UV Sterilizer For Flukes

[xyousefb]

Hi everyone,

I’ve had this question on my mind for a while and I’d like to hear from you guys (especially if someone had had first hand experience with this)

I think I’ve got a very resistant and difficult kind of flukes in my DT. Now, I know that some people swear by ich management by using things like UV sterilizers and improving fish immunity.

Is it possible to have a DT with flukes and manage it with the use of an effective UV sterilizer?

* what do public aquariums do? Surely they don’t tear down their tanks that have tens of thousands of fish if they suspect flukes

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi everyone,

I’ve had this question on my mind for a while and I’d like to hear from you guys (especially if someone had had first hand experience with this)

I think I’ve got a very resistant and difficult kind of flukes in my DT. Now, I know that some people swear by ich management by using things like UV sterilizers and improving fish immunity.

Is it possible to have a DT with flukes and manage it with the use of an effective UV sterilizer?

* what do public aquariums do? Surely they don’t tear down their tanks that have tens of thousands of fish if they suspect flukes

UV unit will address algae and parasites, not flukes. Effective is PraziPro which is safe for your tank/fish/coral

 

[b1llvance]

I myself had a Prazi resistant fluke. I was able to clear them up when I started dosing H2O2 and running UV at the same time. Was it one or the other or the combo? I don’t know. I followed the H2O2 dosing guide on Humble.fish started by Jessica and it worked, or it simultaneously cleared up on its own. I didn’t have anything but anemones in the tank so how it works in a full reef I have no idea, but there is a lot of information in the thread.

 

[xyousefb]

UV unit will address algae and parasites, not flukes. Effective is PraziPro which is safe for your tank/fish/coral

Why not? Don’t flukes have a phase in their lifecycle where they exist in the water column in hopes to find a host?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Why not? Don’t flukes have a phase in their lifecycle where they exist in the water column in hopes to find a host?

Flukes are flatworms using hooks to latch onto fish and reproduce on their hosts. Unlike protozoans which are free swimming and reproduce in the bedding of tanks, freshwater can shorten their life span while prazi is most effective in breaking their life cycle

 

[W31Olds]

You could probably kill Flukes in the Water Column with UV but the unit needed would probably be massive and very expensive and you still would'nt get them all. I would think it's not practical.

 

[xyousefb]

Flukes are flatworms using hooks to latch onto fish and reproduce on their hosts. Unlike protozoans which are free swimming and reproduce in the bedding of tanks, freshwater can shorten their life span while prazi is most effective in breaking their life cycle

So then how do flukes spread to other fish?

 

[Largeangels]

UV isn't really good for any parasite eradication.

If you don't have corals or inverts you can do Hypo for 30 days.

 

[vetteguy53081]

So then how do flukes spread to other fish?

Fish to fish contact, poor water quality and overcrowding

 

[vetteguy53081]

So then how do flukes spread to other fish?

Fish to fish contact, poor water quality and overcrowding

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Hi everyone,

I’ve had this question on my mind for a while and I’d like to hear from you guys (especially if someone had had first hand experience with this)

I think I’ve got a very resistant and difficult kind of flukes in my DT. Now, I know that some people swear by ich management by using things like UV sterilizers and improving fish immunity.

Is it possible to have a DT with flukes and manage it with the use of an effective UV sterilizer?

* what do public aquariums do? Surely they don’t tear down their tanks that have tens of thousands of fish if they suspect flukes

UV does not control flukes - the eggs and free swimming larva are not killed by UV and of course, the adult flukes, living on the fish, never get exposed to the UV in any event.

Public aquariums that get flukes in their systems because their quarantine process failed are in a bit of a pickle - most public aquariums use both UV and ozone, but that doesn't stop flukes. Praziquantel on large systems is problematic because of bacterial degradation. Hyposalinity works well, but many public aquariums have sharks and rays in their systems which cannot be exposed to hyposalinity.

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I myself had a Prazi resistant fluke. I was able to clear them up when I started dosing H2O2 and running UV at the same time. Was it one or the other or the combo? I don’t know. I followed the H2O2 dosing guide on Humble.fish started by Jessica and it worked, or it simultaneously cleared up on its own. I didn’t have anything but anemones in the tank so how it works in a full reef I have no idea, but there is a lot of information in the thread.

"Prazi resistant flukes" are actually a misnomer - the flukes are not developing true resistance, what happens is that after a few prazi treatments, a type of heterotrophic bacteria grows that eats prazi as a food source. That renders the prazi less and less useful over time.