skin flukes....yet another joy of reefing

[Delphinus]

Found some Praztastic made my National Fish Pharmaceuticals which from what I can tell is the same product (praziquantel), only in powdered form. I need to see if I have any vodka though because it needs to be first dissolved in ethyl alcohol to become soluble in water.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Found some Praztastic made my National Fish Pharmaceuticals which from what I can tell is the same product (praziquantel), only in powdered form. I need to see if I have any vodka though because it needs to be first dissolved in ethyl alcohol to become soluble in water.

It is the same thing except the powder is hard to get to disolve in to a liquide and prazi-pro does not have one other thing in it. Both will work equily as well, if you use the powder disolve it in a seporate container of saltwater that is a bit wormer than the tank let sit for a bit and stir again before adding to the sump. Go a bit light and dose and bump up after a day then add what is needed to maintian dosage.

Bill

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

Make sure you turn off your skimmer. Prazi will make your skimmer go nuts.

Paul

[Delphinus]

I forgot to turn off my skimmer. Just came home from errands and was checking things and was remarking to myself that I probably should have turned it off. Rather than going berserk though it's sort of .. like it's stuck in foam or something.

How often can I redose this stuff? Do I have to wait 3 to 5 days? My new tang is in really rough shape thanks to these horrible things.

[OceanicCorals-Ian-]

How much did you dose initially? If there was an adequate amount, you should see results fairly quickly, the same day or next. I would add add some more all the while keeping an eye on some of the soft corals. You should start to see the lil nasty buggers slide off or lose their grip on the fish.

HTH.

Paul

[Delphinus]

The instructions online said 1/4 teaspoon per 40g, so I took a half shot glass of vodka I found in my pantry (impressed I had any at all, I'm not sure where it came from !!) mixed 3/4 teaspoons powder into that (tank is a 115g so I rounded up to 120g), it turned a bright pink, I stirred it for about 2 minutes. It was definitely not very soluble still, lots of particulate in the tank that took about a half hour to settle out. Did notice a nudibranch looking thing I'd never seen before floating around (maybe it was a big flatworm? I dunno) so I think some effect must be there.

I did call around and did find a LFS with Prazipro, just basically ran out of time today and couldn't get to that store but I'll be able to stop by tomorrow. I can see the advantage to a bottled solution over something I have to mix myself.

So I should be ok to hit the tank again tomorrow? Man, I absolutely hate the idea that I'm nuking my display tank but I don't see what other option I have (at least there are plenty of stories out there to reassure me that the tank ought to come out the other side!)

I'll see if I can post a picture of the tang. His face is covered in ulcers, there are ulcers along his back and one of his fins is a bit eroded as well. I just hope made the right call deciding that it's flukes and it's not something else.

[Delphinus]

Each of those black splotches on his ride back side there were raised little white lumps yesterday. His face doesn't look so bad in this photo but when I look at him in person I think it looks pretty rough. You can see white spots on his eyes still.