Flukes and hypo?

[FishN00b83]

I have been battling flukes for a very long time now and they just won't go away. I am moving to a new house and upgrading my tank at the same time. I am hoping to eradicate the flukes during the transition to the new house/tank.

After reading the stickies here, I found that hypo would kill gill flukes/eggs after 5 days. obviously I have to keep the fish/rock in the hypo tank to eradicate the flukes, but what do I have to take out and put in .026? I have a bubble tip, a few lps, sps, and zoa colonies...I also have a shrimp.

I would REALLY like to get rid of the flukes for good and I'm willing to try the hypo. I just don't have more than 2 weeks for the whole process. anyone have any suggestions/advice for getting rid of flukes in a 2 week period?

 

[snorvich]

Prazipro x 2 a week apart.

 

[FishN00b83]

I did 5 treatments, a week a part with a brand new fresh bottle. they still came back

 

[Spar]

are you certain it is flukes you are having issues with? i haven't heard anyone say before that Prazi wasn't effective. when you do a freshwater dip on the fish do you clearly see the flukes falling off and laying on the surface? like little clear circle'ish things?

 

[FishN00b83]

are you certain it is flukes you are having issues with? i haven't heard anyone say before that Prazi wasn't effective. when you do a freshwater dip on the fish do you clearly see the flukes falling off and laying on the surface? like little clear circle'ish things?

I have not tried a freshwater dip in a long time now. I plan on dipping all fish when I start the breakdown of the tank and move. If its not flukes i'm not sure what else it could be. I TT everything and treat with prazi and metro before they go in the DT, so I'm really sure its not ick. I have also never seen any fish with white spots on them aside from the PB with white smudges in one eye (which I thought was flukes). Not really sure what else to do...

 

[Newsmyrna80]

I went through months of fighting flukes a couple of years ago. After A LOT of research I found that some scientists in Japan discovered there is a certain species of flukes (neobenedina girallae) that can be resistant to prazi. I ended up curing the fish with formalin dips. While it wasn't my first choice but it did take care of them.
There have been studies that have shown that hypo does cure flukes, however, I didn't have much luck with that treatment. I do know of some people that used levamisole with success.

 

[FishN00b83]

Flukes and hypo?

I went through months of fighting flukes a couple of years ago. After A LOT of research I found that some scientists in Japan discovered there is a certain species of flukes (neobenedina girallae) that can be resistant to prazi. I ended up curing the fish with formalin dips. While it wasn't my first choice but it did take care of them.
There have been studies that have shown that hypo does cure flukes, however, I didn't have much luck with that treatment. I do know of some people that used levamisole with success.

how did you take care of the ones actually in the tank? the formalin only takes care of the ones on the fish right? how many rounds did you have to do? what is levamisole?