Baltimore Bryan
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I need some opinions on what (if anything) I should do for some fish I have. I got all 3 at the same time from the same place, and all looked fine (bangaii cardinal, orchid dottyback, and royal gramma).
The dottyback started scratching on some rocks about a week later, and the gramma began to also a few days after that. The cardinal has never scratched from what I've seen. All fish look fine externally/ no visible white spots or discolored patches of skin or fins. The act normal for the most part, although occasionally the dottyback does kind of hover/ rest on the sand for a minute or two. All are eating fine, water parameters are good, etc.
I treated with PraziPro, thinking it could be flukes, for the recommended dose and repeated 3x as the instructions said. It's been about 2-2.5 weeks since the last dose and the dottyback still scratches (gramma occasionally scratches).
I would have thought that the Prazi would have worked if it were flukes, but I don't see anything else and I can't figure out what it may be. I've also read that sometimes fish continue to scratch after the flukes leave for a time because the tissue that the flukes hooked into remains irritated, so that could be it.
Like I said, they are acting pretty normal, eat well, etc. and I would have expected them to be in worse shape by now if it was a serious infection of some sort. Any thoughts on what could have been the cause, whether I should treat again/ with something else, or just leave them and watch?
Thanks,
Bryan
The dottyback started scratching on some rocks about a week later, and the gramma began to also a few days after that. The cardinal has never scratched from what I've seen. All fish look fine externally/ no visible white spots or discolored patches of skin or fins. The act normal for the most part, although occasionally the dottyback does kind of hover/ rest on the sand for a minute or two. All are eating fine, water parameters are good, etc.
I treated with PraziPro, thinking it could be flukes, for the recommended dose and repeated 3x as the instructions said. It's been about 2-2.5 weeks since the last dose and the dottyback still scratches (gramma occasionally scratches).
I would have thought that the Prazi would have worked if it were flukes, but I don't see anything else and I can't figure out what it may be. I've also read that sometimes fish continue to scratch after the flukes leave for a time because the tissue that the flukes hooked into remains irritated, so that could be it.
Like I said, they are acting pretty normal, eat well, etc. and I would have expected them to be in worse shape by now if it was a serious infection of some sort. Any thoughts on what could have been the cause, whether I should treat again/ with something else, or just leave them and watch?
Thanks,
Bryan