The lack of concise advice on this (other than prevention is better than a cure) is astounding. For us layman the mass reading of multiple forums and threads becomes overwhelming when faced with the stress of the deaseas taking hold.
So lets live with it - we make mistakes, errors in judgment and whala we have a spot problem so now what.
1) Food mixed with crushed raw garlic. - I cant find conclusive evidence that supports its use.
2) The concerns around QT and the stress of catching and transferring affected fish in mass poses to huge a risk and in most cases causes havoc with well established aquascaping and corals.
3) Dosing medicine of all sorts and the argument that it is not rationally able to distinguish between parasites and useful critters in a reef.
So where does that leave us.. Somewhere in between i propose
- Raise temp to 28 deg to speed up parasite life cycle.
- Soak food in non copper based meds like Myxazin (supposed to be reef safe) and feed directly to fish.
- Prepare ice cubes made with RO water and Myxazin with pellets, flakes and Nori in soaked in it for convenience.
By not flooding the tank with the recommended dose of Myxazin (or other supposed to be reef safe meds) directly into the water it should reduce the coral and invert risk significantly
The only flaw I can find is that
1) I'm not sure that the various medicines need to be consumed by the parasite like "poison" or
2) If it needs to be consumed by the fish as a parasite suppressant or
3) If its consumed by the parasite which is feeding off the fish.
If its 2 and 3 above then the plan may work.
Excuse the repetition of this post and the one in my thread - I'm trying to get "air time"
So lets live with it - we make mistakes, errors in judgment and whala we have a spot problem so now what.
1) Food mixed with crushed raw garlic. - I cant find conclusive evidence that supports its use.
2) The concerns around QT and the stress of catching and transferring affected fish in mass poses to huge a risk and in most cases causes havoc with well established aquascaping and corals.
3) Dosing medicine of all sorts and the argument that it is not rationally able to distinguish between parasites and useful critters in a reef.
So where does that leave us.. Somewhere in between i propose
- Raise temp to 28 deg to speed up parasite life cycle.
- Soak food in non copper based meds like Myxazin (supposed to be reef safe) and feed directly to fish.
- Prepare ice cubes made with RO water and Myxazin with pellets, flakes and Nori in soaked in it for convenience.
By not flooding the tank with the recommended dose of Myxazin (or other supposed to be reef safe meds) directly into the water it should reduce the coral and invert risk significantly
The only flaw I can find is that
1) I'm not sure that the various medicines need to be consumed by the parasite like "poison" or
2) If it needs to be consumed by the fish as a parasite suppressant or
3) If its consumed by the parasite which is feeding off the fish.
If its 2 and 3 above then the plan may work.
Excuse the repetition of this post and the one in my thread - I'm trying to get "air time"