flukes

so I have a blue hippo tang in my display tank. I just recently quarantined him for 6 weeks, 4 weeks copper at 2.5 and 2 weeks with praziquantel. He’s been in the display tank for a week so far. Today I noticed on one side he has a white spot by his eye on the black stripe, and the other side...

Hello, I am currently in the process of treating my display tank using hyposalinity for flukes. The salinity is currently at 1.014, I have gradually dropped this over the span of about 10 days starting from 1.025. For about a week my purple tang seems to be most affected from the flukes, as-well...

Bulk reef supply (BRSTV) stated that over 90% of saltwater aquariums have some types of flukes that is a very scary percentage and is very concerning to hear about to say the least I believe especially after seeing the damage flukes caused to some of my over a year. Most people who quarantine...

My Midas Blenny has been staying inside the rock for about a week, spending much of the time lying on his back, belly up. He often squirms, and his breathing seems laboured. Sometimes, when he squirms, his colour gets very dark. When I bring some food to his hiding spot, he eats a little, but...

Hi all, Got a tiny blue tang that I have in an observation tank. Haven’t medicated yet. Had him for a week now. 2 days ago marks popped up around his shoulder. Thought it was a scratch but hasn’t gone away. Thoughts? Doesn’t appear to be ich or velvet so maybe flukes? Thinking of treating with...

Hey all, I have a bit of a story and would love your input. I purchased a complete system from a local reefer, it was a 150 gallon FOWLR system with lots of fish and plenty of nice rock and equipment. I moved the fish into a 36x18x24 holding tank, with about half the rock in the tank and the...

I’ve had this PBT for a week now, proactively treated with prazi first (for 5 days) did a 50% WC and started copper power. Raised copper to 2.5 over the coarse of 48hrs. Found it lying on the bottom of the tank this morning barely moving. Did a freshwater dip and it sadly passed. Can anyone tell...

Hi all! My female clown is breathing heavy and mostly just hanging around at the bottom of my tank. Did a freshwater dip, and I believe some flukes came out. I thought she'd perk back up after that, but an hour later and she's still exhibiting the same behavior. Is there anything else I can do...

Hey reefers, I'm stumped with this one and I really need a second opinion from more experienced reefers I got this foxface along with 3 other fish from my lfs the 5th of July. They were all treated with chloroquine phosphate for 14 days and the foxface was treated a 1st round of prazipro...

IT'S BEEN A TOUGH FEW WEEKS Y'ALL! After losing a some of my beloved fish fam I almost wanted to just give up the whole hobby to be honest. But after getting my remaining fish back to healthy and vibrant I wanted to make this post as more a "lesson learned" post to hopefully help someone else...

Hey everyone, I have my first McCosker flasher wrasse in QT. He's been in QT for 4 weeks and had looked great. But now that I'm getting closer to introducing him to my display tank, I've been reading more about flukes and I'm wondering if I'm seeing signs, or just normal Flasher behavior. I've...

My fish were dipped for flukes last week, after confirming that some came off I placed them in a quarantine tank with prazi. For understanding: Dosed first prazi on Feb 23rd - Sunday Left them in it until Friday - completed water change then allowed two days to sit Redosed Prazi on March 2nd...

My Scopas, which for all intents and purposes has been acting normal for months has started acting differently. He's often hiding while I'm around, and comes out while I'm further away, so I don't often get a close look. I saw him swimming around fine earlier today though. Now he's lying on...

Hello, I had made a post about my lionfish and scorpionfish potentially having flukes but as it turns out they do. I am certain that it is flukes since the lion has one eye that is cloudy and when I look closely upon the eye I can see the flukes on it, is there any way I can treat them? Prazipro...

Hello, recently I made a post about the sea goblin and zebra lionfish I got. They had arrived yesterday and I think the trip had taken a toll on the zebra lion (the goblin was fine), he was upside down and his gills were red. The seller said that it was due to a lack of oxygen and when I placed...

Hi all, I saw my Moorish idol with cloudy eyes last week and after some close inspection saw some clear flukes. Seemed to be on eyes, fins and lips which seems to narrow down the species. Had it asap in a 5min FW dip and well over a dozen flatworms came off the fish. That was a week ago and the...

So I've got only 4 fish in my 32 gallon tank right now, two clownfish, an azure damsel and my Royal Gramma, all of whom have been in the tank for about a year. All fish added have been treated with Copper power and paracleanse, and have never shown any sign of sickness. Just today I noticed it...

I was having a clownfish in my 2 feet tank, All of a sudden it jumped out and died. Later I bought and around 5 clown fishes, it all died within a week. Later I found some little things were swimming in the tank and it multiplied so much. Then i took a drop of water and looked at it under...

I’m hoping you’ll can help me diagnose what my blue tang has. These are new fish I added a month ago. I know I should have QT them first. But either way I had pulled all my first 2 weeks ago from my DT after my sailfin was showing signs of ich/velvet. I immediate got them into QT and dosed...

Hello i am new to the saltwater hobby i have had my tank for 6 months and i have just noticed today one of my clownfishes dead I am trying to figure out if this is velvet, ich ,flukes, fin rot , or something else. All my water parameters are good i have no aggressive fish

Hey guys, I’ve had this gem in copper QT for about two weeks. He’s eating great and has put on noticeable mass since. It is active all day and is even territorial when I linger in front of the tank. This is my first Gem so not sure if the spots on him are just natural coloration or if it...

Hello everyone I recently purchased a bunch of wrasse to QT and place into my display tank. I put sand in the tank so that they have a place to sleep and not stress out too much along with some PVC. I will start copper power tomorrow or the following day once they’re all settled in. I know...

Im 95% sure my fishes have gill flukes. Started with a new fish added. Head twitching, swimming into wavemaker, scratching side of head/gills on rock. So i started hypo @1.009 like 5 days days ago. I did see some change. Fish were scratching less. Fw dipped my scopas(culprit), foxface and coral...

Afternoon all, So I'm relatively new to this but have had a fluval evo for 6 months with no issues what so ever, so far. I've just set up a water box 60.2 and currently have a Royal Gramma and Purple Fire Fish, noticed on Tuesday that the Gramma was not coming out as usual with the Fire Fish...

Ive had this tang for 5 days now. Since the day i got it, it has been doing these 2 things. Along with my other tang and angel but these two not very often. Quite rare to see them doing it now but still happens. I suspected ich or flukes so i started hypo at full 1.009 yesterday evening. They...