Prazi then Copper?

[Cment]

I have a 55g QT with a yellow watchmen, female blue star leopard, heniocus, flame angel, whitetail bristletooth tang, male bluethroat trigger and naso (All fish are small 3" or less and tank was seeded with a 8x8x1 marine pure block) I have decided to treat the tank with coppersafe since multiple fish were flashing a lot and I suspect ich. This is day 2 as I slowly ramp up the dosage to 2ppm over 14 days since I feel the fish adjust better to this. I have also noticed a few fish "shaking" their heads due to possible flukes. I was going to treat with 2 rounds of prazi post copper but wonder if I should do this first and then start copper after treating with prazi or keep dosing copper as I do the prazi. I have read a lot of conflicting stuff about dosing both at the same time and know its not advisable to mix meds but can/should I do it here? What would be the best thing to do?

@Humblefish @melypr1985 @4FordFamily

 

[blkhwkz]

You could do a FW dip to confirm flukes. I've run both at the same time, but you could get a bacterial bloom. As your copper dosage is low right now might not be as much of an issue. Just something to keep an eye on if you run both.

 

[Humblefish]

You could do a FW dip to confirm flukes. I've run both at the same time, but you could get a bacterial bloom. As your copper dosage is low right now might not be as much of an issue. Just something to keep an eye on if you run both.

^^ This. Give one of the fish shaking it's head a 5 min FW dip: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/

If flukes show, treat with Prazipro. If no flukes, proceed with raising the copper.

 

[Cment]

^^ This. Give one of the fish shaking it's head a 5 min FW dip: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/freshwater-dip.248898/

If flukes show, treat with Prazipro. If no flukes, proceed with raising the copper.

Will do. If flukes are found should I do a large water change and run carbon to remove copper? Humble what are your feelings on doing both coppersafe and prazipro at the same time?

 

[Humblefish]

Humble what are your feelings on doing both coppersafe and prazipro at the same time?

You will likely be fine mixing the two; just watch out for a bacterial bloom (cloudy water) and provide additional gas exchange to compensate for the possibility of reduced O2 from a bloom occurring.

And always have freshly mixed SW on hand to do an emergency WC just in case the water gets too cloudy and fish are huffing & puffing.