Prazipro no longer working....

[blkg35]

I've been battling flukes for a year now. I couldn't beat them so I shut down my tank. I've now got the itch and started another tank but these fishes are showing signs of flukes again. They eat normal but hang out at the top water column and act lethargic. Then they just die.
I qt'd all my fishes and treated them with Prazipro. I did 5 days treatment, 5 days clean water. I repeated this for a total of 3 times. The fishes still ended up dying. Dipped them in freshwater and saw tiny sesame seed like things on the bottom of the container. Then I started qt'ing new fishes for 3 straight treatments of prazipro with no breaks in between, this also didn't help. My dosage was 1ml/gal.

I can't tell you how many fishes I've qt'd with prazipro and they still end up dying. Frustrated, I shut down my tank and took a break.
With this new tank, I gave prazipro another shot but my exquisite wrasse is starting to show the same signs as before.

Is there any other treatment available against flukes besides prazipro? I've given up hope on this medicine. Sorry for the rambling but I'm getting frustrated again with prazipro and flukes.

 

[CoralsAddiction]

Man, that's really frustrating. I just lost a pin tail wrasse, possible due to flukes because the symptoms match to what the wrasse had. There's prazipro in QT and if it's indeed flukes and the medication did not work then I will start looking into alternative products or methods as well. It's very frustrating not only to dish out money but also provide the best care yet they still die. It can be very discouraging. So I understand your frustration.

 

[Newsmyrna80]

First let's make 100% sure you are dealing with flukes and if possible the species. By any chance did you take pictures of the sesame seeds in the dip? Do you have access to a microscope? I know it seems like a bit much but it does help to know what you are dealing with in order to treat it.
How long is it after you see symptoms to when the fish dies?
I've only had one instance where prazi didn't work and after much research on my part did I find out that research by some Japanese scientists showed that a certain species of flukes can be resistant to prazi. In this instance I ended up doing formalin dips on the fish. There are many other treatments for flukes it's just that prazi is the most gentle.
There is a stickie at the top of the forum for fish parasites with more info on nematodes, aka flukes.

 

[blkg35]

I didn't take any pics of the flukes, that occurred at the beginning of the year. My new tank has been running for a couple months. I just added fish 2 weeks ago. Now my exquisite wrasse are showing the following symptoms: scratching at the gills, hanging out at the top water column, and acting lethargic. No other visible signs on his body. These signs were what I was experiencing at the beginning of the year.

I haven't freshwater dipped the exquisite wrasse yet but will try to soon. I work this weekend so it might be hard to catch him to dip. I don't have access to a microscope to 100% confirm flukes. I've formalin dipped in the past but getting them into new tank water after each dip was difficult to do.

 

[snorvich]

I didn't take any pics of the flukes, that occurred at the beginning of the year. My new tank has been running for a couple months. I just added fish 2 weeks ago. Now my exquisite wrasse are showing the following symptoms: scratching at the gills, hanging out at the top water column, and acting lethargic. No other visible signs on his body. These signs were what I was experiencing at the beginning of the year.

Those symptoms are also prevalent with velvet. Especially if they tend to be reclusive and avoiding light.

 

[blkg35]

So I was able to freshwater dip the wrasse, no signs of flukes, really happy about that. Steve, I'm keeping an eye out for velvet as I've dealt with it in the past. I'm hoping it's not that either.