I hear that once in awhile, I'm not sure what to make of that. It should have stopped by now. Typically, the fish will flash for a few days after the first treatment and then start up flashing again if you don't run the second treatment in time.
Adult flukes cannot readily transfer from one fish to another. If they drop off, they die. Flukes have a mobile larval stage that swims around looking for a fish host. In addition, there can be eggs in the tank that hatch out over days to perhaps two weeks and these can re-infest the fish.
Well, that sounds not too good at all. That means my other fishes could already be host for flukes. If I dose Prazi I feel unsafe with my corals.
Praziquantel is typically reef safe when dosed at 2 mg/l. You do need to increase aeration when using it, but I've not had any reports of corals dying because of it.
I added the second treatment 2 days ago. Unfortunately my Royal Gramma stopped eating yesterday and today he is at the top corner of the tank.
Can’t really see much due to the blue, but is that mucus feces hanging off the fish?
Yeah. I showed it to the pet shop owner, said it was internal parasites (worms)?
No, not worms. Those don't create mucus like that (despite their worm-like appearance). It is typically one of three things: internal protozoans, bacterial disease, or mucus from the fish itself (due to starvation or something in its diet). If the fish is eating, and the mucus doesn't return, then I would just ignore it for now. If the fish isn't eating and/or the mucus continues, then the next thing to try would be metronidazole in the water to treat for protozoan infections (marine fish drink water, so will get some medication that way). metroplex is one such drug, but it isn't reef safe.
So I just have the lone Firefish in my system now. He looks fine and is still eating well. I haven't noticed him flash in the past 2 days so hopefully the Prazi worked; fingers crossed.
Sorry, I don’t know about that brand, all mine have air injectors that I can turn down in order to reduce bubbles.
He died about 3 days later at the pet shop. Something was definitely wrong with him but don't know what.
Man, that sucks. I’m not an expert on dish disease but if something is wrong with your firefish too I wouldn’t add anything to your tank. You might want to qt him and let your tank sit for 76 days or so to make sure any parasites die.
