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![]() Just purchased a Naso Tang on Saturday and noticed 2 white spots just above the right eye on Sunday. Is this a possible parasite or a disease? I did not quarantine the fish before letting him in....he is eating well and seems to get along with my yellow tang.
Any thoughts? The other 'spots' on the fish are from passing debris or food in the tank. The worrysome spots are above the right eye. Last edited by newreefer_59; 04-22-2010 at 04:54 PM. |
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![]() Unmistakable I'm afraid. Your fish has skin/gill flukes. It's not too bad at the moment but you need to treat him with Prazipro.
It's pretty much a given nowadays that, in particular tangs and angels, should be assumed to come with flukes. It's my opinion that everyone should have a bottle of Prazipro (or Praziquantel powder) on hand. The good news is that it's treatable. The bad news is that if it is NOT treated, it can get into their gills, and will then likely be fatal. And it can spread to your other fish. So treatment, is, in my opinion "mandatory." Prazipro is about as reef safe as you can get. I did lose my abalone during a praziquantel treatment but it's possible that he was on his way out anyhow (he was 5 years old) so I'm not sure if it was related or not. However, all my corals, all my clams, all my other snails, all my fish - all survived the treatement. The tank did look like crap for a week with film algae on the glass going out of control, so it's not a painless week, but it's a worthwhile pain to endure for the sake of your fish. I will dig up some threads you can read for further reading and post back when I have them. Good luck!
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![]() http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=57604&
I typed in a really nice summary in this thread, here's a link to the post: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...43&postcount=3 Actually .. what the heck. I'll copy the whole post again for your benefit: Quote:
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![]() Len,
So sorry you have to go through this too. ![]() Hope it all goes well and things clear up soon....keep us posted. Leah |
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![]() Sorry for posting again but I had one more thought to share. I noticed you're local to me (well, sort of anyhow). FWIW, I got the Praziquantel powder from Red Coral, and the Prazipro liquid from Gold Aquariums.
The Praziquantel is a powder which is not dissolvable in water. You have to predissolve it in ethyl alcohol ("vodka"). You have to mix for a long time. I mixed for 5 minutes and even still a goodly portion of it didn't dissolve and went into the tank as white powder. Prazipro on the other hand is already a liquid and thus ready to dose. Just follow the instructions and you're set. On the flipside, the praziquantel powder is more a concentrated form of the pharmaceutical. So in a bad case the powder may be better, in a mild case such as yours, save yourself some hassle and go with the liquid. If you read through the whole first thread I linked to (Christy's thread), near the end you'll see a before and after set of pictures of my tang. The difference is astounding. I'm never not having Prazipro on hand again! Everyone should have a bottle in their "tank stuff drawer" IMO.
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![]() Just to be clear, I don't see any other symptoms other than the 2 white dots on his forehead. Eyes look fine as is the appetite and does not appear lethargic in any way (just a tad camera shy)
I contacted the LFS where I got it and they are looking at it as well....... Will keep you posted ![]() |
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![]() Are you sure there aren't the same two dots on the other side?
I'm looking at other Naso pictures and I notice similar spots on just about all of them (symmetrical). If it's just one side then I still think flukes. If both sides have it then it might just be a feature of Naso tangs. ![]()
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![]() I have used prazi-pro and it works follow the instructions do the full 7 day treatment that had the best results. you will have to keep the dose up over the treatment I did run my skimmer but just to ariate the water I did not let it skimm har to do but not imposible. or you will have to run a air pump and a airstone.
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![]() hope you and your fish make it through smoothly!
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