Praziquantel Reef Safe?

[princer7]

I have a fish in my reef tank that has flukes. Can I treat the tank with Praziquantel?
If so, what would the dosage be?

Tank is SPS dominant with some LPS, anemone, clam and snails. Getting the fish out to put in QT would require taking the whole tank apart.


Thanks!

 

[biger]

I have treated a reef tank with prazipro and it didn't hurt any of my corals but I only had softies no sps.

 

[Kieth71]

It is safe to a point.It will kill any worms in your tank ie: fan worms and bristle worms.If you have a big population this could cause issues for you.It will also cause some discoloration in some sps and some like my ora birds nest was not happy for a few days.Also you have to turn off your skimmer and carbon while treating.I had clams in the tank and while i could tell it was also affected a bit it was fine.I have no anemones in my tank so i cant tell you how it would affect them.

 

[biger]

FYI, prazipro did not kill my bristle worms or the small little fan worms that grow on live rock. I don't have any big fan worms so don't know about those but I do have a lot of little worms and little fan worms and it didn't bother those.