Prazipro in DT ?

Breakthecycle2 · Dec 31, 2015

Im sure it's ok to do it, but can it be dosed into your DT? I believe Im seeing signs of flukes, which baffles me considering everything gets QT'd. I am seeing rice grain sized clearish white spots on my Morrish Idols' front fins and some fish are scratching their heads and gills on the sand and rock. I do not believe it's ICH. What should the dose be? About half?

Triggreef · Dec 31, 2015

Normal dose as far as I know. I haven't done that in a long time. If your going to do it once, may as well do the 3 doses 5 days apart.

Triggreef · Dec 31, 2015

Since we were debating about cleaner shrimp a few days ago... How about a couple of those? I was actually going to post a thread about cleaner shrimp and flukes specifically to see if anyone knows for sure...

Humblefish · Dec 31, 2015

Triggreef said:
Normal dose as far as I know. I haven't done that in a long time. If your going to do it once, may as well do the 3 doses 5 days apart.

+1 Just be careful not to overdose if you have wrasses.

Duke4Life · Dec 31, 2015

Breakthecycle2 said:
Im sure it's ok to do it, but can it be dosed into your DT? I believe Im seeing signs of flukes, which baffles me considering everything gets QT'd. I am seeing rice grain sized clearish white spots on my Morrish Idols' front fins and some fish are scratching their heads and gills on the sand and rock. I do not believe it's ICH. What should the dose be? About half?

I had to dose my DT a few months ago and never saw an issue. I ended up doing 3 rounds since I used a tad bit less than recommended because of my wrasses like @Humblefish mentioned. No signs since I dosed and everything looks the same, and I would dose again if the need arose without hesitating.

Duke4Life · Dec 31, 2015

Triggreef said:
Since we were debating about cleaner shrimp a few days ago... How about a couple of those? I was actually going to post a thread about cleaner shrimp and flukes specifically to see if anyone knows for sure...

Mine didn't do anything to it, that's why I dosed Prazipro.

Triggreef · Dec 31, 2015

Many guys in the leopard wrasse threads swear by dosing prazi in their displays multiple times. I would if I had to with no reserve but I haven't had to yet luckily.

rlman41299 · Dec 31, 2015

I have used prazipro in my display with no ill effects. Make sure you have your skimmer is dialed down to lowest setting or totally off since it will foam like crazy

Breakthecycle2 · Dec 31, 2015

Triggreef said:
Since we were debating about cleaner shrimp a few days ago... How about a couple of those? I was actually going to post a thread about cleaner shrimp and flukes specifically to see if anyone knows for sure...

DO they work?

Breakthecycle2 · Dec 31, 2015

rlman41299 said:
I have used prazipro in my display with no ill effects. Make sure you have your skimmer is dialed down to lowest setting or totally off since it will foam like crazy

How long did it foam for?

Breakthecycle2 · Dec 31, 2015

IS the full dose recommended?

Duke4Life · Dec 31, 2015

Breakthecycle2 said:
IS the full dose recommended?

Do you have wrasses? Also even with 2 cleaner shrimp once I noticed symptoms they only progressed until I dosed.

Breakthecycle2 · Dec 31, 2015

Duke4Life said:
Do you have wrasses? Also even with 2 cleaner shrimp once I noticed symptoms they only progressed until I dosed.

I have fairy/flasher wrasses, but I've done full doses with those in QT.

Duke4Life · Dec 31, 2015

Breakthecycle2 said:
I have fairy/flasher wrasses, but I've done full doses with those in QT.

I'd still slightly under dose. I went 3 rounds and haven't seen a thing since.

Breakthecycle2 · Dec 31, 2015

Duke4Life said:
I'd still slightly under dose. I went 3 rounds and haven't seen a thing since.

OK. Sounds good. My tank is a 250 total system. Should I do half?

Duke4Life · Dec 31, 2015

I've got a 125 and did about the amount that would cover a quarter less than the teaspoon per 20 gallons is recommended. Don't forget to include sump water volume as well when calculating dosage out. Looks like you'll need about 8fl oz to do 3 treatments (dosing new arrivals tomorrow if they are eating in qt).

4FordFamily · Dec 31, 2015

rlman41299 said:
I have used prazipro in my display with no ill effects. Make sure you have your skimmer is dialed down to lowest setting or totally off since it will foam like crazy

X2

Humblefish · Jan 1, 2016

Duke4Life said:
I've got a 125 and did about the amount that would cover a quarter less than the teaspoon per 20 gallons is recommended. Don't forget to include sump water volume as well when calculating dosage out. Looks like you'll need about 8fl oz to do 3 treatments (dosing new arrivals tomorrow if they are eating in qt).

^^Good advice.

melypr1985 · Jan 1, 2016

I've done prazi in my DT. I did see fading from my monti's but all recovered. This doesn't seem like a typical reaction, but I thought I'd mention it just in case. Good luck