Flukes on convict tang?

[MauiAnglerReef]

I’m just gonna release the eel and tang. The ich will starve and this tank will act as a QT

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Can it be soaked in food? That would be preferable over dosing the whole tank

No - General Cure cannot be added to the food (although you'll read about people saying that it can!). The reason why not is simple - the two components have two different oral doses, so you cannot mix it properly to get a dose for both.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

I’m being told it’s most likely ich my a Hawaiian fish guy, and I caught this tang from Hawaii tide pool… I will prob dose coppersafe and remove all inverts

I don't think this is ich - I can't see any white spots. You can dose for flukes with praziquantel, and that is reef safe (General Cure has metronidazole in it and may harm some invertebrates).

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dosing-praziquantel-pzq.1105700/

 

[JumboShrimp]

Thanks "Jay-to-the-rescue-Hemdal"

 

[MauiAnglerReef]

I will be releasing it back into the wild- it came with it, so ocean can deal with it. After I kill ich in the tank it will act as a qt tank for my 40g

 

[MauiAnglerReef]

And if my parent end up getting a Waterbox 200 gallon tank then it will act as a qt for that too, since I can’t really add anything to my 40g cause of frogfish

 

[JumboShrimp]

'So the ocean can deal with it.' Love it!

 

[Hawaiian AQ]

I don't think this is ich - I can't see any white spots. You can dose for flukes with praziquantel, and that is reef safe (General Cure has metronidazole in it and may harm some invertebrates).

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dosing-praziquantel-pzq.1105700/

It’s ich Jay. Not flukes

 

[Hawaiian AQ]

It’s all but guaranteed that if you pull any fish from Hawaiian waters and don’t treat them for crypto, you will have crypto within a week. Especially surgeons. Furthermore, you won’t really encounter flukes on surgeons out of our waters and if you do, it’s takes awhile before it’s really a problem. What he’s experiencing is the first wave of Trophonts and soon you’ll have a infestation that will be deadly

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

It’s ich Jay. Not flukes

I can't see any trophonts in the video. If you can see them in person, then, that's different.

Ich doesn't cause flashing/scratching like that. so if you can see distinct white spots (the trophonts) then the fish may well have both issues.

 

[Hawaiian AQ]

I can't see any trophonts in the video. If you can see them in person, then, that's different.

Ich doesn't cause flashing/scratching like that. so if you can see distinct white spots (the trophonts) then the fish may well have both issues.

You don’t need to see trophonts. It’s expected in our line of work. The chances of a surgeon out of Hawaiian waters having flukes is next to nothing. The chances of them carrying ick is guaranteed. Commercial dealers and divers in Hawaii don’t run prazi in our fish systems, we run copper as our systems are predominantly tangs. Flukes typically are on things like our dwarf angelfish(potters/flames/fishers)

Our surgeons are carriers of crypto. In the wild it’s kept in check. Once brought in, the process unfolds immediately. It’s guaranteed. And the flicking/rubbing is an indicator we rely on.

 

[MauiAnglerReef]

Flukes dead