They went through prazi/gc in the prior tank and before I transferred them gave them a FWD and didnt notice anything. Should I hit then with Prazi again? I was actually planning another transfer in a few weeks with a 12 hour fenben bath in between.
I would FW dip first to confirm/rule out flukes: https://humble.fish/community/index.php?threads/freshwater-dip.20/
Thanks. If it's not flukes can it be a late reaction to the copper treatment? Anything else it could really be? I have 5 fish in the QT tank and this is the only one with spots.
Could be something viral (i.e. nodules). All medications (copper, prazi, antibiotics, etc.) are immunosuppressants, so if a fish has a latent virus it is more likely to experience a "flare-up" following exposure to meds.
Fish still looks the same but otherwise doing well. I actually think this may be lympho as a few of the spots look like skin tags.
Gill flukes are substantially smaller than skin flukes. You have to look really closely for the tiny white specks. A FW dip is also less effective against gill flukes, so there will be less to see on the bottom of the bucket.
Sometimes the best thing you can do is to put the fish in clean water (no meds) and feed vitamin soaked nutritious foods. Wait and see what happens. There comes a point where the medications have done all the good they can, and actually turn into a detriment.
Sounds like a plan. I'll see what happens over the next 30 days or so. I hope I didnt accidentally didnt reinfect the fish feeding the rabbit live macro. Any experience with the herbatana products?
Herbtana manages parasites; Artemiss manages bacterial diseases. However, once the fish is removed symptoms usually return. Herbal remedies are usually just a band-aid, if they even work at all.
What about polylab medic? I actually have an unused bottle from a few years ago. I am assuming it's just like peroxide?
It supposedly contains H2O2, and I'm not sure what else. If it does contain peroxide, it's at least useful as a bath.
I haven't. This fish was actually the reason why I took then out of the display. Since I didnt know what I was treating at first I started them in hypo for 2 weeks. After Hypo didnt stop the flashing I used cupramine at .5 which did seem to stop the flashing but since the rabbitfish developed finrot during treatment I stopped at 14 days at transferred to a sterile QT tank. The fins regrow but the fish started flashing again. Also before I treated with copper I did treat with Prazi and FWD'd the fish and had no flukes in the bucket. I am at a loss. Is it flukes/worms? Is the macro I am getting from algea barn constantly reimfecting the fish.
I actually did 3 treatments on days 1,4, and 7.