I purchased a red Solon fairy wrasse about 2 weeks ago and I put him in a quarantine tank by himself. I hit him with prazi pro and today was his last day of being dosed with it. Should I put him through cupramine too? He shows no signs if ich and is very active. Feeding well too! Tell me what you guys think thanks a lot!
Questions on my new wrasse! Help please!
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No, IMO do not treat with copper unless the fish has Ich. Copper is a poison and should not be subjected to fish unless necessary. Wrasses are less likely to have Ich anyways compared to other fish. Just QT for a total of 6 weeks and monitor for any other signs of illness.
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^ Agree, but know you'll get lots of different answers on this subject.
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Cupramine is far more gentle than standard copper. I have put the same wrasse you have through a full treatment of cupramine with no ill effects.
BTW, fish do not always "show signs of having ich". Ich has different stages including one where it hides in the fish's gills. This is how it sneaks by many people so easily.
BTW, fish do not always "show signs of having ich". Ich has different stages including one where it hides in the fish's gills. This is how it sneaks by many people so easily.
I lost my terminal male C. earlie while treating him for Ich using Cupramine. I have successfully treated a C. lubbocki (terminal male), C. lineatus (juvi), and C. jordani (female). I completely agree that Ich can be present without the cysts showing. However after 6 weeks if no cysts were present, I would not hesitate to add to the DT without treating. I have done this with all of my fish, including my other Fairy/Flasher Wrasses and have obviously not had any issues.
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But I am curious as to how you QT your wrasses Hunter.
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Pretty simplistically. A minimum of 6 weeks, but prefer 8. Bare QT with PVC, a simple HOB, and the standard plastic hood (gutted) for a top. Nothing else to my setup.
Week 1: Observe; get it eating
Week 2: Round 1 of Prazi
Week 3: Round 2 of Prazi
Week 4: Prazi if necessary (if still seeing any subtle signs - head shake, etc)
Week 5 and beyond: Observe and treat as necessary.
Method of treatment for ich if it arises depends how far into that process it appears (but if it does it's usually late if it wasn't obvious on day 1). When it's late, I actually prefer to go the formalin route, but that's not for everyone.
Week 1: Observe; get it eating
Week 2: Round 1 of Prazi
Week 3: Round 2 of Prazi
Week 4: Prazi if necessary (if still seeing any subtle signs - head shake, etc)
Week 5 and beyond: Observe and treat as necessary.
Method of treatment for ich if it arises depends how far into that process it appears (but if it does it's usually late if it wasn't obvious on day 1). When it's late, I actually prefer to go the formalin route, but that's not for everyone.
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I may adopt this method. Do you ever do freshwater dips or Paraguard baths?
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No, never on either.
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Sometimes we do more harm than good, hitting healthy fish with a soup of various aquarium medications. None of the aquarium medications on the market today are overly effective, and most of them cause un-due stress, if used on a healthy specimin. I would keep him qt'd for a few weeks, in quality water and make sure he is eating well, and I doubt you'll have any problems.
Thank you so much everyone for your input it really helps a lot! Yesterday I bought a Midas blenny and put him in quarantine with my wrasse. The LFS that I got him from had the blenny in a low dosage of cupramine for 2 weeks. With that being said, should I put cupramine for a week in the tank and let them both go through? Kill two birds with one stone kinda deal and then prazi pro?
IMO, no. Don't use Cupramine or other copper unless needed. Just 2 rounds of Prazi during the 6-8 week long QT.
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Most definitely.
Many of the other species of fairies do quite well with each other. Species in the Genera of Paracheilinus, Wetmorella, Macropharyngodon, Terelabrus, Pseudojuloides, Pseudocheilinops, and Most Halichoeres will go perfectly with fairy wrasses.
