Purple tang help

[Chitown tom]

I received a purple tang from a local reefer. Super fat and healthy.

I placed him into my qt on 6/12 dosed with cp.

He broke with inch a few days later then never came back.

I noticed over the last few days he has not been eating like before. I thought it was from the CP.

I have not been really observing him much as I have been outdoors with the kids.

Today 4 weeks were up and I was getting ready to do a 100% water change and pull out all the cp and dose Prazi.

To my surprise he has ich like white spots on his fins.

Is this possible?

I use a scale to measure out .82 mg cp and just topped off water. No new additions he is in the tank by himself. Cp is from diamond back.

 

[aykwm]

Id do a FW dip and check for fluke if you haven't treat with prazi yet. It might be a combination of flukes + secondary bacterial infection.

 

[Chitown tom]

I took a quick video can't seem to upload it

 

[Chitown tom]

 

[melypr1985]

I agree. Do a freshwater dip to see if those spots are flukes. If not, then we will need to talk about your QT practices such as: how you do your water changes and dose the new water with cp, cross contamination, and how far away any other tanks are from the QT, ect.

 

[Humblefish]

^^ I agree; what I see on his fins looks too large to be ich.

 

[Chitown tom]

Fw dip confirmed flukes.

Boy you guys are good!!!

Should I pull out the cp and dose prazi or can I mix the 2 and then do a 100% water change in 5 to 7 days and dose again?

 

[melypr1985]

Fw dip confirmed flukes.

Boy you guys are good!!!

Should I pull out the cp and dose prazi or can I mix the 2 and then do a 100% water change in 5 to 7 days and dose again?

You can use powdered prazi in conjunction with CP - not the liquid prazipro. Otherwise, you'll need to pull the Cp in favor of prazipro until that's complete then start the cp over again.

 

[Chitown tom]

Cp completed its 4 week cycle. Should I do another 4 weeks or just 2 does of prazi?

 

[melypr1985]

Cp completed its 4 week cycle. Should I do another 4 weeks or just 2 does of prazi?

Remove the CP and start prazi

 

[Chitown tom]

Ok all set new water and dosed prazi.

Thanks again for all the help!

 

[Chitown tom]

I checked him this morning before leaving for work and he looks much better!

This is my first time dealing with flukes and I am not sure how to properly deal with it.

Just to recap:
Went into CP 6/12
out 7/11
FW dip for 5 minutes on 7/11 and into new water + prazi

My plan is 100% wc on 7/16 then out of prazi 7/21.

Should I then go into a 2 week observation?
Will a 3rd round of prazi be needed?

 

[Humblefish]

@Chitown tom Looks good, except use this calculator to determine how many days before adding Prazipro again: http://marineparasites.com/paratreatmentcal.html

It takes water temp & SG into account, so this makes redosing more accurate than just going by the 5-7 day window.

 

[Chitown tom]

@Chitown tom Looks good, except use this calculator to determine how many days before adding Prazipro again: http://marineparasites.com/paratreatmentcal.html

It takes water temp & SG into account, so this makes redosing more accurate than just going by the 5-7 day window.

That is a cool website! Defiantly going into my favorites when I get home!
Looks like I dose 6 days after first no 3rd needed.

 

[Tanggirl12]

I use general cure every 5 days for 30 days for flukes.

 

[Humblefish]

I use general cure every 5 days for 30 days for flukes.

So the fish gets treated 6 times? Just seems like overexposure to prazi + metro.

 

[Heather w]

I received a purple tang from a local reefer. Super fat and healthy.

I placed him into my qt on 6/12 dosed with cp.

He broke with inch a few days later then never came back.

I noticed over the last few days he has not been eating like before. I thought it was from the CP.

I have not been really observing him much as I have been outdoors with the kids.

Today 4 weeks were up and I was getting ready to do a 100% water change and pull out all the cp and dose Prazi.

To my surprise he has ich like white spots on his fins.

Is this possible?

I use a scale to measure out .82 mg cp and just topped off water. No new additions he is in the tank by himself. Cp is from diamond back.

Ok. Ich LOVES tangs. And I found in my research, that this demon resides in live rocks lurking there waiting for a host. It will in someway have a deficiency. A scrape, low immunity, anything. DO NOT put him in your tank and for gods sake NO COPPER. There is an organic treatment. Works every time for me. If it's infecting his gills he might be to far gone. With patience and attention you might be able to bring him back.

Incidentally. This can treat your main tank if any of you main tank shows signs. In truth, I pop a touch in every week or so.

This leaves NOTHING to harm your ANY life form!! Get rid of ANYTHING that chemically treats inch. It is horrible for their stressed out little bodies. Nothing good happens to a reef when chemicals enters the picture!


I hope you can save him. A fresh water dip might get the larger tomonts to die and fall off his body. It must all be done gently!

 

[Tanggirl12]

So the fish gets treated 6 times? Just seems like overexposure to prazi + metro.

That's upon recommendation from Paul Poeschl and I trust him.

Do you think it's too much? I treated 3 times last time I had them but I was also doing copper and it worked.

 

[ngoodermuth]

@Chitown tom Looks good, except use this calculator to determine how many days before adding Prazipro again: http://marineparasites.com/paratreatmentcal.html

It takes water temp & SG into account, so this makes redosing more accurate than just going by the 5-7 day window.

This is cool!

 

[ebushrow]

Ok. Ich LOVES tangs. And I found in my research, that this demon resides in live rocks lurking there waiting for a host. It will in someway have a deficiency. A scrape, low immunity, anything. DO NOT put him in your tank and for gods sake NO COPPER. There is an organic treatment. Works every time for me. If it's infecting his gills he might be to far gone. With patience and attention you might be able to bring him back.

Incidentally. This can treat your main tank if any of you main tank shows signs. In truth, I pop a touch in every week or so.

This leaves NOTHING to harm your ANY life form!! Get rid of ANYTHING that chemically treats inch. It is horrible for their stressed out little bodies. Nothing good happens to a reef when chemicals enters the picture!


I hope you can save him. A fresh water dip might get the larger tomonts to die and fall off his body. It must all be done gently!

Ich attack contains CP in a very low dose...that's why it works....but not enough to eradicate ich