BiColor Angel flashing

[Marinne13]

I have had a Bicolor now for 2 weeks...at first he was flashing like he had ich but have yet to see any signs of it, no visible parasites on skin for the past 2 weeks

I did notice he had a cloudy eye so I have been treating with prazipro for the past 7 days...first I dosed the tank and waited 4 days then did a 25% water change and now he is in the second dose but still scratching on rocks

could it be something else? I would have thought the prazipro would wipe out flukes

I have also noticed that he tends to swim almost parallel sometimes when in the strong current but he doesn't do it all the time and is constantly eating

anyone have any ideas? There are no visible signs of distress, fins are fine, color is great, no more cloudy eye, eats, not breathing hard etc..


This is a FOWLR system:
salinity 1.024
Temp 79
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 5-10ppm

 

[Newsmyrna80]

Is he in the DT or a QT? Based on symptoms it appears to be you are dealing with flukes. Are you able to do a freshwater dip to confirm flukes? IME even after flukes have been eradicated a fish will continue to scratch due to the skin healing from the fluke's hooks digging into the fish.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2388423

 

[Marinne13]

he is in the main display...I doubt I could catch him, it would stress him out even more

he doesn't scratch a lot but just on one side, the side where he had the cloudy eye

 

[Marinne13]

I only have two other fish in there which are chromis at the moment

 

[Newsmyrna80]

So I take it the other fish gave been treated as well since they are all in the same tank? Flukes are not always cured with two doses. You may have to do a couple more.

 

[Marinne13]

the other two have showed no signs and yes they have been in there with the treatment...I plan on doing another dose next week

this dose will hit 5 days Wednesday and I will do another 25% WC then wait a week and dose again

I have noticed that he swims weird, like parallel sometimes then scratches his gills on the rocks, it seems like he is more annoyed with it today then the past 7 days

 

[Newsmyrna80]

Unfortunately angels are highly susceptible to flukes so you will have to be diligent in treatment. I had an angel that could not kick them with Prazi so I ended up doing formalin dips.

 

[Marinne13]

If I had the resources for a QT I would do one...unfortunately I don't at the moment