BTTRFLYGRL
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Sorry about your fish
What is the deal?
- Thread starter CeeGee
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just dave
11th in '11
Didn't seem to help at the levels I tried (low teens.)
Don't know. But I was told that they can lay eggs anywhere,even on the fish. So if that's true a UV unit would not be very helpful.
It'll look like that but really small. The largest I've seen where only about two to three mm . You probably will never see them on the fish with the exception of it being on the eye and then it's still hard to see though the eye will look cloudy. A FW dip will reveal their presence. You'll see little off white looking ovals floating around the dip water. I've noticed that the seem to come off by the ten minute mark. Symptoms I've noticed are reddened areas,ulcerated areas,cloudy eyes,frayed/ragged fins,blotchy skin coloration,lethargy,labored respiration,and scratching. These are when the fish have a fairly heavy infestation and it may only show some of them. You may not see or notice anything with a light load. The effects noticed are due to they way the trematode attaches itself and can cause entry sights for secondary infections. The cloudy eye can be the actual trematode your are seeing . Prolonged exposure can cause the fish to loose a eye and eventually result in death if nothing is done.I've used Aquarium Products Fluke tabs,Seachem Paragaurd,and Hikari Prazipro with success but I like the Hikari product the best.
I wouldn't be too hard on any place with them. It would be easy for a fish to pass through with this problem and go undetected.
CeeGee
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Da_n dave,
The fish was showing all of those signs but I thought it was ich because he did have a few spots.
I can't believe we didn't catch this. The thing that gets me though is how the fish was having problems then I treated with the copper power. Around 4 days later the fish is doing great and continued that way until BAM!!!! Here comes the reaper.
I need more cow bell.
The fish was showing all of those signs but I thought it was ich because he did have a few spots.
I can't believe we didn't catch this. The thing that gets me though is how the fish was having problems then I treated with the copper power. Around 4 days later the fish is doing great and continued that way until BAM!!!! Here comes the reaper.
I need more cow bell.
CamBarr
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6293475#post6293475 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by just dave
Didn't seem to help at the levels I tried (low teens.)
Don't know. But I was told that they can lay eggs anywhere,even on the fish. So if that's true a UV unit would not be very helpful.
It'll look like that but really small. The largest I've seen where only about two to three mm . You probably will never see them on the fish with the exception of it being on the eye and then it's still hard to see though the eye will look cloudy. A FW dip will reveal their presence. You'll see little off white looking ovals floating around the dip water. I've noticed that the seem to come off by the ten minute mark. Symptoms I've noticed are reddened areas,ulcerated areas,cloudy eyes,frayed/ragged fins,blotchy skin coloration,lethargy,labored respiration,and scratching. These are when the fish have a fairly heavy infestation and it may only show some of them. You may not see or notice anything with a light load. The effects noticed are due to they way the trematode attaches itself and can cause entry sights for secondary infections. The cloudy eye can be the actual trematode your are seeing . Prolonged exposure can cause the fish to loose a eye and eventually result in death if nothing is done.I've used Aquarium Products Fluke tabs,Seachem Paragaurd,and Hikari Prazipro with success but I like the Hikari product the best.
I wouldn't be too hard on any place with them. It would be easy for a fish to pass through with this problem and go undetected.
Why did you like the Hakari Product the best???
CB
BTTRFLYGRL
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I have had issues with a couple of Tangs. An Ancanthurus Japonicus, who went through ich and Hypo and came down with strange blotches and tiny 'skin tag' looking spots. I thought I had him cured and moved him to my main along with a Hippo from another qt. within a week both of the Tangs had these specks and were scratching. Other fish are fine. From what I read, many Flukes are 'Host specific' in the wild. I guess they really liked my Tangs. I moved them again, treated with Prazipro which cleared it up but 2 days after I removed the medicine, the Japonicus looked near death! Specks and blotches, heavy breathing lethargic.. I treated for a secondary infection with furan-2 , that cleared up the splotches but the specks still remained and he still was not doing well. I started 1 of three Formalin dips that next day and that help a lot! He is up and swimming around again, looking great. Both fish are due for the third dip tonight. I have kept the sg at 1.010 and I change 30-40% of the water daily, siphoning the bottom. I worry though about the reproduction cycle. Depending on the type of Fluke it is..some reproduce on the fish, yet their eggs are unaffected by treatment. Others fall to the bottom to reproduce. I may treat again with Prazipro, just to be safe.
These are a real pain, ich is MUCH easier to deal with!!
These are a real pain, ich is MUCH easier to deal with!!
flameangel88
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Anyone? Is Prazipro reef-safe?
flameangel88
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Thanks for the info.
harvey hammer
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had a laboute wrasse.4+ inches.Quarantine with copper 9days.in main tank,scratching gill covers jerky movements.dead 2 days later.fluke disease?
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harvey hammer
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had a laboute wrasse.4+ inches.Quarantine with copper 9days.in main tank,scratching gill covers jerky movements.dead 2 days later.fluke disease?
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