is Prazipro reef safe?

[mistaflicksta]

I recently traded a flame angel for a powder brown tang due to my angel nipping at clams. I did the mistake of not putting it in a QT and it lead to my clowns getting What looks like Flukes and possibly ich.

I havent been successful at catching the fish from my DT and dont want to tear the tank down to do so.

I have been doing research on Prazipro and some people use it in ther DT but I havent seen anybody with a fully stocked reef use it in their reef.

Have any of you used it in a tank heavily stoked with coral?

How Reef safe is it ?

 

[Ycore]

I used in in a tank composed of softies, SPS, clams, and various LPS, and the only thing that seemed to be ****ed off for a day or two were my shrooms. No other inverts or corals exhibited problems whatsoever.

 

[mistaflicksta]

Thanks, how big is you tank and how much did you use in comparison to your tank. how long did you use it for? Did you dose several times?


More input from other prazipro users would be greatly apreciated

 

[AmirGTS]

I believe it will murder feather dusters.

 

[Toddrtrex]

I have used it a couple of separate times in my 58. Each time I dosed twice (( 7 days apart )), with the skimmer off and no carbon. I never once noticed any issues -- SPS, Zoas, clams, S. Haddoni anemone, numerous snails and crabs. I don't have any bought feather dusters, but didn't notice any difference in the one in my rocks.

 

[mistaflicksta]

Sweet, all signs are leading to actually being able to use prazi in my tank. I just orderd it I will dose when I get it and see how it goes

 

[Sk8r]

Keep a log and post it, listing species, observed behavior, skimmer activity, any adverse reaction, oxygenation (any species in distress) and general data about your system, size, equipment, parameters before, during and after.

It would be a great help to other people.

 

[mistaflicksta]

I need some jump start advice from some someone who has already done this.

I need to know how much you put in per gallon and how you came about your second dosing?

Didi it work Well?


I will try to keep a log of my actions, but I need some more advice before something goes wrong.

 

[AmirGTS]

I use 2.5ml for 10G on my QT. Repeat the treatment 5 days later, but do a large water change before repeating the treatment. I would also advise to do a water change prior to the first treatment as well as removing carbon and to stop skimming. I do not think this will work against external ich, but works well against any internal worms. The treatments did not bother my fish at all, and I did a total of 3 treatments. I would use 5ml per 20G of water in your system.

 

[mistaflicksta]

this is a shot of my tank today. I figured I would start by showing the tank before

 

[scubasteve06]

I used it in my tank with no problems whatsoever. It did my make skimmer go crazy though and not produce any skimmate for at least a day or two. As another poster said it would probably be best to just turn it off for 2-3 days if not longer.

 

[mistaflicksta]

just an update. I ordered the prazipro from a vendor on Ebay and that was on the fourth of this month. I still havent recieved it but I will keep a journal once I get it.

On another note I started feeding fresh garlic finely chopped with frozen food and the fish have been clearing up very fast. since this does not mean that my tank is safe yet I will still be dosing Prazipro.

 

[AmirGTS]

you may want to feed the fish anti-parasite from Jungle along with dosing prazipro. It contains Metronidazol, Praziquantel, and Levasimol. Look into it. I am currently having some success with my clown using it.

 

[Ycore]

If you don't mind me asking, what makes you think you have flukes? From my experience, the following are clear indicators. If your fish aren't exhibiting at least a few of these symptoms, you probably don't have flukes. Prazipro won't do anything against ich.

1) loss of appetite
2) Cloudy eye
3) "yawning". The fish flares its mouth wide open.
3) Rubbing against rocks and/or dive bombing the substrate
4) Molesting your cleaner shrimp if you have one

At more advanced stages, you can see lesions on the fish's body breathing becomes labored.

If you aren't 100% sure you have flukes, a surefire test is a FW dip on the fish you believe is infected. Do the dip in either a stainless steel pot or a black or dark colored tupperware. After about 60 seconds in the FW dip if they have flukes it will be "raining" what looks like little white rice. You'll be absolutely amazed that the fish was covered in hundreds of these things and you couldn't even see them.

Granted, I found Prazipro to be 100% reef safe, but running a week with no skimmer or carbon isn't ideal, and in my case allowed some algae to take root. So if you don't have to dose, don't.

 

[mistaflicksta]

they definitely have these three symptoms

2) Cloudy eye

3) Rubbing against rocks and/or dive bombing the substrate
4) Molesting your cleaner shrimp if you have one

My mistake was not QTing a powder brown tang that I had gotten in a trade. shortly after putting him in the tank a couple of my fish including the tang showed these symptoms. a couple of days later the tang died and I did the fresh water dip on the dead fish and found what looked like flukes in the rubbermaid container.

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Ill keep feeding garlic as it looks like its helping. but as soon as I see it turning for the worst again then ill start the dosing regiment

Thanks for the input guys every bit helps

 

[NewJerseyreef]

i used prazi pro in a tank with inverts and a few corals and from what ive been able to gather is the main ingredient is praziquantel. this is an industrial dewormer. if you search it anywhere on the internet it is used for all animals even humans by prescription. this is kill any worm in the tank including feather dusters. but i do have new feather dusters i can see so it will not kill them forever.

 

[Ycore]

If that's the case I would dose asap-- you have nothing to lose. Garlic will be a losing battle. There may be anecdotal evidence that it boosts a fishes immune system, but in the end the flukes will win. They will just multiply and suck more and more blood out of your fish.

If you had big SPS colonies that would suffer as a result of no carbon and skimming for a week, I would say maybe hold off or get a QT tank, but since you have mainly softies and some lps they probably won't even feel a thing.

For me, Prazipro was a miracle cure. A few of my fish were practically thrashing and had milky white eyes by the time i dosed. Within 24 hours they looked a million times better, were active again, and generally loving life.

they definitely have these three symptoms

2) Cloudy eye

3) Rubbing against rocks and/or dive bombing the substrate
4) Molesting your cleaner shrimp if you have one

My mistake was not QTing a powder brown tang that I had gotten in a trade. shortly after putting him in the tank a couple of my fish including the tang showed these symptoms. a couple of days later the tang died and I did the fresh water dip on the dead fish and found what looked like flukes in the rubbermaid container.

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Ill keep feeding garlic as it looks like its helping. but as soon as I see it turning for the worst again then ill start the dosing regiment

Thanks for the input guys every bit helps

 

[mistaflicksta]

Ycore thanks for the input, this really helps. In my 5 years of reef keeping I had never encounterd a paracite in my DT, I had always been cautious by QTing the fish and dipping the coral.

I do have a QT tank and currently have a juice bottle trap in the tank but my neither the clowns nor the blue tang go in it. verything else keeps rushing in it exept the fish that I need to catch.

the reason I am thinking about dosing the DT is because (correct me if Im wrong) now that the Flukes have been introduced in the tank they will keep going through their life cycle if left untreated.

As far as SPS go I have six very nice chalices and a Hydnophora do you think they will suffer?

 

[stunreefer]

Regarding Prazi and corals... I've used Prazipro at full and half dose in a reef that consisted of Dendrophyllia, Rhizotrochus and Monomyces species. Everything made it through just fine. I turned off my skimmer during the dosing period(s) and removed carbon. I did notice many bristeworms were still alive after treatment, which I initially assumed would've not made it.

 

[Chicago]

what about ick - x by same company.. reef safe.. it is for worms flukes and ick?