Hi all,
I have just pulled all the fish out of my 90g reef to treat for flukes and suspected internal parasites. I have qt'ed fish before but only ever observed not medicated so I would be grateful for any advice and critique on my plans.
I have 2 hospital tanks one with my coral beauty, banggai cardinal and ocellaris clown pair (36x12x12) bare bottom with seeded internal filters, pipe elbows etc for shelter. The other tank is a 24x12x15 with substrate, live rock, filter and a small skimmer, I set this up as a grow out tank for my tiny cb flame angel but given the substrate chose to add my green mandarin to this from my DT. My current plan is as follows:
Larger QT (coral beauty/banggai/clowns)
- Treated with flubendazole based anti-fluke and wormer (NT Labs)
- After 7 days wc then treat with prazipro (2 courses 5 days apart with wc in between)
- Metroplex (is it better to dose directly or bind in food w/focus? If so for how long should I treat if using prophylactially?)
- 14 days paraguard? (not sure if this is necessary?)
Smaller QT (mandarin/flame angel)
- 2 courses of prazipro (with skimmer offline)
- Release mandarin in to DT after 4 week fallow period
- Metroplex? - Not sure if this will kill the life on my live rock?
- Paraguard? - as above not sure re live rock
DT - 4 week fallow then phased re-introduction of fish.
The coral beauty has had minor HLLE which I attributed to heavy carbon usage but to be on the safe side I figure metro/paraguard couldn't hurt. As above my current plan involves one medication at a time as I am not sure if any of the above can be mixed to save time? The only step I have taken so far is the flubendazole in the larger QT, at the time I wasn't sure if the Prazipro I ordered from the USA would make it to the UK in time or I may have skipped this step. All my fish are captive bred so the mandarin should be fine for a month in the small tank eating pods, frozen cylops and brine but I am keen to get him back in the display ASAP to avoid any weight loss. I'm also not sure which meds are mandarin safe besides prazi hence releasing him back before metro/para on the assumption that his slime will protect against any external issues whilst the prazi will deal with internal flukes etc.
Thanks in advance
Nick
I have just pulled all the fish out of my 90g reef to treat for flukes and suspected internal parasites. I have qt'ed fish before but only ever observed not medicated so I would be grateful for any advice and critique on my plans.
I have 2 hospital tanks one with my coral beauty, banggai cardinal and ocellaris clown pair (36x12x12) bare bottom with seeded internal filters, pipe elbows etc for shelter. The other tank is a 24x12x15 with substrate, live rock, filter and a small skimmer, I set this up as a grow out tank for my tiny cb flame angel but given the substrate chose to add my green mandarin to this from my DT. My current plan is as follows:
Larger QT (coral beauty/banggai/clowns)
- Treated with flubendazole based anti-fluke and wormer (NT Labs)
- After 7 days wc then treat with prazipro (2 courses 5 days apart with wc in between)
- Metroplex (is it better to dose directly or bind in food w/focus? If so for how long should I treat if using prophylactially?)
- 14 days paraguard? (not sure if this is necessary?)
Smaller QT (mandarin/flame angel)
- 2 courses of prazipro (with skimmer offline)
- Release mandarin in to DT after 4 week fallow period
- Metroplex? - Not sure if this will kill the life on my live rock?
- Paraguard? - as above not sure re live rock
DT - 4 week fallow then phased re-introduction of fish.
The coral beauty has had minor HLLE which I attributed to heavy carbon usage but to be on the safe side I figure metro/paraguard couldn't hurt. As above my current plan involves one medication at a time as I am not sure if any of the above can be mixed to save time? The only step I have taken so far is the flubendazole in the larger QT, at the time I wasn't sure if the Prazipro I ordered from the USA would make it to the UK in time or I may have skipped this step. All my fish are captive bred so the mandarin should be fine for a month in the small tank eating pods, frozen cylops and brine but I am keen to get him back in the display ASAP to avoid any weight loss. I'm also not sure which meds are mandarin safe besides prazi hence releasing him back before metro/para on the assumption that his slime will protect against any external issues whilst the prazi will deal with internal flukes etc.
Thanks in advance
Nick