Has anyone perfomed a double FW dip on wrasse with flukes?

[Maximus]

I just saw my wrasse flash against the rocks near the eye region so I can tell the flukes are still bothering her. I decided to do a FW dip for 5 min and couldn't believe what I saw! I must have counted 15-20 flukes! Now, her eye is still cloudy and I have her in a bucket so I can easily dip her again. She's recovering in the bucket for now and it's been about 15 min since her dip. Should or can I FW dip her again to see if more flukes fall off? I wonder why the Prazi isn't working? I suppose to be fair it's only been one day but I thought they would die within 4-6 hours? Thanks.

 

[Dmorty217]

How exactly did you dose the prazipro? Did you do two treatments back to back? Did you check the expiration date of the PP on the bottle?

 

[Maximus]

I added 4 teaspoons to my 75g tank with 20 g sump. I figure I have a total of around 70-80 gallons of actual water. I used a brand new 1oz bottle from Amazon but I can't make out the date. I added it yesterday so it's only been a day.

 

[Dmorty217]

Treatment calls for 5 days so after that retreat and observe your wrasse closely. If the PP isn't nice and pink when you use it it's probably bad

 

[Maximus]

Yep, will do. I just ordered another bottle from Amazon as I ran out this morning. I'll make sure to check the date.

 

[julie180]

Also make sure you shake it vigorously.

 

[Maximus]

Also make sure you shake it vigorously.

I don't think the fish would like that . Hehe I kid, I kid, yes I shaked the bottle for almost a min. Btw, I decided against another dip but will FW dip her in a couple days if her eye doesn't clear up by then.

 

[karm40]

Do you have a pic of the flukes on the wrasse???

 

[Maximus]

No but I wish I would have taken pics of them in the bowl after I fw dipped the wrasse. They were flat, oval and opaque in color.

 

[Dmorty217]

No but I wish I would have taken pics of them in the bowl after I fw dipped the wrasse. They were flat, oval and opaque in color.

Sounds like flukes to me

 

[Maximus]

Yep, definitely flukes.

 

[karm40]

Were they visible on the fish, I'm asking because my melanarus is acting weird and not eating...

 

[Maximus]

They were virtually invisible on the fish. I couldn't believe it when they came off.

 

[JohnoL]

Someone needs to take a video of this in the future - i find it hard to fathom there could be so many fluke but invisible?

 

[Newsmyrna80]

Monogeans usually can not be seen on a fish as they are transparent. They turn opaque once they are exposed to FW. As seen on this fish..

 

[csilverio]

Hello,

Is it possible to use prazipro in a DT, with SPSs?

Thank you

 

[Maximus]

Hello,

Is it possible to use prazipro in a DT, with SPSs?

Thank you

My tank is 99% sps with over 25-30 frags/colonies and it has not skipped a beat. I was also worried about the prazi but I remember that Interceptor now has prazi in it and I had absolutely zero problems with it. Today is day 3 of the prazi treatment and so far so good.

 

[csilverio]

Thank you, Maximus.

 

[Maximus]

You're very welcome, csilverio! I just got home and it looks like my Earlei's eye is clear! Wahoo! It looks like the combination of the fw dip and prazipro took care of it. I also received a new bottle of Prazipro from Amazon dated 7/2019 Plenty of time to dose it before it expires, hehe. I'm going to perform one more full dose (4 teaspoons) on fri and wait 5 days. I was going to do 3 doses but I think 2 should be enough.