My DT has been fallow now for 6 weeks due to an ?ich?brook?amyloodinium outbreak. (and will remain so for a few more weeks yet)
I will be treating the residents of the QT with Praziquantal prophylactically before I return them to the DT, as I managed to catch them all out of the DT and thought it's the best opportunity to get them all 100% "bug free" before putting them back into the DT.
I know that shrimp and snails don't host ich, so the fallow period will take care of any remaining ich in the DT, but can or do peppermint shrimp and snails host flukes?
Will the fallow period stop the fluke cycle?
If not, and I decide to treat the DT with prazi, will it harm the shrimp/snails and the mysid/amhpipods in the DT??
I have read previous posts where shrimp & crabs (shame, as I have a pesky soft coral eating crab that I can't catch and wouldn't mind if it met it's demise!) have been OK, but didn't see much in regards to snails/mysid shrimp and amphipods/copepods.
Any advice would be appreciated...
I will be treating the residents of the QT with Praziquantal prophylactically before I return them to the DT, as I managed to catch them all out of the DT and thought it's the best opportunity to get them all 100% "bug free" before putting them back into the DT.
I know that shrimp and snails don't host ich, so the fallow period will take care of any remaining ich in the DT, but can or do peppermint shrimp and snails host flukes?
Will the fallow period stop the fluke cycle?
If not, and I decide to treat the DT with prazi, will it harm the shrimp/snails and the mysid/amhpipods in the DT??
I have read previous posts where shrimp & crabs (shame, as I have a pesky soft coral eating crab that I can't catch and wouldn't mind if it met it's demise!) have been OK, but didn't see much in regards to snails/mysid shrimp and amphipods/copepods.
Any advice would be appreciated...
