Prazipro and hyposalinity

[joe143]

Hey guys. So it looks like my potters is having a recurrence of his disease. This time it looks like ich. Last time it looked like flukes.

I've got my hospital tank up and cycling so it should be ready for fish. Ammonia has started going down in the hospital so I should have some good bacteria in the tank.

The question I have is it safe to use prazipro while treating with hyposalinity. I'll be treating all of my fish as to avoid future outbreaks.

Also, is there any reason to add prazipro to the display since all fish will be gone. Do flukes have similar life cycles to ich where if fish are absent the parasite will eventually die off? Thanks guys.

 

[nuccadoc]

Is this a fish only tank or a reef tank?

 

[joe143]

Reef. Fish will be going into a hospital tank for the hypo salinity.

 

[steelersfan]

Hey guys. So it looks like my potters is having a recurrence of his disease. This time it looks like ich. Last time it looked like flukes.

I've got my hospital tank up and cycling so it should be ready for fish. Ammonia has started going down in the hospital so I should have some good bacteria in the tank.

The question I have is it safe to use prazipro while treating with hyposalinity. I'll be treating all of my fish as to avoid future outbreaks.

Also, is there any reason to add prazipro to the display since all fish will be gone. Do flukes have similar life cycles to ich where if fish are absent the parasite will eventually die off? Thanks guys.

I am not sure about Hyposalinity and Prazipro at the same time. I know that some people have done copper treatment and Prazipro at the same time with no issues.
If your display tank is going to be fallow, you could get away with not adding Prazipro to it. I have asked the question about the life cycle of flukes, but no one has a clear answer. Based on what I have read and in my own experience, I would leave the display tank fallow for a minimum of 12 weeks. This is what I did with my tank, and I have had no issues with flukes since then.

 

[nuccadoc]

+1 on steelersfan recommendations. I am not a big fan of removing diseased fish from a display tank to a hospital tank for the simple reason you will be inducing stress to fish that are already stressed. However, if you are going to do this make sure the salinity in both tanks is the same at first, then decrease by two points every 24hrs until desired salinity is achieved. I would soak the food in garlic, and you can also add metronidazole to the food.

 

[joe143]

+1 on steelersfan recommendations. I am not a big fan of removing diseased fish from a display tank to a hospital tank for the simple reason you will be inducing stress to fish that are already stressed. However, if you are going to do this make sure the salinity in both tanks is the same at first, then decrease by two points every 24hrs until desired salinity is achieved. I would soak the food in garlic, and you can also add metronidazole to the food.

Yeah but how else are you gonna get rid of ich in a reef tank? I have been soaking food in garlic , and it actually kept the disease away. However, I didnt soak their food for the last two days and his white spots are coming back.

 

[nuccadoc]

I know, it's a double edged sword. You can either risk pulling the fish out or treat the fish individually in the display with meds in their food. If you think you can pull the fish out with out too much trouble then go that route.

 

[NexDog]

I've done Prazi with hypo with mixed success. But I don't think the failures I've had were due to the mix of the two.

 

[joe143]

Hmmm, well i have the fish in QT now. I'll be starting to lower salinity tonight. I dont see any problem adding the prazipro with hypo treatment. I have not read anything to contradict it. Any more thoughts/ experiences are appreciated!

 

[seanb]

So how did it go? Any problems with adding Prazipro with hyposalinity? I have my fish in hospital tank now with hyposalinity after losing many to ich. Thinking of adding Prazipro? Would love to hear how it worked for you Joe.

 

[Chris155hp]

So how did it go? Any problems with adding Prazipro with hyposalinity? I have my fish in hospital tank now with hyposalinity after losing many to ich. Thinking of adding Prazipro? Would love to hear how it worked for you Joe.

+1 ide like to know how this goes

 

[MrTuskfish]

I know, it's a double edged sword. You can either risk pulling the fish out or treat the fish individually in the display with meds in their food. If you think you can pull the fish out with out too much trouble then go that route.

If you don't treat all the fish in an HT and let the DT go fishless for 10 weeks or so, the ich will be back----often in huge numbers. Trying to "manage" ich has driven many, many folks out of our hobby---IMO.

 

[lhm nole]

I have used both together with no issues prazi is widely used for freshwater discus problems saw no adverse effects no ph drops or ammonia spike just turn off your skimmer or you will have a mess