Nice yea the PraziPro should work great on the flukes. Did they say what kind by chance? Id guess Dactylogyrus (egg layers).
I believe there are two types egg layers and livebearers. If your already 4 weeks in you should be in good shape. With the eggs the Prazi wont impact them until they hatch. A lot of people get the adult flukes with the first run and stop because everyone starts behaving normally again.
But with these little buggers laying up to 20 eggs per hour if you don't follow up with a second and sometimes third treatment you can be right back to where you started pretty quick. After hatching the free swimming fluke can only survive for about 12 hours without attaching itself to a host.
With my P14 last spring I treated at the recommended dosage for 5-7 days.
Large water changes and gave him a few days to rest. Did another treatment cycle for 5-7 days. Water changes and rest again. Then a final week long treatment.
I ran a similar treatment on a leo I got this past Feb.
Its tough with the timing because while Prazi is very mild you don't want to stress the ray more but at the same time its key to catch the new ones that are hatching before they can lay more eggs. I have read about potential for the trematodes (flukes) building up a resistance to Prazi if you do it too often but I've never been able to find any documentation or first hand accounts.
That's awesome you got a bacterial medication recommendation the university tested and confirmed. Jehmco is a good spot to start but if they don't have what you need I think I have a bookmark saved on my home computer with a larger selection of meds for aquaculture treatment. I can post/send it to you if I can dig it up.
I've never talked to David W. before but I have learned a hell of a lot from reading over his posts over the past few years. If you've been able to get in touch with him I am sure he can give you tons of more good information. His postings about removing bad dissolved organics and other things via water changes are the main reason I stopped using my drip system a while back. With the food and waste amount of rays things build up exponentially faster than regular fish.
The UV, dosed properly should help keep the free floating parasite numbers in check. Flukes can be present in healthy rays but with stress or a decrease in water quality they seem to really take hold.
Keep me posted on how it goes, gradually cutting your water with RO can really allow you get some consistent numbers. Hopefully that all makes some sense Im typing kind of fast and didn't get a chance to proofread haha.
I believe there are two types egg layers and livebearers. If your already 4 weeks in you should be in good shape. With the eggs the Prazi wont impact them until they hatch. A lot of people get the adult flukes with the first run and stop because everyone starts behaving normally again.
But with these little buggers laying up to 20 eggs per hour if you don't follow up with a second and sometimes third treatment you can be right back to where you started pretty quick. After hatching the free swimming fluke can only survive for about 12 hours without attaching itself to a host.
With my P14 last spring I treated at the recommended dosage for 5-7 days.
Large water changes and gave him a few days to rest. Did another treatment cycle for 5-7 days. Water changes and rest again. Then a final week long treatment.
I ran a similar treatment on a leo I got this past Feb.
Its tough with the timing because while Prazi is very mild you don't want to stress the ray more but at the same time its key to catch the new ones that are hatching before they can lay more eggs. I have read about potential for the trematodes (flukes) building up a resistance to Prazi if you do it too often but I've never been able to find any documentation or first hand accounts.
That's awesome you got a bacterial medication recommendation the university tested and confirmed. Jehmco is a good spot to start but if they don't have what you need I think I have a bookmark saved on my home computer with a larger selection of meds for aquaculture treatment. I can post/send it to you if I can dig it up.
I've never talked to David W. before but I have learned a hell of a lot from reading over his posts over the past few years. If you've been able to get in touch with him I am sure he can give you tons of more good information. His postings about removing bad dissolved organics and other things via water changes are the main reason I stopped using my drip system a while back. With the food and waste amount of rays things build up exponentially faster than regular fish.
The UV, dosed properly should help keep the free floating parasite numbers in check. Flukes can be present in healthy rays but with stress or a decrease in water quality they seem to really take hold.
Keep me posted on how it goes, gradually cutting your water with RO can really allow you get some consistent numbers. Hopefully that all makes some sense Im typing kind of fast and didn't get a chance to proofread haha.
