Using prazipro

parmaker · 10/15/2008, 07:28 AM

I think that my yellow tang has flukes. I dont have a qt so I would have to treat in display tank. I was told you could use prazipro in the display tank. I was also told if you have a heavy bio load it could cause problems. what kind of problems could it cause? In my 55g FOWLR I have 3 chromis, 2 clowns, 1 firefish goby, 1 yellow tang, and some hermits and snails. I also have 40lbs of live sand and 45lbs of live rock. I run a canister filter by life guard. Is this a heavy bio load? and could I use in display without any problems?

Randy Holmes-Farley · 10/15/2008, 11:48 AM

Sorry, I'm not familiar with it. I'll have to leave commentary on it to others.

Kieth71 · 10/15/2008, 05:04 PM

What i meant bye having problems with bioload is if you use this in your display tank you have to turn your skimmer off for a week.I have no idea what a canister filter would do but if you run carbon in it you would have to remove it so the filter would not remove the medicine. The skimmer would go nuts if you kept it running as well so it has to be turned off.

cthetoy · 10/15/2008, 09:35 PM

From my experience and from what I heard from other reefers that Prazipro should be safe in your FOWLR. Just make sure you don't run carbon or your skimmer. Your skimmer will just overflow.

Also shake your Prazipro bottle vigourously as stated on the bottle or your dosage will be too strong or too weak.

Here is the unofficial Fluke thread on Reefcentral
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1260067

scuzy · 10/16/2008, 01:29 AM

i restarted my skimmer after doing some water change. my skimmer doesn't seem to be working. The foams not coming up is this part of the process ?

bertoni · 10/16/2008, 09:20 PM

Maybe. How does the tank look otherwise?

scuzy · 10/17/2008, 07:59 AM

tank looks clean. i mean i have to dial my skimmer higher again to get the foam to foam out. Maybe it's jsut not much waste i don't know.

bertoni · 10/17/2008, 07:19 PM

Well, as long as the tank is doing well, I wouldn't worry. Skimming is a fairly complicated operation, and there are various compounds that can tweak a skimmer.

Lyfey · 10/17/2008, 09:30 PM

lost my first fish today, in the hobby since february.. a blue/green chromis to flukes.. i was coming home with the bottle of prazipro and when i got home, noticed he passed.. rip little guy thanks for saving the rest of your friends by showing us what was wrong

Lyfey · 10/19/2008, 10:44 PM

update, dosed the prazipro too late, lost a kole tang and a coral beauty too.. all fish just put back into the DT, after a few days in the QT and they pulled through the prazipro treatment, flukes fell off the blue tangs eyes it just took 2 days for the prazipro to start working.. dont wait to dose! dose as soon as you see signs or even as a failsafe!.. i dosed the night before and lost 2 fish after! dont wait!

bertoni · 10/20/2008, 10:03 PM

Well, I'm sorry you lost the two fish. Hopefully, the rest will continue to be fine.

10/15/2008, 07:28 AM	#1
parmaker Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Florence, SC Posts: 321	Using prazipro I think that my yellow tang has flukes. I dont have a qt so I would have to treat in display tank. I was told you could use prazipro in the display tank. I was also told if you have a heavy bio load it could cause problems. what kind of problems could it cause? In my 55g FOWLR I have 3 chromis, 2 clowns, 1 firefish goby, 1 yellow tang, and some hermits and snails. I also have 40lbs of live sand and 45lbs of live rock. I run a canister filter by life guard. Is this a heavy bio load? and could I use in display without any problems? __________________ Brian Current Tank Info: 55g FOWLR, 40 lbs Live Sand, 50 lbs Live Rock, 2 Percula Clownfish, 1 Fire fish, 3 Chromis, 1 Yellow Tang, and CUC

10/15/2008, 11:48 AM	#2
Randy Holmes-Farley Reef Chemist Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Arlington, Massachusetts Posts: 81,937	Sorry, I'm not familiar with it. I'll have to leave commentary on it to others. __________________ Randy Holmes-Farley Club 65535 Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef

10/16/2008, 09:20 PM	#6
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 68,496	Maybe. How does the tank look otherwise? __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

10/17/2008, 07:19 PM	#8
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 68,496	Well, as long as the tank is doing well, I wouldn't worry. Skimming is a fairly complicated operation, and there are various compounds that can tweak a skimmer. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

10/20/2008, 10:03 PM	#11
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 68,496	Well, I'm sorry you lost the two fish. Hopefully, the rest will continue to be fine. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

10/15/2008, 05:04 PM	#3
Kieth71 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: colorado Posts: 1,016	What i meant bye having problems with bioload is if you use this in your display tank you have to turn your skimmer off for a week.I have no idea what a canister filter would do but if you run carbon in it you would have to remove it so the filter would not remove the medicine. The skimmer would go nuts if you kept it running as well so it has to be turned off.

10/15/2008, 09:35 PM	#4
cthetoy Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rancho Cucamonga, CA Posts: 1,884	From my experience and from what I heard from other reefers that Prazipro should be safe in your FOWLR. Just make sure you don't run carbon or your skimmer. Your skimmer will just overflow. Also shake your Prazipro bottle vigourously as stated on the bottle or your dosage will be too strong or too weak. Here is the unofficial Fluke thread on Reefcentral http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1260067

10/16/2008, 01:29 AM	#5
scuzy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,009	i restarted my skimmer after doing some water change. my skimmer doesn't seem to be working. The foams not coming up is this part of the process ?

10/17/2008, 07:59 AM	#7
scuzy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 2,009	tank looks clean. i mean i have to dial my skimmer higher again to get the foam to foam out. Maybe it's jsut not much waste i don't know.

10/17/2008, 09:30 PM	#9
Lyfey Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Flemington, NJ Posts: 852	lost my first fish today, in the hobby since february.. a blue/green chromis to flukes.. i was coming home with the bottle of prazipro and when i got home, noticed he passed.. rip little guy thanks for saving the rest of your friends by showing us what was wrong

10/19/2008, 10:44 PM	#10
Lyfey Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Flemington, NJ Posts: 852	update, dosed the prazipro too late, lost a kole tang and a coral beauty too.. all fish just put back into the DT, after a few days in the QT and they pulled through the prazipro treatment, flukes fell off the blue tangs eyes it just took 2 days for the prazipro to start working.. dont wait to dose! dose as soon as you see signs or even as a failsafe!.. i dosed the night before and lost 2 fish after! dont wait!