Prazipro

[danrobberg]

I have a regal angel in my tank and I think he may have flukes. I've heard that prazipro is reef safe but just want some opinions. I really don't think it be able to catch him and put him back in qt

 

[danrobberg]

Any ideas???

 

[rovster]

I know people that have treated a reef tank without issue but I don't think I'd have the stones to do it. But like I said I do know someone personally that did...

 

[Scorpius]

Any in take treatment is a gamble with a reef. I only treat a whole system when all other options have been exhausted. I'd try catching the fish and setting up a QT.

 

[Rakie]

I ran PraziPro in my last tank, but it was a 29g SPS biocube that I treated like a living experiment.. I wanted to test everything in a smaller controlled environment and see what *really* affected what.

Everything in my tank was just fine with Prazi -- Soft corals got immediately agitated and closed, but opened 30-45m later. SPS all closed as well, opened in about an hour. Colors suffered due to having to turn off the skimmer / carbon for an extended time. I could definitely see more fickle corals having more issues with this.

I know people that have treated a reef tank without issue but I don't think I'd have the stones to do it. But like I said I do know someone personally that did...

Any in take treatment is a gamble with a reef. I only treat a whole system when all other options have been exhausted. I'd try catching the fish and setting up a QT.

All that said, now that I'm running a 'real tank' with nicer corals, higher quality gear, and higher standards of myself?

Remove the fish to QT. I saw first hand what PraziPro in an SPS reef does -- Not too much. But it still adds some level of stress to the corals, and that's counterproductive to literally every single item we buy, and step we all take in this hobby.

 

[danrobberg]

Still not sure if it's flukes or just lymphocysits. He eats like a pig and doesn't scratch or flash. He does have white stringy poop though. Was thinking of trying some dr g's medicated fish food.

 

[jda]

You can likely catch him with a fish trap. Just quit feeding for a few days and only offer mysis in the trap - they will all eventually go in... all of them get hungry enough.

I have used prazi in a reef tank too, but it is hard to treat fish like this.