Does Seachem's ParaGuard do the same thing as Prazipro?
No. Prazipro is a dewormer useful for treating flukes & black ich: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/prazipro.247598/
At this time it is unknown what benefits, if any, Paraguard provides.
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Does Seachem's ParaGuard do the same thing as Prazipro?
No. Prazipro is a dewormer useful for treating flukes & black ich: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/prazipro.247598/
At this time it is unknown what benefits, if any, Paraguard provides.![]()
I highly recommend it. I have treated every fish that goes into my system with coppersafe to kill any parasites even if the fish aren't showing symptoms. Copper and most other meds are not reef safe so if this first batch of fish has Ich the only way to treat it would be to move the fish to a QT/HT and leave the DT empty for 76 days.Do I need to QT if I am just starting a new tank (first saltwater tank) so the fish will all be completely new anyway and then the DT is effectively also the QT?
I recommend leaving out the bio media. Its too hard to clean and dry. The foam filters will hold more than enough bacteria to process ammonia if set up correctly. Once you are done treating, you can pull the foam and throw it away.Seachem Tidal Power Filter (includes foam filter for mechanical filtration and Matrix bio media for biological filtration)
I recommend leaving out the bio media. Its too hard to clean and dry. The foam filters will hold more than enough bacteria to process ammonia if set up correctly. Once you are done treating, you can pull the foam and throw it away.
Nothing wrong with trying to use the bio media as long as you are very careful. For me, it offers too high of a risk of cross contamination or improper decontamination.
So what are all the medications/chemicals you need for this entire process? I have a tank, I fill it with salt water. Heater/filter/powerhead added. Then I can add the livestock?
Then I will need prazipro to proactively treat certain conditions that the fish may have that you can't see.
Also have ammonia alert to constantly monitor ammonia levels.
I saw in OP that Seachem Seed can be used to add the effects of biological filtration to the sponge of that HOB filter. So I guess whatever filter I have I would pour Seachem Seed on the filtration device...or can you just squirt some into the tank itself?
What else is needed and how do you go about adding it to QT tank? I want to make sure I go online and purchase it all right now so I don't miss anything. By the way, I have a big box of those MarinePure bio Media (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HT2ARFU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1) I was going to put in my saltwater tank's filter area (think I am going to get an AIO tank), can I do something with those in the QT tank?
I recommend reading the first post. Everything is outlined step by step.
I setup a QT about a week ago and dosed General Cure. Today I started the second round of GC, but one of my tangs is now showing signs of ich so I want to start cupramine. Is there any problems with dosing GC and Cupramine?
After reading up and testing 1 gallon dosed with the label dose of 1.25ml, I took the test tube and color card outside in direct sunlight. The QT and test samples looked the same, but looked like 1ppm. The manufacturer says that you should get 1.15ppm. I guess sunlight is the correct way to view the test. That's going to be irritating in winter, but I guess it is what it is. At least I figured out how to get a sensible reading out of the test.
I think it's a little ridiculous that the manufacturer recommends a dose that's too low for therapy.
I tried lifting it up a little like that. It seems about the same to me. I did the same thing in direct sunlight and it was about the same as well. It does lighten the color a little, so I can see how that might help. I believe the rooms I tried indoors were CFL lighting. Though I did try a couple without room lights on, relying on the sun coming in from the window. It was indirect though, and read similar to the CFL. The big difference was going out in direct sunlight. The sun angle wasn't good for trying it in a window with direct sunlight though.What kind of result do you get if you perform the same test with indoor lighting but raise the test tube about 1/2" above the white card stock?