Treating AEFW with Prazipro...

dnov99 · Feb 18, 2013

I have heard some people have success with treating an entire reef tank for AEFW with Prazipro. I was wondering if anybody has tried this and their experience, thought or comments. Thanks

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Jim_Dont_Care · Feb 18, 2013

i did the whole tank for flukes didnt have any trouble st all works good as long as you follow the directions

MattL22 · Feb 18, 2013

What r flukes?
Would love to hear of anyone treating with this for aefw!

I saw someone mention they treated tank with interceptor for aefw I thought that had no affect on the aefw?

Lacktaters · Feb 18, 2013

Flukes are a parasitic flatworm found in fish.

dnov99 · Feb 18, 2013

I am aware of the treatment for flukes, but I am curious if anybody has treated for AEFW with it.

MattL22 · Feb 19, 2013

Ostentum · Feb 20, 2013

The only thing that really works is levamisole chloride

MattL22 · Feb 20, 2013

As an intank treatment?

Reefnjunkie · Feb 20, 2013

Ostentum said:
The only thing that really works is levamisole chloride

scary stuff, the few people I know that did that treatment killed off their whole tank- Be Ã¼ber cautious

stunreefer · Feb 20, 2013

MattL22 said:
As an intank treatment?

No. Levamisole should only be used as a dip/bath, IMO/IME.

dnov99 · Feb 20, 2013

Reefnjunkie said:
scary stuff, the few people I know that did that treatment killed off their whole tank- Be Ã¼ber cautious

I agree, i wouldn't recommend it, I have heard the same stories. Doesn't look like anybody has tried the Prazi route.

schminksbro · Feb 20, 2013

I have been dipping acros in Prazi for years. It is very gentle and kills AEFW dead. I have dipped many deepwater acros that seem particularly sensitive to dips with no issues. I have also experimented with very strong dips and still no problem. I have considered trying an in tank treatment but have never needed to. However I have little doubt it could work. Of course it might not which is the scary part.

Scoly · Feb 20, 2013

When using this as a dip/ bath, how much, n how much water for how long?

Reefnjunkie · Feb 20, 2013

I've been using the advantage insect killer from Home Depot with great results, I've seen it kills red bugs too so thats a bonus for preventative Q/T treatments.

I had AEFW in my 400 gallon and BEAT them :clap2: the rotten little acro killing abominations- It required removing every stick from my tank and doing weekly dips but its been 3 months since I have put everything back into the display and I haven't seen a single bite mark or worm. I baste them every so often to see if I see one fly off- knock on wood all has been good so far.

I was lucky for years before I got them, now I Q/T for 4 weeks minimum while dipping weekly and everything gets cut off of what ever it came in on, colony or not.

I loathe those rotten little..........

Edit...the one thing I don't like about advantage is the mixed solution is milky and ai cant see the AEFW come off as I can when I used coralRx, but its cheap and safe

Nuocmam · Feb 21, 2013

Scoly said:
When using this as a dip/ bath, how much, n how much water for how long?

I would like to know also please.

schminksbro · Feb 21, 2013

Scoly said:
When using this as a dip/ bath, how much, n how much water for how long?

The dosage for treating fish is a good starting point although I have used much stronger doses without ill effects. As for length of dip i usually do around 10 minutes but the prazi will kill flatworms much faster than that.

Lacktaters · Feb 21, 2013

If the dosage for fish kills AEFW in less than ten minutes and many people have successfully used Prazipro as an in tank treatment for flukes, then I don't see why it wouldn't work in tank for AEFW.

creefer · Feb 21, 2013

Very interesting.....following this one.

dnov99 · Feb 21, 2013

Lacktaters said:
If the dosage for fish kills AEFW in less than ten minutes and many people have successfully used Prazipro as an in tank treatment for flukes, then I don't see why it wouldn't work in tank for AEFW.

In theory this sounds correct. But if you are dealing with a 500 gallon system, the dosage to kill the AEFW may be much larger than what it is for flukes. So large that it has the potential to crash the system. Thats why I was curious to see if anybody had attempted this with success.