A couple of questions!

[hillegom]

I agree ^
Transfer them again when the time comes and one last prazipro treatment.
When you did the last prazi treatments, were they one after the other in the tank transfer method?

[Craigdillman]

I've done both during the tank transfers or after both work but probably after will work best for you I find it works pretty quick

[F.H]

Yeah, well I initially got the fish, started prazipro on the second day, did 2 treatments of prazi back to back so, 2 weeks.

Then I just observed them for 2 weeks, as they didn't show any signs of ich/disease, and I was about to put them in my display when I decided to do the tank transfer treatment prophylactically for peace of mind before putting them in my display.

The tank transfer is pretty much done now, and I should be putting them into my display tomorrow, but I figured I should ask about these two things before I do.

It's just curious, because in the past when a fish has gotten stringy poop like that, it continues to have it until I treat it and fix it... but this time it goes for days with normal poop, and then one day might have poop similar to the one pictured, and then go back to normal poop.

Shouldn't the 2 doses of prazi have been enough? should I medicate their food with metro instead?

[George]

The recommended protocol for prazipro (pp) is doing 2 rounds, wait 5-7 days in between. The reason for the wait is for the eggs to hatch because pp apparently doesn't kill eggs. Also some advanced users are starting to recommend 3 rounds of PP. Again 5-7 days wait in between. There are also talks of PP is good for external fluke but not internal. I am following that development.
I doubt that the single dot was marine ich. I never see ich showing up as just one dot.
Good luck!

[F.H]

Thanks, George.

Likely, the more that I thought about it, the more I'm leaning towards the fact that the single dot probably isn't ich. It's been there for 4 days now, and I can see the dot from BOTH sides of the fin, which is odd? I'm leaning towards the fact that it might just be a hole or a tear on the fin.

I have heard about the waiting for eggs to hatch, and I suppose that's where my fault lies. I have also heard the same, that prazi is only good for the external flukes/parasites and for internal it's better to dose food with prazi (which can be very tricky) or dosing food with Metro?

or should I treat prazi in the water, and dose food with metro as well for another week?

My only issue is that he hasn't shown any signs of stringy poop for the past ~2.5-3 days so it is normal for a fish with internal parasites to "fight" them and show normal poop? I was just under the impression that the fish will continue to show stringy poop until he has been rid of the parasite. This is the only thing that's holding me back from administering prazipro right away.

Thanks for all the inputs so far, much appreciated.

[Craigdillman]

I think stringy poop can come and go i know when my clowns were in QT they had it off and on till i did the prazi pro to the water treatment, after like 3 days into the treatment it was all cleared up