Prazipro treatment and Flukes

[runintoluck]

Hi,

I have a 125 fowlr, and recently noticed the fish twitching their heads and flashing. I quarantined all the fish for one month and treated prophylactically each animal with copper. After a week of introducing all the fish to the main tank, I begin noticing these symptoms and guessed that it might be flukes since after all this time, I never noticed any white spots and such. My suspicions were confirmed when I started treatment with prazipro and after 48 hrs, the fish were all acting normally again. However, I know it usually takes 2+ treatments to completely eradicate the flukes. When I began my second treatment, after 48 hrs the fish actually kept twitching and scratching more. I pulled them all for a freshwater dip, and did not notice any rice-like things fall off, unlike the first time I gave them a dip before the first treatment of prazi. My question is, would the fish continue to twitch and scratch out of irritation caused by the many sores left behind by dying flukes, even without the actual flukes attached to them? How concerned should I be as I prepare for a third, and possibly a fourth treatment.

Thanks for any input!

 

[b0bab0ey]

My experience w/Prazi & Flukes is a couple of days after starting treatment the twitching comes to an end. I've never experienced flashing/scratching w/Flukes, only head twitching. The twitching can come back after a week or so if you don't do enough consecutive treatments (I do at least 3). Remember to do WCs in-between treatments.

 

[runintoluck]

Yeap, performed at 50% WC after the first treatment. It's just odd how the first treatment did wonders while this second treatment seems like it's not working.

 

[b0bab0ey]

Yeap, performed at 50% WC after the first treatment. It's just odd how the first treatment did wonders while this second treatment seems like it's not working.

Perhaps it's not Flukes. Are all the fish in QT? You can use Cupramine concurrently with Prazi if you think it might be ich or something.

 

[jhentr]

I did a cupramine/prazi treatment with my fishes in QT and a couple of them were head twitching even after the second dosage of Prazi (no ich/spots). I FW dipped them and after that, they showed no more signs of twitching/flashing.

I had to perform it twice for an emperor angel but he looks good after that and relieved from what I believe was flukes. I couldn't really tell either in my FW dip since I had other debris in the water.