I’m not sure how wrasses will tolerate hypo. I have considered it though. I have a yellow and purple and a Ruby Head Fairy. Maybe the wrasse experts will chime in.
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I’m not sure how wrasses will tolerate hypo. I have considered it though. I have a yellow and purple and a Ruby Head Fairy. Maybe the wrasse experts will chime in.
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Ok, I was under the impression that being deep water fish they might not tolerate it as well.
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Likely that hypo is easier on fish than some of the chemical/medicinal options available to us. Not all though. Apparently theee are some sensitive (thought I heard lion fish may not tolerate it well nor do sea horses like it as low as being at 1.009)
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Never have I had an issue with hypo.
Tomorrow is the big day, my Timor, Yellow and Purple, and Ruby Head Fairy wrasse are getting a 12 hour Fenbendazole bath. I’m getting up at 4 a.m (ugh) to start so I can get them back into their tank before dinner lol.
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deedubz
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I encountered it twice within a year from two different vendors. Hyposalinity worked for me. The second time the fish also developed bacterial infections and I ran hypo with the trifecta successfully.
deedubz
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I've done hypo with several wrasses and encountered no issues.
Well I’m 11 hours in and all 3 three wrasses are doing extremely well in the fenbendazole treatment. They are all actively swimming and eating. Keeping my fingers crossed on killing these flukes!
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What are some signs one should look for to diagnose prazi resistant flukes? I have a Lubbock in quarantine that went through 2 rounds of GC and 3 rounds of Metro but still acting lethargic, laying in the corner all day. (Comes out to eat, however) Will a freshwater dip confirm?
Mine continued to flash and for a week or so I thought he was just healing up until the other wrasse in QT with him starting flashing also. I did a FW dip confirmed flukes were still present after two rounds of Prazi so I am doing fenbendazole tonight.
They could be, I now use a pair of tweezers to squeeze them to rule out particles of sand. I always kept a container with a little sand in it for the wrasses and think some of my FW dips revealed sand and not flukes. If it’s sand you’ll know when it crushes into powder.
ckalupa
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No sand in that tank. It’s the QT. This was a dip on the Gem tang. Been through a few rounds of praziquantel in general cure and two weeks at 1.009 hypo. Just restored salinity to 1.025 and did a dip- this was in the dip box. Frustrating. That means these are prazi AND Hypo resistant. Hypo was double checked across a Milwaukee and hand held refractometer. These are smaller than what I had last time but shape and translucence is identical.
And been feeding GC and fembenzadole with focus.
And been feeding GC and fembenzadole with focus.
I understand the frustrating part.could they be dead scales that came off? Is the fish exhibiting any symptoms?
ckalupa
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Strange- under microscope they don’t appear to look like the flukes observed from the last time. Kind of sharp edge and no noticable head. Again- smaller than the previous known flukes. The fish do all deficate soon after going into the FW and these guys were fed sponge in their lifeline yesterday. Still unsure though.
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It’s tough, after my bout with Wrasses I’m having a hard time ever feeling safe enough about adding to my DT
ckalupa
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So - 30 days copper power >1.75 confirmed daily (Hanna), Immediately followed with 14 days in Hypo 1.009 confirmed daily w/ MKE meter and hand held to deal with prazi resistant flukes. Moved gem tang to New (fishless run in) DT along with another damsel that has been through same cycle- 1 day later Gem has a “twitch” only on top fin (not head twitch like flukes) and a white spot appeared on his right side fin. Incredible. Parameters all good on new tank. Stress spot? Damsel is fine right now.
