Butterfly's and Flukes

[yetiman]

My Pearlscale has been in QT for about 3 weeks now. Is it necessary to treat for flukes. The fish looks great and eats everything.

 

[LargeAngels]

Do a FW dip in a clear container and see if flukes fall off.

Personally I treat all fish now with Prazipro for flukes and internal parasites.

 

[jnc914]

Prazi-Pro for all butterflies and Angels is a must. Most if not all come in with Fluke these days. You need back to back (2 weeks) of consistent treatment to ensure the flukes and any eggs are destroyed.

 

[rockworm]

Jason,

Thanks for the advice. When you say two weeks, is this 2 weeks continuous or 1 week, water change, then another application. I have a raccoon and 2 bannerfish that are in QT. I dipped this past weekend and all 3 had flukes. i applied the first application of PraziPro tonight.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13404572#post13404572 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnc914
Prazi-Pro for all butterflies and Angels is a must. Most if not all come in with Fluke these days. You need back to back (2 weeks) of consistent treatment to ensure the flukes and any eggs are destroyed.

 

[jnc914]

I do a 50% water change and the redose for another 5-7 days. I should have been clearer on that, sorry.

 

[rockworm]

Thanks Jason. I plan to follow your method. Both the heniochus and the raccoon are doing fine this morning after the first application. All three are in a 75g QT, as I did not have enough tanks to QT each separately. I actually bought them at the same time from the same LFS, so they are used to being together.