I have two Banggai Cardinals in QT with the TTM for velvet and ich with two treatments of prazi. They are currently at day 5 of 12. They received one dose of prazi on day 2 and the smaller one defecated a long, thin, white parasite within 24 hrs. The larger cardinal started eating frozen mysis shrimp two days ago, but the smaller one has not eaten anything in 5 days. None of my LFS have live food. The larger one has been swimming around a lot, but the smaller one spends 95% of the time in a bottom corner of the aquarium. There has not been much obvious aggression. There is a 2" PVC tee in the aquarium, but they almost never use it to hide.
Is it normal for them to not want to eat for a while if they recently had parasites? Should I buy frozen blood worms and try that? There is always an air stone in the tank that circulates the food around for a while before it settles. 10 gallon tanks. Ammonia has never gone above 0. No gross signs of velvet or ich. The schedule is below.
Is it normal for them to not want to eat for a while if they recently had parasites? Should I buy frozen blood worms and try that? There is always an air stone in the tank that circulates the food around for a while before it settles. 10 gallon tanks. Ammonia has never gone above 0. No gross signs of velvet or ich. The schedule is below.
- Day 0 (Monday 2/15/21): Added to QT #1 6:20pm
- Day 1 (Tuesday 2/16/21): Remain in QT #1.
- Day 2 (Wednesday 2/17/21): 1st Transfer to QT #2 at 6:00am. Dose Praziquantel (1/2 tsp) at 6pm.
- Day 3 (Thursday 2/18/21): 2nd Transfer to QT #1 at 6pm
- Day 4 (Friday 2/19/21): Remain in QT #1.
- Day 5 (Saturday 2/20/21): 3rd transfer to QT #2 at 6am.
- Day 6 (Sunday 2/21/21): 4th transfer to QT #1 at 6pm
- Day 7 (Monday 2/22/21): Remain in QT #1
- Day 8 (Tuesday 2/23/21): Remain in QT #1. Dose Praziquantel (1/2 tsp) at 5pm.
- Day 9 (Wednesday 2/24/21): 5th Transfer to QT #2 BEFORE 5:00pm
- Day 10 (Thursday 2/25/21): Remain in QT #2
- Day 11 (Friday 2/26/21): Remain in QT #2.
- Day 12 (Saturday 2/27/21): 6th Transfer to QT #1 BEFORE 4:00pm