Crypto Pro

[rinconmike]

Anyone use the Quinine Sulfate with snails and urchins? I might have ich in my 150 display (still determining if that is what it is) and debating on my options if that is it.

I have around 25 pounds of live rock and then also a wet/dry with bioballs.

I have:

6” Porcupine Puffer
6” Red Breasted Wrasse
24” Snowflake Eel
3” Coral Beauty Angel
2” Blue Damsel
One Urchin
One Conch Snail
One Turbo Snail

thanks

 

[Korrine]

Quinine sulfate is toxic to molluscs, and other invertebrates to a lesser extent>

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/quinmedfaqs.htm

 

[Seths Dad]

Ordered crypto-pro today, seems like the lesser of three evils ick since I have a mandarin that will have to go into the QT along with my other fish. I plan to add a couple of pieces of LR for the mandarin, so after the treatment I can add some pods for the duration of the fallow period in the DT. Hopefuly it will give him a little hunting area and something for the pods to attach to. I had an outbreak last NOV., went fallow for 6 weeks and have been quarantining ever since. My potters angel just started to show the signs this week, very disgusted!!

 

[Korrine]

Had a flame wrasse come in. Looked good but shorly after became afflicted with either crypt or velvet. With as fast as it went downhill I'm thinking velvet. Here's a video I took to show the sheen on it. You can see the white sheen when it turns. It was hard to catch with camera photo's especially. Still a bit hard to see with the video.

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Just a couple hours later spots appeared.

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I ran carbon overnight to pull out the Prazi Pro since Crypto Pro is NOT, I repeat NOT TO BE USED WITH ANYTHING ELSE!!! A friend called the company and said when it's mixed it changes the make up.

When I woke up the next morning it was already in this condition

The white powder in the picture is because is because I didn't mix up the Crypto Pro enough. It is a powder sugar consistency.

I treated on Saturday and it was up and eating a day or 2 later and even today ate pellets for the first time. I get to do a water change and remove the Crypto Pro with carbon this coming Saturday evening. I will then start Prazi.

 

[Korrine]

Here are 2 pictures from just a moment ago. As you can tell it's moving around well now and like I said earlier ate it's first pellets today!

I have the light off because Crypto breaks down in, I believe. I think I read that somewhere. If that isn't the case, I'm sure it reduces stress on the sick fish

 

[Samandar]

Hi, is quinine sulphat for live rock safe?

 

[laurie64]

Depends on what is growing on the live rocks. Most inverts will perish.