Purple firefish got flukes, won't make it.

[Crashnt24]

My purple firefish has been acting normal all day. Then come evening feeding time and he is laying in the sand bed hardly moving... I inspected closer to see clear "bumps" on him that were moving slowly. I started googling and found out it was flukes. I did a freshwater dip in a last ditch effort to save the fish by relieving stress and detaching the flukes. Well it confirmed flukes, about 10 detached from him and sat in the container. I put the fish back in the tank, he is still laying on the bottom. Sadly he probably wont make it through the night.

I have a couple of questions going forward though:
1) Is my tank now infested with these flukes?
2) Should I be concerned for my other fish? I have a Foxface and a blue dot jawfish.
3) Is this infection localized to just the firefish?
4) Should treat the display tank with Prazipro?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Give firefish and any other suspect fish a freshwater bath which is generally effective against flukes. PraziPro also effective on flukes.
Make sure freshwater is same temperature and apply dechlorinator to water.

 

[Crashnt24]

Give firefish and any other suspect fish a freshwater bath which is generally effective against flukes. PraziPro also effective on flukes.
Make sure freshwater is same temperature and apply dechlorinator to water.

Already dipped the firefish. There is no way im going to catch the jawfish for a dip unless i tear down all my rock. I just want to know if flukes are a tank killer like velvet... if they spread easily from the firefish into the rock/sand? If so, i will dose the tank with prazipro. If not, no need to kill other micro fauna and stress the tank with the dose.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Already dipped the firefish. There is no way im going to catch the jawfish for a dip unless i tear down all my rock. I just want to know if flukes are a tank killer like velvet... if they spread easily from the firefish into the rock/sand? If so, i will dose the tank with prazipro. If not, no need to kill other micro fauna and stress the tank with the dose.

Generally not but flukes if able to Will seek another host

 

[Crashnt24]

Generally not but flukes if able to Will seek another host

Right on, I guess ill keep a bottle of Prazipro on hand and ready if the other fish start showing any signs..