 2-3 rounds with Prazipro.

 

[Bmartinez76]

You can run prazi pro with copper. I would do a water change prior to prazi pro. Then day 7 after treatment another water change and do a 2nd dose of prazi pro.

 

[Mike Lemming]

I like 2 do 2-3 rounds with Prazipro.

Is a "round" 7 days?

 

[Mike Lemming]

You can run prazi pro with copper. I would do a water change prior to prazi pro. Then day 7 after treatment another water change and do a 2nd dose of prazi pro.

Awesome. I will do a water change tomorrow and then start the PraziPro. Thanks man!

 

[Duke4Life]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-quarantine.189815/

And for me I do every 5 days, or 3 rounds in under 2 weeks. If you ever get wrasses I slightly under dose and main reason I prefer 3 rounds as they're prone to flukes and parasites.

 

[Bmartinez76]

usually the medication lasts 3 days. but you want any parasites that might not have hatched to hatch with in the week then catch them with the 2nd dose. that is how I understood the treatment. You can even go 3 rounds if you wish, but I found 2 to work for me.

 

[Mike Lemming]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-quarantine.189815/

And for me I do every 5 days, or 3 rounds in under 2 weeks. If you ever get wrasses I slightly under dose and main reason I prefer 3 rounds as they're prone to flukes and parasites.

Thanks man!

 

[Mike Lemming]

usually the medication lasts 3 days. but you want any parasites that might not have hatched to hatch with in the week then catch them with the 2nd dose. that is how I understood the treatment. You can even go 3 rounds if you wish, but I found 2 to work for me.

Thanks. Maybe I'll try the 2 rounds and see how that goes. Once I done with medication, do I just add carbon and keep "clean" water in the tank just for observation?

 

[melypr1985]

Hi guys!
I currently have a Powder Blue Tang in quarantine who has been there for only 2 weeks. When he first went in, he had a few bits of ich on him but after using Cupramine, he doesn't have any signs of ich and is eating really well. I also just got in a bottle of PraziPro which I will start using soon.
Questions: I am going to do a water change tomorrow and then start dosing the PrazPro, How long do I run the PraziPro?
Also, Is it absolutely necessary to QT for 6 weeks? If after 4 weeks he is eating and no signs of disease, can I add him to the main display?
Last, can PraziPro be ran with Cupramine or should they be ran separately?

This is my first run with a QT tank and my first run with PraziPro and Cupramine.

Thanks for the help everyone!

You can run prazi with copper but it can be tricky. A bacterial bloom can happen when you do this, sucking the oxygen out of the water and causing it to be cloudy. The trick to reducing the chances of this are to not add copper and prazi on the same day. If you do a water change and add copper to that new water, then I wouldnt add prazi that same day. You would do it the next day. To be totally safe, you would simply wait until the 30 days of copper were over to dose prazi.

For your information: Prazi is only active in the water for 48 hours. It does it's work within 24 hours. You can do a water change as soon as 24 hours after dosing prazi into the water without reducing the effectiveness of the med.

I hope this was helpful. Good luck!

 

[4FordFamily]

You can run prazi with copper but it can be tricky. A bacterial bloom can happen when you do this, sucking the oxygen out of the water and causing it to be cloudy. The trick to reducing the chances of this are to not add copper and prazi on the same day. If you do a water change and add copper to that new water, then I wouldnt add prazi that same day. You would do it the next day. To be totally safe, you would simply wait until the 30 days of copper were over to dose prazi.

For your information: Prazi is only active in the water for 48 hours. It does it's work within 24 hours. You can do a water change as soon as 24 hours after dosing prazi into the water without reducing the effectiveness of the med.

I hope this was helpful. Good luck!

Agree. I avoid them together when possible.

 

[Humblefish]

Agree. I avoid them together when possible.

+1 Most of the time there are no issues mixing them, but a bacterial bloom (cloudy water) can occur & become a big problem in a QT.

Also, the presence of copper slightly reduces praziquantel's effectiveness. So be sure not to underdose if you choose to mix them.

 

[Johnseye]

Aerate the crap out of your qt. Powerhead, airstones, screened or open top. You need gas exchange. Prazi sucks the oxygen out of the tank. #1 killer of fish being treated with prazi IME.

I just had success with a PBT. No copper, but TTM. Then after that was done, two rounds of prazi. I didn't do prazi with ttm because I wanted to limit stress and make sure he kept eating. If I had seen any signs of flukes or him not eating I would have begun prazi treatment during ttm. Because I didn't I waited. I was going to anyway for observation, so why not keep the stress down.

 

[MT. Reefer]

I had success with my PBT by first doing a 5 to 6 minute fresh water bath then treated with Cupramine for two weeks then another fresh water bath and Cupramine for another three weeks. Now over two and a half years old. And fat.
I can't stress enough, the importance of the fresh water bath when they come down hard with ich.

 

[Debramb]

Does anyone have experience with Blue Line Safety Stop, live fish quarrentine? Maybe for new fish, before quarrentine?
Thanks, it might be to good to true. On TV show Tanked, LA wholesalers Sea Dwelling creatures (huge place) the owner said he was starting to rep the entire Blue Line products.

 

[Piranhapat]

I don't think it wise to use prazipro with any water that contains cupramine. Sea chem even states that don't mix any other medication with it. Make sure you removed all of cupramine. Why do you want to start prazipro so quickly. You have signs of other parasite. I would wait a few days or a week. Tangs are very sensitive to any kind of medication. It's a good sign that he's eating. Prazipro is safe but hitting him back to back might not be necessary. Plus Prazipro is not a long treatment as cupramine or any other copper. You can dose Prazipro a week before you put him in DT . A lot of time not necessary to repeat.
You are dealing with a sensitive Power blue.

 

[Boomdr]

Hi guys!
I currently have a Powder Blue Tang in quarantine who has been there for only 2 weeks. When he first went in, he had a few bits of ich on him but after using Cupramine, he doesn't have any signs of ich and is eating really well. I also just got in a bottle of PraziPro which I will start using soon.
Questions: I am going to do a water change tomorrow and then start dosing the PrazPro, How long do I run the PraziPro?
Also, Is it absolutely necessary to QT for 6 weeks? If after 4 weeks he is eating and no signs of disease, can I add him to the main display?
Last, can PraziPro be ran with Cupramine or should they be ran separately?

This is my first run with a QT tank and my first run with PraziPro and Cupramine.

Thanks for the help everyone!

Yes, you CAN run copper and prazi at the same time. I am doing it as we speak, no problem.