Hello,
Little background, I have a community Wrasse tank with about 6 wrasses in it. 5 different types of leopard wrasse and a Radiant wrasse.
The radiant wrasse has always rubbed and itched on rocks since I got him more than any fish I have owned before. I have had him for about 8 months now. I had treated with Prazi when I got him in and done a second round of treatment at the 3 month mark of owning him.
Usually, the itching and rubbing was the only thing that made me nervous, however it never seemed to get worse and he ate like a pig and was putting on size pretty quickly. So I didn't worry about it too much, as it was a constant thing, just from time to time he would itch and rub on rocks.
Additionally, no other fish were showing signs of having any issues. I've owned the leopard wrasses for at least 5 to 8 months time and they are not itching at all and eat great. Additionally, they were all treated with prazi as well.
Jump forward to today, over the last week the Radiant has seemed to be getting worse, I started another prazi treatment and am debating doing another round of it today. He doesn't show any signs of velvet or ich, his poop from what I can see looks normal. The only thing I can see, is the membrane of his gills is just slightly sticking out where on other fish it is not. Which leads me to believe it is either flukes that are resistant to prazi or the very beginning stages of ich. Additionally, when he rubs or itches it is all centered around his gills and face that he rubs. He is still eating well, and very active swimmer. His breathing may be a bit elevated, but honestly, I can't say with confidence if that is true or not. As he has always been an active swimmer. However no other fish has showed any signs they have an issue .
My thoughts moving forward are to try one more treatment of prazi while also medicating their food with metro. If that doesn't work, pull the radiant into a qt and treat more directly but I'm not sure what I should treat with. I feel formalin is a bit to harsh to jump to as the next step.
I'm hoping someone can assist with what you think the next best steps are and what you think this may be. He isn't getting better and I fear that prazi is not doing the trick. I could use some guidance on what may be the best next steps moving forward for him asap as I really enjoy this fish and would love to save him.
My tank has been up and running for a year and a half and has been very stable. All water parameters are within acceptable levels of what you'd consider a happy, healthy tank.
Thanks for the assistance!
Mick
Little background, I have a community Wrasse tank with about 6 wrasses in it. 5 different types of leopard wrasse and a Radiant wrasse.
The radiant wrasse has always rubbed and itched on rocks since I got him more than any fish I have owned before. I have had him for about 8 months now. I had treated with Prazi when I got him in and done a second round of treatment at the 3 month mark of owning him.
Usually, the itching and rubbing was the only thing that made me nervous, however it never seemed to get worse and he ate like a pig and was putting on size pretty quickly. So I didn't worry about it too much, as it was a constant thing, just from time to time he would itch and rub on rocks.
Additionally, no other fish were showing signs of having any issues. I've owned the leopard wrasses for at least 5 to 8 months time and they are not itching at all and eat great. Additionally, they were all treated with prazi as well.
Jump forward to today, over the last week the Radiant has seemed to be getting worse, I started another prazi treatment and am debating doing another round of it today. He doesn't show any signs of velvet or ich, his poop from what I can see looks normal. The only thing I can see, is the membrane of his gills is just slightly sticking out where on other fish it is not. Which leads me to believe it is either flukes that are resistant to prazi or the very beginning stages of ich. Additionally, when he rubs or itches it is all centered around his gills and face that he rubs. He is still eating well, and very active swimmer. His breathing may be a bit elevated, but honestly, I can't say with confidence if that is true or not. As he has always been an active swimmer. However no other fish has showed any signs they have an issue .
My thoughts moving forward are to try one more treatment of prazi while also medicating their food with metro. If that doesn't work, pull the radiant into a qt and treat more directly but I'm not sure what I should treat with. I feel formalin is a bit to harsh to jump to as the next step.
I'm hoping someone can assist with what you think the next best steps are and what you think this may be. He isn't getting better and I fear that prazi is not doing the trick. I could use some guidance on what may be the best next steps moving forward for him asap as I really enjoy this fish and would love to save him.
My tank has been up and running for a year and a half and has been very stable. All water parameters are within acceptable levels of what you'd consider a happy, healthy tank.
Thanks for the assistance!
Mick
