TheDashCave
Community Member
Well ladies and gents, I have a doozy for ya. While feeding my fish tonight, I noticed my new (3wks) Pyramid Butterfly eating well but with multiple bumps on him. I usually sit slightly below the the surface and look up as I reach the baster over the tank to feed. Clearly visible were oval like bumps all over him/her. I had noticed a loss of color around his/her "face."
Quick search led me to flukes, and another quick search led me to a the general fluke guideline thread here on R2R. PraziPro sure sounds great don't have any on hand. Next suggestion, FW dip to diagnose. Ok cool that I can do. So warmed/aerated water, caught the fish easy. In it went for 5mins, and GOOD LORD, the amount of oval like worms that came off the poor fish! (See pics below)
I cant imagine, how much better it's feeling now, they must've engulfed every square inch.
He's back in the tank and swimming fine now, but hang on, this is where it gets interesting...
I don't have a QT set up (I know, I know). He was the second to the last two fish that will be added to the tank to complete my stocking. The problem is that now I have a fluke issue, and the final two fish are arriving via LA on Tuesday (the holiday delayed shipping)!!!
Oh and then I have to fly to Houston this coming Thursday to spend the weekend with my In-Laws... I wont be back home til late Sunday evening.
WHAT DO I DO?!
My thoughts:
-Pick up prazipro tomorrow and dose the DT
- Wait til the very last second before I leave for the airport on Thursday and do a large water change.
- Ask the almighty to forgive me of my sins
My concerns:
- Dosing PraziPro into a mixed reef
- The health of my Radiance and Melanarus Wrasses (Prazi Sensitivity)
- The health of the rest of my fish (2 picasso's, 1 anthias)
- What to do with the two new fish (Yellow Tang, Red head Solon Fairy Wrasse)
I do have a tank sitter coming to feed the tank while I'm away but there is no way I would put anything outside of that on his shoulders.
Any insight or direction would be HUGE.
*** For those expecting pictures of my In-laws, you're not missing out, and out of luck***
POST DIP - This side was completely covered in "bumps" before!
Quick search led me to flukes, and another quick search led me to a the general fluke guideline thread here on R2R. PraziPro sure sounds great don't have any on hand. Next suggestion, FW dip to diagnose. Ok cool that I can do. So warmed/aerated water, caught the fish easy. In it went for 5mins, and GOOD LORD, the amount of oval like worms that came off the poor fish! (See pics below)
I cant imagine, how much better it's feeling now, they must've engulfed every square inch.
He's back in the tank and swimming fine now, but hang on, this is where it gets interesting...
I don't have a QT set up (I know, I know). He was the second to the last two fish that will be added to the tank to complete my stocking. The problem is that now I have a fluke issue, and the final two fish are arriving via LA on Tuesday (the holiday delayed shipping)!!!
Oh and then I have to fly to Houston this coming Thursday to spend the weekend with my In-Laws... I wont be back home til late Sunday evening.
WHAT DO I DO?!
My thoughts:
-Pick up prazipro tomorrow and dose the DT
- Wait til the very last second before I leave for the airport on Thursday and do a large water change.
- Ask the almighty to forgive me of my sins
My concerns:
- Dosing PraziPro into a mixed reef
- The health of my Radiance and Melanarus Wrasses (Prazi Sensitivity)
- The health of the rest of my fish (2 picasso's, 1 anthias)
- What to do with the two new fish (Yellow Tang, Red head Solon Fairy Wrasse)
I do have a tank sitter coming to feed the tank while I'm away but there is no way I would put anything outside of that on his shoulders.
Any insight or direction would be HUGE.
*** For those expecting pictures of my In-laws, you're not missing out, and out of luck***
POST DIP - This side was completely covered in "bumps" before!
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