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Im 95% sure my fishes have gill flukes. Started with a new fish added. Head twitching, swimming into wavemaker, scratching side of head/gills on rock. So i started hypo @1.009 like 5 days days ago. I did see some change. Fish were scratching less. Fw dipped my scopas(culprit), foxface and coral beauty. They looked better after the dip. But today i see the foxface with one fin clamped, now my clownfish is twitching its head to one side a few times like theres an itch. Foxface ate this morning with everyone else but in the evening when i noticed the clamped fin it had also stopped eating. This is when i grabbed it and dipped for 5 mins in freshwater. The clamped fin is no longer clamped and the fish does look better. Now i really wanna dose prazi tomorrow. I dont think i should wait any longer but my tank is running hypo and it will take a week to raise it back to 1.025. Can i start prazi now with hypo? I saw on humblefish that it can be done but isn’t recommended cause of stress. Normally hypo for 5-7 days would be enough but i dont think its working well for me. Yes i just calibrated my refractometer. Its an actual seawater one.
Can i start prazi now with hypo? Every fish is eating except the foxface now. It was eating fine before this and even this morning.
But at 5 days in with hypo and now a new fish twitching its head to one side, could it be something else instead of gill flukes? Its a fowlr system and i can nuke with copper if thats better. But still gotta wait a week to raise salinity back up if thats thw route im going with. Ive done copper in my other fowlr before and it worked. Yes the rock sucked up copper the first day but after that it was ok
Can i start prazi now with hypo? Every fish is eating except the foxface now. It was eating fine before this and even this morning.
But at 5 days in with hypo and now a new fish twitching its head to one side, could it be something else instead of gill flukes? Its a fowlr system and i can nuke with copper if thats better. But still gotta wait a week to raise salinity back up if thats thw route im going with. Ive done copper in my other fowlr before and it worked. Yes the rock sucked up copper the first day but after that it was ok
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