Prazi treatment and pellets. Help please.

[finntyla]

After a tank wipe about a year and a half ago,i have successfully re-stocked my 250 gallon FOWLR.

All new fish were quarantined with cupramine at .5 for 2 weeks and up till now everything was fine untill they started to flick and scratch and after much research i can only assume that flukes have got in.

Now cupramine is 'supposed' to kill any external fluke but reading posts here i can see that this isnt so.

There is no way i can get all the fish out and seperately treat in another tank so i am going to prazi the DT.

I run 1 ltr of bio-pellets and an SK3 skimmer and despite heavy feeding my nitrates hover roundabout 10 and PO4 0.

My problem is that during prazi treatment i need to switch my skimmer off but the pellets are hosed directly into the skimmer.
Is it better to...

A: just turn the skimmer off and leave the pellets run.

B: take the pellets offline and somehow keep them 'live' in a seperate bucket for the duration of treatment.

Or has anyone got any other ideas ?

Jer

 

[DrPat]

I would discontinue the pellets for the duration of the of the prazi treatment. Then do 25 % water change a week for 3 weeks

 

[finntyla]

Will the pellets stay live with a powerhead in a bucket ?
Maybe feed them ?

 

[Mrscribbled]

I have dosed prozi pro while leaving bio pellets run and the skimmer off with success. Drop and air stone into the display to help aerate.


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[finntyla]

Thankyou for the advice.

If i left the pellets in there i was considering just removing the skimmer cup and leaving the skimmer switched on for aeration.

The problem with water changes is i can only realistically do 30 gals at a time.

MrScribbled....how long did you leave your skimmer off for ?

Thx guys

 

[coral_lagoon]

When I treated my 125 with Prazipro. I let my skimmer run without the collection cup on.This way the water is well oxygenated..

 

[Mrscribbled]

Thankyou for the advice.

If i left the pellets in there i was considering just removing the skimmer cup and leaving the skimmer switched on for aeration.

The problem with water changes is i can only realistically do 30 gals at a time.

MrScribbled....how long did you leave your skimmer off for ?

Thx guys

2 weeks I had the skimmer off. Then ran carbon, water change and started back up.


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