SRC Member Morpheous Posted April 17, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted April 17, 2010 Parasite experts out there, I suspect i have fluke.I've been fallowing my tank ( just a blood shrimp left)trying to rid these parasitic worm. But i still see them around after a month even with UV on. Any remedy or medicine that i can use? Fallow does not seem to work... Quote Best Regards, Morpheous ========================================================================================== My Ocean Pets: Emperor Angel, PowderBlue Tang, Regal Angel, Teardrop Butterfly, Singapore Angel and Nemos ========================================================================================== (Only when you guard your lips, you guard your soul....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted April 17, 2010 Share Posted April 17, 2010 A picture would help greatly. Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Morpheous Posted April 18, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 18, 2010 As attached, picture shows it moving in a downward direction. These buggers are less than 1mm in size. In massive numbers, the fish's skin pale out and seemed to be consumed. Hypo does not works... Worm 1.bmp Worm 2.bmp Somehow, i find it similar to fluke trematode... http://www.aquarium-pond-answers.com/2007/03/trematodes-and-nematodes-in-fish.html http://www.fish-as-pets.com/2007/09/monogenean-parasites-marine-fish.html Hope someone can help... Last thing i wanna do is to flush out everything n restart... 1 Quote Best Regards, Morpheous ========================================================================================== My Ocean Pets: Emperor Angel, PowderBlue Tang, Regal Angel, Teardrop Butterfly, Singapore Angel and Nemos ========================================================================================== (Only when you guard your lips, you guard your soul....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuEl Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1687413 Quote Always something more important than fish. http://reefbuilders.com/2012/03/08/sps-pico-reef/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted April 18, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted April 18, 2010 be thankful its not a human liver fluke! those things grow to about 3 inches and suck your blood and bile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Morpheous Posted April 18, 2010 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 18, 2010 I've tried substitute Prazi gold and waterlife sterazin but to no avail... Anyone knows where i could get potassium permanganate and what are its known effects? Quote Best Regards, Morpheous ========================================================================================== My Ocean Pets: Emperor Angel, PowderBlue Tang, Regal Angel, Teardrop Butterfly, Singapore Angel and Nemos ========================================================================================== (Only when you guard your lips, you guard your soul....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted April 19, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted April 19, 2010 I've tried substitute Prazi gold and waterlife sterazin but to no avail... Anyone knows where i could get potassium permanganate and what are its known effects? potassium permanganate (KMnO4) is a very very VERY deep purple compound that will stain your clothes and cannot be removed. A good oxidising agent, and will stain water a deep purple. I don't think it can be used in reef tanks? It will make your water so purple it appears black. I use this chemical very often and it stains like crazy. The purple stains will decompose to brown potassium manganate which cannot be removed easily. Potassium permanganate induces mutation of DNA if used in large amounts for prolonged periods of time. The only place where i commonly see this is in laboratories. Not sure if you can buy it from outside. never heard of it being used in reef tanks before. maybe not in it's pure form, and in very minute amounts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinityex Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Guardian Pharmacy sells powder form potassium permanganate for less than $15 I think, aqueous forms are also available. Make sure you know what you are doing, that stuff burns in high concentrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted April 20, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted April 20, 2010 Guardian Pharmacy sells powder form potassium permanganate for less than $15 I think, aqueous forms are also available. Make sure you know what you are doing, that stuff burns in high concentrations. agreed. potassium permangante very strong oxidising agent and burns brightly. never mix it with sugar or any of the carbon sugars. this stuff explodes and burns very strongly with sugar. i don't think it's suitable for use in marine aquarium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iori_del Posted November 9, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted November 9, 2010 Dear all, i want to find Prazipro, any kind soul know where can i get them. Had 2 multicolor angels dead within 1 weeks even there is no itch it jus stop eating and wasted away... Quote GIve up liao!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted November 9, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted November 9, 2010 iwarna sells prazi by the bottle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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