Petco rescue, two tangs

JBKReef · Jun 10, 2019

If I can remember your equipment on hand dont you have 2 5 gallon tanks?

@ngoodermuth would TTM be an option for the dragonet?

Mjrenz · Jun 10, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
I did... my mandarin never had symptoms of ich, so I figured starving was the bigger threat. Since she was in her own tank it didn’t hurt to wait, but you have to be EXTRA careful about cross-contamination between the dragonet tank and the other QT/DT.

And, make sure you don’t put the rock right back in your display after. Once you pull it, it will have to go fallow before it can be reused. Or re-cured, depending on your risk aversion ;)

Now I'm thinking about one other thing, I'm going end up reintroducing flukes, can pods survive hypo?

Mjrenz · Jun 10, 2019

BestMomEver said:
Was the dottyback doing ok before the meds?

He was, I think he was sensitive to the copper and I didn't catch it in time

ngoodermuth · Jun 10, 2019

Mjrenz said:
Now I'm thinking about one other thing, I'm going end up reintroducing flukes, can pods survive hypo?

What about doing a fenbendazole bath en transit to the new QT? @Frtdrmrose7 has more experience with prazi-resistant flukes, he might have some other ideas.

ngoodermuth · Jun 10, 2019

JBKReef said:
If I can remember your equipment on hand dont you have 2 5 gallon tanks?

@ngoodermuth would TTM be an option for the dragonet?

Yea, but he probably won’t eat much during it. Although mine didn’t eat during CP either, so I made sure she was nice and fat before starting. And I had nutrimar ova, which isn’t available anymore [emoji21]

Mjrenz · Jun 10, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Yea, but he probably won’t eat much during it. Although mine didn’t eat during CP either, so I made sure she was nice and fat before starting. And I had nutrimar ova, which isn’t available anymore [emoji21]

I haven't started the cp yet, I was trying to see if I can get him eating first

Mjrenz · Jun 10, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
What about doing a fenbendazole bath en transit to the new QT? @Frtdrmrose7 has more experience with prazi-resistant flukes, he might have some other ideas.

I guess I could also use dry rock, biospira, and a couple bottles of pods

ngoodermuth · Jun 10, 2019

Mjrenz said:
I guess I could also use dry rock, biospira, and a couple bottles of pods

Oh yea...that wouldn’t work with the rock from your display. Sorry, I have extra kids this week so my mind is fried lol.

Well, could maybe just wait until you are ready for CP... and instead of only removing the rock, transfer to a sterile QT for CP (makes treating with CP a little easier anyway) and do the bath then. Unless you think the flukes are causing issues for him, that’s a little more dicey with how relentless these particular flukes seem to be.

BestMomEver · Jun 10, 2019

Mjrenz said:
He was, I think he was sensitive to the copper and I didn't catch it in time

So I’m confused... why treat a fish that’s not sick? I apparently missed something because I know you would never hurt a fish intentionally.

Mjrenz · Jun 10, 2019

BestMomEver said:
So I’m confused... why treat a fish that’s not sick? I apparently missed something because I know you would never hurt a fish intentionally.

I ended up with Prazi resistant flukes in my dt also, I already knew that I was managing ich so I decided to try and take of both. It is easy to get lost when a thread gets this long lol

Mjrenz · Jun 10, 2019

ngoodermuth said:
Oh yea...that wouldn’t work with the rock from your display. Sorry, I have extra kids this week so my mind is fried lol.

Well, could maybe just wait until you are ready for CP... and instead of only removing the rock, transfer to a sterile QT for CP (makes treating with CP a little easier anyway) and do the bath then. Unless you think the flukes are causing issues for him, that’s a little more dicey with how relentless these particular flukes seem to be.

The flukes should be gone now, all the fish have been through two baths of fenbendazole. If I set up a fresh tank with dry rock and bottled pods the only parasite I should have to worry about is ich (hopefully anyways)

bluprntguy · Jun 10, 2019

Another alternative for the mandarin would be to set up the sterile tank now with a bottle of pods and let them populate it for the next two weeks. Then do TTM with the mandarin for the next two weeks and feed live baby brine. Then transfer to the clean tank that's set up previously.

Only works if you are absolutely certain you have nothing other than ich to deal with. Also gets the mandarin back to eating quickly after treatment.

BestMomEver · Jun 10, 2019

Mjrenz said:
I ended up with Prazi resistant flukes in my dt also, I already knew that I was managing ich so I decided to try and take of both. It is easy to get lost when a thread gets this long lol

Gotcha.... ;)

Mjrenz · Jun 10, 2019

I have good news and bad news. I came home and found I lost my other cardinal:(The good news is that baby Dory is still doing very well and I set up a 5 gallon tank for the scooter blenny with a dry rock and a bottle of pods and saw him swim a little for the first time in days munching up some snacks

MombasaLionfish · Jun 11, 2019

Mjrenz said:
I have good news and bad news. I came home and found I lost my other cardinal:(The good news is that baby Dory is still doing very well and I set up a 5 gallon tank for the scooter blenny with a dry rock and a bottle of pods and saw him swim a little for the first time in days munching up some snacks

:(

Mjrenz · Jun 11, 2019

Some more bad news, I lost the scooter blenny. This is very frustrating but I'm still looking forward to getting these parasites out of my system for good

MombasaLionfish · Jun 11, 2019

Mjrenz said:
Some more bad news, I lost the scooter blenny. This is very frustrating but I'm still looking forward to getting these parasites out of my system for good

How many fish are left.:(