Quarantining Butterflyfish
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Stand_Alone
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GL bt!
I had my credit card out for the Mitratus as well but you beat me to it
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Make sure you post some pics.
I had my credit card out for the Mitratus as well but you beat me to it
.Make sure you post some pics.
Dr Colliebreath
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I treat all of my fish with Cupramine in addition to PraziPro. If I see no signs of parasites, I treat at .35 ppm. Ramp the dose up slowly (over 4-5 days instead of the 3 called for in the instructions).
jjk_reef00
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+1
I've had several BF go on hunger strikes after treating. I've never removed medication. Some of them ate after 2-5 days some just wasted away. Anyone remove medication after a certain time frame if the fish stops eating?
Since your is divers den I would expect it to eat with little effort but I've never purchased a BF from divers den. Keep us updated on how he does.
nonimmigrant
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I've never needed to do Prazi as a soak with any of my Roaops, but I do keep Cupramine at 0.5 when any fish is in my QT (did this with my burgessi, mitrati, and declivis pairs for a month in QT). Mitratus is my favorite of the three and they pair off real easily if you do get another. Good luck.
Dr Colliebreath
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DD gets you a really good fish but it can still have parasites. I have treated my DD fish the same fish from other sources.
I make sure to get the fish eating before I Medicare unless there are obvious signs of disease.
I make sure to get the fish eating before I Medicare unless there are obvious signs of disease.
Dr Colliebreath
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I remove the meds or move the fish to a different qt if it stops eating or looks lethargic. Sometimes the fish will rub against the pvc like the copper is irritating its skin. I get the fish out of the meds within 12 hours of the first sign of a problem normally, and never let it go more than 24 hours. So far, I haven't lost a fish to copper but I am sure it will happen sometime. I find signs of a reaction to the copper show up in the 10-15 day window after treatment has started. It tends to take the fish 3-5 days to resume eating properly.
I agree. I'm not testing the waters any longer with any fish, which is why I just had to run a hypo treatment, haha.
He'll go in the QT and I'll get him eating very well before I start a Prazi treatment. I've been soaking my food in Omeag 3 Fish oil, Selcon, or Garlic for every feeding lately. I've seen a big difference in just a week of doing this, and I plan to continue.
I feed almost all frozen, and usually as soon as I feed I thaw out more food and then get it soaking in something. It soaks in there for probably an hour or two before being offered to the fish. My black tang's HLLE is starting to heal in just a week and my Thompson's tang's body is looking much better.
He'll go in the QT and I'll get him eating very well before I start a Prazi treatment. I've been soaking my food in Omeag 3 Fish oil, Selcon, or Garlic for every feeding lately. I've seen a big difference in just a week of doing this, and I plan to continue.
I feed almost all frozen, and usually as soon as I feed I thaw out more food and then get it soaking in something. It soaks in there for probably an hour or two before being offered to the fish. My black tang's HLLE is starting to heal in just a week and my Thompson's tang's body is looking much better.
I agree. I'm not testing the waters any longer with any fish, which is why I just had to run a hypo treatment, haha.
He'll go in the QT and I'll get him eating very well before I start a Prazi treatment. I've been soaking my food in Omeag 3 Fish oil, Selcon, or Garlic for every feeding lately. I've seen a big difference in just a week of doing this, and I plan to continue.
I feed almost all frozen, and usually as soon as I feed I thaw out more food and then get it soaking in something. It soaks in there for probably an hour or two before being offered to the fish. My black tang's HLLE is starting to heal in just a week and my Thompson's tang's body is looking much better.
He'll go in the QT and I'll get him eating very well before I start a Prazi treatment. I've been soaking my food in Omeag 3 Fish oil, Selcon, or Garlic for every feeding lately. I've seen a big difference in just a week of doing this, and I plan to continue.
I feed almost all frozen, and usually as soon as I feed I thaw out more food and then get it soaking in something. It soaks in there for probably an hour or two before being offered to the fish. My black tang's HLLE is starting to heal in just a week and my Thompson's tang's body is looking much better.
Peter....What is roaps?
It's the sub-genus (?) of butterflies including mitratus, tinkeri, burgessi, declivis, etc.
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
My declivis stopped eating in copper, I had to treat him with hypo. He kept getting ich and I kept pulling and treating him but never got through more than 10 days of copper because I'd give in to his hunger strike.
LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
He got ich again. Long story... I couldn't get it out of my display tank (hypo'd the whole tank, lost half my fish, still ended up with ich in the display) and I couldnt keep him cool enough (I could keep the display 76ish but I don't think that was enough). Lost him along with all my other fish when I moved last summer. But long story short, he did much better with hypo than with copper.
nonimmigrant
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Interesting. None of mine ever had issues with Cupramine and I do not hypo.
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