Looking for some advice. I'm an avid reader of this forum, but I'm finding trouble conquering this one so I thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas.
Background: I brought in six medium/large fish last month that went right into my 110 gallon QT--emperor, naso, blueface, copperband, queen, and Achilles. The blueface and Achilles came in with sores so I began metro/kanaplex/focus in their food. Within two days, prominent signs of ich surfaced and I began copper. Full copper was achieved 8/23.
I noticed signs of flukes on the emperor (particularly his eye) on 9/4, and a freshwater dip confirmed flukes. Although I try to avoid mixing meds, desperate times call for desperate measures--so, I began Prazi that day, with a second dose on 9/9. The queen and blueface both stopped eating and went into hiding shortly thereafter, and the copperband began twitching again. The emperor's eye still looks bad. I did a third round of Prazi on 9/13 (three days ago). Last night, I saw that both the queen and blueface had cloudy eyes so I freshwater dipped--and it snowed. Pics below. I dipped the others (except the emperor) and confirmed flukes, although not as bad.
These are either Prazi-resistent flukes or there are so many that Prazi is only having a minimal effect. I thought about Formalin but because the Achilles and blueface have open sores and given the health of the emperor I'm concerned it would be too harsh.
I hate using all these meds, but I don't see any other options. I'm keeping the water quality up with regular water changes. I monitor copper daily. Amazingly, none of these beautiful fish have died, but that's coming if I don't figure this out. I'm planning on a large water change today and was considering hyposalinity. I don't know of any other options. Thought welcome.
Background: I brought in six medium/large fish last month that went right into my 110 gallon QT--emperor, naso, blueface, copperband, queen, and Achilles. The blueface and Achilles came in with sores so I began metro/kanaplex/focus in their food. Within two days, prominent signs of ich surfaced and I began copper. Full copper was achieved 8/23.
I noticed signs of flukes on the emperor (particularly his eye) on 9/4, and a freshwater dip confirmed flukes. Although I try to avoid mixing meds, desperate times call for desperate measures--so, I began Prazi that day, with a second dose on 9/9. The queen and blueface both stopped eating and went into hiding shortly thereafter, and the copperband began twitching again. The emperor's eye still looks bad. I did a third round of Prazi on 9/13 (three days ago). Last night, I saw that both the queen and blueface had cloudy eyes so I freshwater dipped--and it snowed. Pics below. I dipped the others (except the emperor) and confirmed flukes, although not as bad.
These are either Prazi-resistent flukes or there are so many that Prazi is only having a minimal effect. I thought about Formalin but because the Achilles and blueface have open sores and given the health of the emperor I'm concerned it would be too harsh.
I hate using all these meds, but I don't see any other options. I'm keeping the water quality up with regular water changes. I monitor copper daily. Amazingly, none of these beautiful fish have died, but that's coming if I don't figure this out. I'm planning on a large water change today and was considering hyposalinity. I don't know of any other options. Thought welcome.
