Flame Hawk with Clear Parasites?

[Jboulerice]

Help my Flame hawk fish has some critters crawling on him, they appear to be clear and dont look like flat worms.

I'm using Melafix now and he's on about 4 out of the 7 days of treatment... limited signs of improvement. The parasites are starting to do some damage and I need some serious advice.

Anybody know what and how to treat this problem?

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[Jboulerice]

I finally caught the hawkfish and gave him a bath of tank water and melafix for 30 minutes followed by a two minute RO freshwater dip. I hope this helps my hawk he's a great fish and would be a shame to loose him over lack of proper diagnosis, help me save my buddy.

 

[Jboulerice]

Parasites Removed with Fresh Water Dip

Parasites Removed with Fresh Water Dip

I was able to get the pests off using a 2 minute RO freshwater dip, heres a shot of the dead pests that fell off <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CWCkrqkNjh-ync3lbILAqA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pNGyYo71f_o/Sgm3Ef4XOkI/AAAAAAAAACU/7fH0FmaZsYY/s144/P5080041.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/Jbboulerice/CoralsToID?feat=embedwebsite">Corals To ID</a></td></tr></table>.

I figure the parasites are no longer in my tank as they have yet to return to my hawkfish or any other tank-mates.

 

[JHemdal]

That is Neobenedenia sp, an egg-laying fluke. Flame hawkfsih frequently suffer from this parasite.

Because these flukes are egg-layers, if they have been in the tank for any real length of time, there are almost surely eggs in the tank, waiting to hatch out.

If it was a fish-only tank, I would suggest a praziquantel treatment, but this may not work in many reef set-ups.

Jay

 

[Jboulerice]

My Flame hawk is the only one that seems to be suffering from the parasites, I'm working on giving him fresh water dips for 3 minutes daily and he isnt showing signs of them returning.

My tank has a great deal of corals, is there a medication or treatment that anyone can recommend that is reef safe?