Powder Blue keep scratching?

[Aquatica Services Pattaya]

this powder blue is now in QT under cupramine (0.4-0.5 solution) for about 14 days now and he still seem to be scratching like in the video....
water being changed 50% each day and being fed frozen copepods and mysis plus some dryfood. he is eating well.
Could this be another behavior besides scratching? maybe mirror effect on the bottom?
yellow tang next to him (same water) seems nit bothered at all by any scratching and looks Ich free....

 

[vetteguy53081]

this powder blue is now in QT under cupramine (0.4-0.5 solution) for about 14 days now and he still seem to be scratching like in the video....
water being changed 50% each day and being fed frozen copepods and mysis plus some dryfood. he is eating well.
Could this be another behavior besides scratching? maybe mirror effect on the bottom?
yellow tang next to him (same water) seems nit bothered at all by any scratching and looks Ich free....

The scratching can be ich or flukes but you have to reduce changing water as you are not really allowing copper to take effect at full strength. Can also be skin irritation but copper will help curb that. If you feel the need to change water daily, do a 5% change in lieu of 50% or unless test kit shows high level

 

[Aquatica Services Pattaya]

The scratching can be ich or flukes but you have to reduce changing water as you are not really allowing copper to take effect at full strength. Can also be skin irritation but copper will help curb that. If you feel the need to change water daily, do a 5% change in lieu of 50% or unless test kit shows high level

the water change is done with new water that has cuparmine added to it to match the required....

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

this powder blue is now in QT under cupramine (0.4-0.5 solution) for about 14 days now and he still seem to be scratching like in the video....
water being changed 50% each day and being fed frozen copepods and mysis plus some dryfood. he is eating well.
Could this be another behavior besides scratching? maybe mirror effect on the bottom?
yellow tang next to him (same water) seems nit bothered at all by any scratching and looks Ich free....

Vigorous scratching like that is often a sign of flukes. Cupramine doesn't treat those. Here is a post I made about praziquantel:

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

 

[Aquatica Services Pattaya]

Vigorous scratching like that is often a sign of flukes. Cupramine doesn't treat those. Here is a post I made about praziquantel:

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

been thinking the same
ordered Prazipro but not easy to get here in Thailand...
will start reducing the Cupramine by doing a few smaller changes with just water untill i get the Prazipro

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

been thinking the same
ordered Prazipro but not easy to get here in Thailand...
will start reducing the Cupramine by doing a few smaller changes with just water untill i get the Prazipro

You can sometimes buy time by running a 3 to 5 minute freshwater dip. There is some risk to doing that, but a lot of the risk is simply catching the fish out of the tank - in your case, being in a bare tank, that is less of an issue.

There is also a risk that if the fish has a huge number of flukes on it, the FW dip will knock them all off, leaving tiny holes in the fish's skin, and that can cause the fish to "bleed out". That risk is the same when you dose prazi though - the trick is to catch things before the infection becomes too severe.

The FW dip will knock off the adult flukes, but the fish will become reinfected when returned to the tank. Hopefully, by then, you find some prazi.

 

[Aquatica Services Pattaya]

You can sometimes buy time by running a 3 to 5 minute freshwater dip. There is some risk to doing that, but a lot of the risk is simply catching the fish out of the tank - in your case, being in a bare tank, that is less of an issue.

There is also a risk that if the fish has a huge number of flukes on it, the FW dip will knock them all off, leaving tiny holes in the fish's skin, and that can cause the fish to "bleed out". That risk is the same when you dose prazi though - the trick is to catch things before the infection becomes too severe.

The FW dip will knock off the adult flukes, but the fish will become reinfected when returned to the tank. Hopefully, by then, you find some prazi.

followed your advice and had some freshwater prepared...addrd the fish 4 minutes....
waw saw the white specs fall of of him....
could see 2 huge ones in the pot after and about 10 smaller ones... see picture of the big one crawling still on the bottom...

 

[Aquatica Services Pattaya]

some local guys here in Thailand directed me to this medication....
can you specialist have a look at it and give your opinion on it if it would work or not?
https://okdermo.com/product/opticide-fc-praziquantel-tablets-biltricide-generic/

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

some local guys here in Thailand directed me to this medication....
can you specialist have a look at it and give your opinion on it if it would work or not?
https://okdermo.com/product/opticide-fc-praziquantel-tablets-biltricide-generic/

That is the human form of praziquantel. I’ve never used it - there may be binders and excipients that can interfere with using it.
You would need to crush the tablets first - but wear a respirator/mask as you do not want to breath in the dust. You could try dissolving the tablets in water first.

Did the people who suggested it tell you how to use it?

You want a final dose of 2.2 mg per liter of tank water.