PraziPro and carbon

[Sthermansen1]

So I started my first dose of PraziPro today before realizing 2 hours later I still had my carbon reactor running. The last time I changed my carbon was 5 weeks ago so I’m sure it’s pretty full. Is the treatment wasted? If so what should I do?

 

[vetteguy53081]

So I started my first dose of PraziPro today before realizing 2 hours later I still had my carbon reactor running. The last time I changed my carbon was 5 weeks ago so I’m sure it’s pretty full. Is the treatment wasted? If so what should I do?

Continue with Prazi treatment. Day eight you are going to be doing a water change and adding one more full dose to last an 8 day period. You can safely add 1ml to restore any lost if you wish

 

[Sthermansen1]

Continue with Prazi treatment. Day eight you are going to be doing a water change and adding one more full dose to last an 8 day period. You can safely add 1ml to restore any lost if you wish

To add to it it is a 150 gallon with 100 gallons of water volume so I dosed a total of 16 ml (4teaspoons). Is 1ml enough to compensate for the loss?

 

[vetteguy53081]

To add to it it is a 150 gallon with 100 gallons of water volume so I dosed a total of 16 ml (4teaspoons). Is 1ml enough to compensate for the loss?

Its not a compensation but a small addition until water change

 

[Sthermansen1]

Its not a compensation but a small addition until water change

Gotcha. I don’t think much for removed anyway within 2 hours with used up carbon

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

So I started my first dose of PraziPro today before realizing 2 hours later I still had my carbon reactor running. The last time I changed my carbon was 5 weeks ago so I’m sure it’s pretty full. Is the treatment wasted? If so what should I do?

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Stamper et-al indicates that carbon removes praziquantel, but they do not state the rate. Prazi is broken down by bacteria. Personally, I would play it safe and wait 8 days and dose it again, then dose it a third time after 8 additional days.

Here is a link to Stamper's paper:

Praziquantel degradation in marine aquarium water

Praziquantel (PZQ) is a drug commonly utilized to treat both human schistosomiasis and some parasitic infections and infestations in animals. In the aquarium industry, PZQ can be administered in a “bath” to treat the presence of ectoparasites on both the gills and skin of fish and elasmobranchs...

peerj.com

Jay

 

[Troylee]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

Stamper et-al indicates that carbon removes praziquantel, but they do not state the rate. Prazi is broken down by bacteria. Personally, I would play it safe and wait 8 days and dose it again, then dose it a third time after 8 additional days.

Here is a link to Stamper's paper:

Praziquantel degradation in marine aquarium water

Praziquantel (PZQ) is a drug commonly utilized to treat both human schistosomiasis and some parasitic infections and infestations in animals. In the aquarium industry, PZQ can be administered in a “bath” to treat the presence of ectoparasites on both the gills and skin of fish and elasmobranchs...

peerj.com

Jay

So while doing this you leave the skimmer offline the entire 24 days? Well, on but the cup just over flowing I should say.. curious as I picked some of this up and was gonna give it a shot as I have 2 fish flashing the sand.. just worried if I go 3 weeks without a skimmer my nutrients are gonna build pretty high and tick off my Sps lol..

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

So while doing this you leave the skimmer offline the entire 24 days? Well, on but the cup just over flowing I should say.. curious as I picked some of this up and was gonna give it a shot as I have 2 fish flashing the sand.. just worried if I go 3 weeks without a skimmer my nutrients are gonna build pretty high and tick off my Sps lol..

Each dose of praziquantel is only effective for 2 or 3 days, even less time over multiple doses. Therefore, leave the skimmer running (but overlflowing) for the first 48 hours after each dose, but then begin collecting skimmate again until just prior to the next dose.

Jay