Adamant
08/28/2015, 01:59 AM
OK, firstly - apologies for the long post!
About 6 months ago, I got Ich (or velvet) in my DT from not quarantining a new powder blue tang that arrived.
The fish that lived went into HT where they were treated with Cupramine at 0.5 for 3 weeks and the DT left fallow for 8 weeks.
Only my clownfish made it through so he went back into the DT at 80 days.
I've not added anything until 5 weeks ago, I got a Regal Tang and put it into QT. The fish looked healthy but I did a prophylactic treatment with Cupramine at 0.5 for 3 weeks.
At this point, I'd read that the next prophylactic recommended is Prazi for flukes but as I;d never treated my clown that's in the DT for this then I didn't see the point as I would medicate the tang and it could be in my DT.
If I got Flukes, I'll dose Prazi straight into my DT and that way all fish / water in my system will be flukes free.
It seemed a semi-decent QT procedure to me - balancing time in QT with sensible precautions.
However, last night, I noticed a two barely-visible white spots on my Regal Tang.
I was *very* vigilant in maintaining biosecurity between tanks when I was doing the fallow period and when I'd got the tang to ensure I didn't get any cross contamination.
The tanks are about 6 feet away from each other, and they do have closed lids except for where the pipes come through. The aerosolisation of Ich is I suppose a possibility but I would have to be the single most unlucky person alive to have it go through tiny gaps where the pipes come out and then manage to get back into my HT tank through other tiny gaps!
My current thinking is that I should treat my DT with Prazi as it could possibly be flukes and I've not treated for this and monitor for a few days.
If it looks like it's not getting better then I'll have to move the fish back to HT, re-treat with Cupramine, and fallow again?
Any thoughts / ideas?
About 6 months ago, I got Ich (or velvet) in my DT from not quarantining a new powder blue tang that arrived.
The fish that lived went into HT where they were treated with Cupramine at 0.5 for 3 weeks and the DT left fallow for 8 weeks.
Only my clownfish made it through so he went back into the DT at 80 days.
I've not added anything until 5 weeks ago, I got a Regal Tang and put it into QT. The fish looked healthy but I did a prophylactic treatment with Cupramine at 0.5 for 3 weeks.
At this point, I'd read that the next prophylactic recommended is Prazi for flukes but as I;d never treated my clown that's in the DT for this then I didn't see the point as I would medicate the tang and it could be in my DT.
If I got Flukes, I'll dose Prazi straight into my DT and that way all fish / water in my system will be flukes free.
It seemed a semi-decent QT procedure to me - balancing time in QT with sensible precautions.
However, last night, I noticed a two barely-visible white spots on my Regal Tang.
I was *very* vigilant in maintaining biosecurity between tanks when I was doing the fallow period and when I'd got the tang to ensure I didn't get any cross contamination.
The tanks are about 6 feet away from each other, and they do have closed lids except for where the pipes come through. The aerosolisation of Ich is I suppose a possibility but I would have to be the single most unlucky person alive to have it go through tiny gaps where the pipes come out and then manage to get back into my HT tank through other tiny gaps!
My current thinking is that I should treat my DT with Prazi as it could possibly be flukes and I've not treated for this and monitor for a few days.
If it looks like it's not getting better then I'll have to move the fish back to HT, re-treat with Cupramine, and fallow again?
Any thoughts / ideas?