Newsmyrna80
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Have the FW dips helped him in the past? I'm beginning to think he doesn't have flukes but something else.
How to treat gill flukes?
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The_Blenny357
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He died 
. i did a FW dip on him for 4 minutes, didnt see anything. Then put him back in the tank, noticed white dots on his fin, body, and also things looking like very very small pieces of rice, all over, the dots and rice looking things were on his face too.
Then i put him back in the fw and when i put him back in the tank he sat motionless, no gill movement. No white things ether.
God bless his little sole...
. i did a FW dip on him for 4 minutes, didnt see anything. Then put him back in the tank, noticed white dots on his fin, body, and also things looking like very very small pieces of rice, all over, the dots and rice looking things were on his face too. Then i put him back in the fw and when i put him back in the tank he sat motionless, no gill movement. No white things ether.
God bless his little sole
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Newsmyrna80
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Oh geez, I'm sorry. It sucks when you try so hard to save them to no avail. But you did try. How are the other fish doing?
The_Blenny357
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Thanks. Others ate great today as usual, one clown scratched this morning. What else do you think it might be? If i had the courage to search the blennys body then i might be aboe to find something but he is so cute and i dont wanna have to stare into his little glassy eyes anymore.
To top it off my cat ate my clown goby out of my 3g rimless this morning, i didnt really pay much attention to him though but i guess my cat had a good meal lol
Newsmyrna80
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Wow...you should feed that cat As far as the clown scratching; are there any spots? Is he breathing ok? How long has he been scratching? Have you ever done a dip on him? How long have you had him?
As far as the clown scratching; are there any spots? Is he breathing ok? How long has he been scratching? Have you ever done a dip on him? How long have you had him?
The_Blenny357
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Wow...you should feed that cat
Lol, shes fat and always has food t the ready but will take a meal out of the ordinary any chance she gets, my pac man frog almost suffered the same fate while i was feeding him lol.
The_Blenny357
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Wow...you should feed that cat
No spots, cant tell about the breathing because their super fast whenever im around the tank, wanting to be fed...
Ive had them both for about 7-8 months, just started this like a week after i got the blenny. (they were in my 37g but i moved them to the 20, where this has been going on.)
Never done a dip on ether one. They twitch alot and do some wierd vibrations alot? Goby is still good, no signs of anything.
They open their mouths really wide a few times a day (dont know if this is a symptom of anything or not...)
The_Blenny357
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The_Blenny357
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Well guys no progress, its been about 5 months, im doing a FW dip on the clowns and goby tommarow
The_Blenny357
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All the prazi really seems to be doing is keep the clowns from scratching until 6 days after dose and they start back up, the goby has some new tearing and little dots on i his tail fin
Newsmyrna80
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Antibiotics will have no effect on the flukes. You may have to resort to formalin dips or a bath.
Chicago
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That's what I thought. I have a 500 gallon sps dominated reef with 4 glue tangs 2 purple 2 yellow tangs scribbled 2 regals bandit and more. What I'm trying to say is there real is no way to take out all the fish. They are all fat and eating well. Is it normal for them to be fat and eating and do well for months and yet have flukes
Newsmyrna80
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Are the clown and goby in the same tank as the tangs? Yes, it can happen that a fish can be eating well and still have flukes IME. But eventually the population will overwhelm the fish.
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