130 X 36 x 36 inbound...any suggestions?

[WayneL333]

Awesome pickup Ted. I was eyeballing that hybrid angel pretty hard, but my tank is packed. It's really unique looking for sure.

 

[RouDaiLLe]

Hello,

Waiting for this genicanthus pix

I remembered i saw one already there = http://************.com/2011/01/14/...pilos-lamarcki-angelfish-appears-blue-harbor/

 

[humaguy]

Awesome pickup Ted. I was eyeballing that hybrid angel pretty hard, but my tank is packed. It's really unique looking for sure.

Hey bud,

I had the same experience..kept looking at her...enjoyed all the talk on that other site about her I had to, lol....I am amazed she wasn't snatched up quicker....

 

[las]

hey huma - do you quarantine every fish no matter whAT? Ive got a red sea regal that I dont want to take a chance on medicating because this is the only healthy and eating one ive gotten, ever. Im afraid he"ll stop eating and die.

 

[Ambition]

Ted, if you ever need to make room for another awesome fish I'll take the multicolor pair. I was eyeing them when they were listed. If I hadn't just dropped the same amount of money on my C. multifasciata pair that same day I would have gotten them.

 

[humaguy]

hey huma - do you quarantine every fish no matter whAT? Ive got a red sea regal that I dont want to take a chance on medicating because this is the only healthy and eating one ive gotten, ever. Im afraid he"ll stop eating and die.

qt doesn't have to mean medication...observation is a huge part of it...I would def. qt her but perhaps hold off any meds until she is settled and eating well...good luck!

 

[humaguy]

Ted, if you ever need to make room for another awesome fish I'll take the multicolor pair. I was eyeing them when they were listed. If I hadn't just dropped the same amount of money on my C. multifasciata pair that same day I would have gotten them.

Hey Kyle,

Good to know!

Thanks,

TK

 

[las]

qt doesn't have to mean medication...observation is a huge part of it...I would def. qt her but perhaps hold off any meds until she is settled and eating well...good luck!

i guess my questions is this....If after 6 weeks in QT, the fish is eating great and looks great, would you still use certain meds? if so which ones?

thanks

 

[caribfan]

i guess my questions is this....If after 6 weeks in QT, the fish is eating great and looks great, would you still use certain meds? if so which ones?

thanks

I'm not humaguy, but I do have a little regal that's been in quarantine for more than 3 months. It's been through three rounds of Prazi for treatment of flukes. The Prazi didn't do the job and I am now using De Los. The first day of the De Los caused obvious stress on the regal and 2 pyramid butterflies I am treating, but they bounced back the next day and seem none the worse for wear.

Once the flukes have been eradicated, I plan to do one if not two rounds of cupramine, I will go slow with the ramp up obviously.

I should add that early on in my quarantine of this fish, I had to treat for a bacterial infection. I used FW Maracyn and the fish seemed to handle it without issue.

 

[alton]

Caribfan on your regal did you do a freshwater dip before QT?

 

[caribfan]

He's been dipped twice since in my qt, that's how I knew the Prazi wasn't effective, still had flukes after the third treatment. He'll be getting another dip tonight right before the second dose if De Los.

 

[jnc914]

He's been dipped twice since in my qt, that's how I knew the Prazi wasn't effective, still had flukes after the third treatment. He'll be getting another dip tonight right before the second dose if De Los.

I had almost the same exact experience with a yellow belly Regal in my QT. It came in with visible fluke. Decided I had to start Prazi despite the fish not having a strong feeding response. After 5 days, it looked the same, and I did a dip and at least 12-14 large flukes came off the fish. I now question how effective Prazi actually is. I have used the API Prazi/MEtro mix (I think the "General Cure") and that was much more effective when dosed in back to back treatments.

BTW, I have used De-Los in the past, and it is a very strong medication. I think I even lost a few fish to it back in 2009, mostly butterflies. I haven't used it since. Actually I think most of the meds from National Fish Pharm are very potent, and at times too potent for some fish.

 

[caribfan]

Just a quick update since we're talking about regals and quarantine. I dipped all four fish in my quarantine tank right now, two pyramids, the regal and a starkii damsel. The dip was 10 minutes long for each fish and I removed flukes from both butterflies and the angel.

All the fish seemed to have handled the dip well, I added some NFG powder since it contains methylene blue.

I'm not really sure what my next steps are, I've done three, week long prazi treatments, back to back and now a week long De Los treatment. I'm getting to the point where i'm afraid the chemicals may start to have negative impacts on these fish, so I may just go with FW dips every other day until I no longer see flukes.

 

[las]

How does one ID that your fish has flukes?

 

[caribfan]

Sometimes you can see them on the eye or pec fins. The most definitive way to tell is by giving a FW dip. The parasites will come off and be floating in the water.

 

[SantaMonica]

There is a recent post in the fish disease section with close-up pics and microscopes of flukes.

 

[nflnick11]

I literally joined this site to follow humaguys thread.

 

[humaguy]

I literally joined this site to follow humaguys thread.

glad you are here and thank you!

 

[humaguy]

here is the geni hybrid...
she got here yesterday and was eating in the box...

 

[h.cordero]

Do you use praziquantel pure or prazipro!? When I used to import South America cichlids I used as diwormer levamisole is this used in SW world!? Do you have heard of this medication?