PraziPro Users Advice

[L8ndeb]

Hello All,

I am currently treating my DT for Black Ick. I am in my 4th day of treating with PraziPro.

According to instructions, "A single treatment lasting 5 - 7 days is normally sufficient. Retreat as necessary, but no more than once every 3 days."

Can somebody PLEASE tell me what the hell the retreating sentence means?

I would like to retreat, just to make sure I have medication in the tank throughout the entire life cycle of this Black Ick crap. With that in mind, do I just keep the medicating the tank for another 5 - 7 days and adding Prazipro for water topoff and water changes? Any advice and/or instructions welcome. TIA

BTW, fish are looking better. Only guys in the tank that are visably affected is my GBTA. He isn't opening up as much as he normally does, and the Sun Polyps are staying closed for a longer period of time before opening.

 

[Mrscribbled]

Thats to make sure treatment is not over done in case a single treatment is not effective.

 

[MrTuskfish]

The 2nd dose gets worms that were around when you do the 1st dose. The PP doesn't kill the eggs.

 

[L8ndeb]

The 2nd dose gets worms that were around when you do the 1st dose. The PP doesn't kill the eggs.

Hi Tusk,

That is about what I figured. However, I am unclear as to when and how much a second dose is applied.
I have done the first dose (on Day 5), but how is a second dose administered? Do you just dose more into the tank? Do you clear out what is in the tank and start from scratch? Any help appreciated as the instructions are just not clear to me.

 

[jnc914]

You need to first do a large water change prior to the second dosage. Never redose without either running carbon or large water change. There is still residual Prazi in the water after the first dosage, even after the full 7 days. I have used Prazi for the last 7 years, doing back to back dosages, with no issues.

In regards to Black Ich, Cupramine/Prazi together is more effective.

 

[L8ndeb]

You need to first do a large water change prior to the second dosage. Never redose without either running carbon or large water change. There is still residual Prazi in the water after the first dosage, even after the full 7 days. I have used Prazi for the last 7 years, doing back to back dosages, with no issues.

In regards to Black Ich, Cupramine/Prazi together is more effective.

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the input. I am finding that Prazipro alone probably is not going to do the trick. My Gold Banded Maroons just can't seem to shake it. Just had double knee surgery (and a back surgery scheduled on Dec 18th) so going through the effort of a setting up my QT and go fishing will not happen for awhile.
I will probably, after day 7, do the water change, start running carbon again, and hope for the best until I heal up. Again, thank you for posting your experiences.

 

[L8ndeb]

Just a quick update.................it looks as if Prazi-Pro did the trick. The clowns and the firefish, while having scars from the infection (dark small spots), I cannot find any small dots that were the bugs/worms.
On a side note, Prazi-Pro appears to be fairly reef safe (inhabitants have not after affects) with the following exception. I have a GBTA, that before dosing was large, expanding and contracting on a regular basis, and had good color. After the dosing, the poor guy did not like it. While he is still eating, he has shrunk down considerably, has fewer tentacles, and he looks to be bleaching. I have done numerous water changes, and run carbon 24/7 to try to get all the Prazi-Pro out, but I fear the damage has been done. We will see.

 

[clostoyo]

Just a quick update.................it looks as if Prazi-Pro did the trick. The clowns and the firefish, while having scars from the infection (dark small spots), I cannot find any small dots that were the bugs/worms.
On a side note, Prazi-Pro appears to be fairly reef safe (inhabitants have not after affects) with the following exception. I have a GBTA, that before dosing was large, expanding and contracting on a regular basis, and had good color. After the dosing, the poor guy did not like it. While he is still eating, he has shrunk down considerably, has fewer tentacles, and he looks to be bleaching. I have done numerous water changes, and run carbon 24/7 to try to get all the Prazi-Pro out, but I fear the damage has been done. We will see.

Ive been thinking about using this in my reef tank , are your corals still doing good after the PraziPro? I have a large RBTA and i dont wanto to loose him. Thanks

 

[L8ndeb]

Ive been thinking about using this in my reef tank , are your corals still doing good after the PraziPro? I have a large RBTA and i dont wanto to loose him. Thanks

Corals seem to be fine. The GBTA although lived through dosing, he just doesn't seemed to be doing as well as before the Prazi-Pro.
He has his good days when he is open and full, but more often he has days when he is semi-inflated, or not inflated at all. Now, I know that anemones do that on a regular basis, it just seems mine is deflating more.
Would I do it again? I don't know.

 

[clostoyo]

Corals seem to be fine. The GBTA although lived through dosing, he just doesn't seemed to be doing as well as before the Prazi-Pro.
He has his good days when he is open and full, but more often he has days when he is semi-inflated, or not inflated at all. Now, I know that anemones do that on a regular basis, it just seems mine is deflating more.
Would I do it again? I don't know.

Thanks for the feedback, ill look into it a little more . I love my RBTA and id hate to cause it harm , thanks.

 

[MikeTR]

I'm going to be treating my dt with praziquantel as well for this black ich, but going to use API general cure which has it as an ingredient. I tried a fw dip on my purple tang, but he didn't take it well.. hope he lives..

 

[MikeTR]

I did treat some flame wrasses in a frag tank with a couple corals that I didn't care about and also had some inverts (hermits, snails) and everything seemed to be ok. Looks to be fairly reef safe so far.