Prazi pro prevents feeding?
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MrTuskfish
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I agree with Susan; I don't know of any med with fewer side-effects than PP. I use it on all new fish and have for years. Whoever you heard this from may be confusing PP with Copper---it's most common side-effect is refusing to eat.
geaux xman
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I had(it jumped) a triggerfish that each time I added prazi, it immediately quite eating. That is adding prazi on top of cupramine. Cupramine alone it ate fine. When it would quit eating, I netted over into another QT tank with solely cupramine, it would immediately start eating again. It did this twice.
Thats about the only instance that I can tell one of my fish's appetite was suppressed due to prazi.
While very infrequent, it does happen. IME.
Thats about the only instance that I can tell one of my fish's appetite was suppressed due to prazi.
While very infrequent, it does happen. IME.
reefwisher
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When I used the PP, my foxface cut back on his feeding but the labouti and the swallowtail still ate the same. When I changed the water after the 5 days PP treatment the foxface resume back to his eating habits, this was in the QT tank. I decided too treat the DT the same and the foxface did it there too. So yes I beleve that some fish are a little sensitive to it.
drdoolittle
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wow.. i added Prazipro on saturday. One sunday, i notice my Flame wrasse whos usually eats weel didnt eall all day. Hope this is temporary. he is my favorite fish.
drdoolittle
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my flame had been in my tank for over a year now. He normally eats well.. the only thing different from the norm, is i added Prazipro on saturday.
reefwisher
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The foxface was in the QT for 8 weeks. Then poly filters and water changes were made to get rid of the copper after the first 4 weeks. Then he stayed in the QT for an additional 3 1/2 weeks then I used the PP for the last 5 days of that 8 weeks periods. The foxface ate very well during that QT time until I used the PP. After the 5 days of PP I changed water again and he went back to feeding well again. In between that time I treated the DT with PP as a preventive before I put my foxface,labouti and swallowtail back in the DT. When I put the 3 fish in the DT on the 4th day of having PP in the DT the foxface went to back to eating less. On the 6th day I did a water change in the DT and the foxface went back to eating well again.
aleonn
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I had a naso tang in QT that stopped eating after I administered the first round of Prazi-Pro treatment. After 5 days, I did a water change and turned on the skimmer, and he began eating again. I still continued with my 2nd round of Prazi-Pro, and he gradually began eating again towards the end of the 5 day treatment.
Lukel
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this is the same as my experience, I am treating my entire reef right now, everyone still feeding good, just not like the normal "like they are on the brink of starvation"
jimmy007
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Hi I have a 150 fish only with rock, aragonite and bio ball flowing in the sump that I currently dose Cupramine. Most of the are angels, tang, and wrasses. I want to treat the whole tank with Prazi do I need to remove Cupramine before dosing Prazi? Should I do a water change first before starting the Prazi? How many treatment and for how long and what amount of water should I change for each treatment? Thanks in ad advance Jimmy
Cupramine cuts down Prazi's effectiveness, so it would be best to run carbon for a few days before beginning Prazi treatment. Dosage is 1 teaspoon per 20 gals. I always do two doses, 5 days apart. Do at least a 20-25% WC in-between doses.
I've had both prazi and cupramine affect feeding response in fish. I'm generally working with more delicate fish to begin with (like butterflies). Often the fish will no longer be interested in less favorable foods like pellets, which they were already eating.
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