vermonter310
05/18/2004, 02:08 PM
Today I began treating my tank with melbemycine oxime to attempt to rid it of Cirolanid Isopods. Each day for the last week or two at least one fish has had attached pods. Some tatter fins, others just hang on and I believe that at least the yellow tang has them internally. (She may be removed to Q tank) I don’t really hold out much hope for her. I have additionally netted several of theses pods early in the morning. I have either caught the affected fish and removed the pods with a pair of tweezers or they have dropped when the lights come on. The angel and perc have been caught with the use of a 2-liter bottle trap. The Tang however has proved to be, at least so far, uncatchable.
Livestock and live critters in the tank:
1 bicolor angel
1 TR percula
1 yellow tang
1 Spiney Urchin
20-30 snails
4-or5 porcelain crabs
A few tunicates, orange (came on the LR)
I have not attempted to remove anything from my tank
H2O parameters:
Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 1, PH 8.1, ALK 5.
The treatment:
A suggested amount of 25mg per 10gal of H2O. For my 72 that works out to about one fifth of an “Interceptor� brand dog heartworm pill. Yes that's what I'm using. . I fully expect to loose most if not all of my good pods. But through all the research I've done there really does not seem to be much of a choice. Even this treatment which was not developed for this reason may not prove to be successful.
I watched the tank for about an hour following the initial treatment. Nothing I can see, I can’t see any crabs at this time, looks as if anything has been added at all. Everything appears normal.
At 7:30pm I will do a fairly large water change, about 15 gallons (+/- 20%) and add as much carbon as I can. I’ll replace the carbon at 12 hrs. I then plan to treat again in 24hrs, with another H2O change 24hrs after that and change the carbon for several days on a 12hr schedule. I plan to repeat this 3 times with seven days between treatments. As long as everything seems to be going well.
I want to thank Rob for pointing out to me a possible treatment, giving me a point to begin my own research and making himself available. This treatment as far as I could tell has not been used for this particular tank ailment. (If someone knows of some info about this being tried somewhere else please let me know) It is, and I suppose I should stress, at least in this application experimental. So once again, Thanks Rob!
Mike
Livestock and live critters in the tank:
1 bicolor angel
1 TR percula
1 yellow tang
1 Spiney Urchin
20-30 snails
4-or5 porcelain crabs
A few tunicates, orange (came on the LR)
I have not attempted to remove anything from my tank
H2O parameters:
Ammonia 0, Nitrite 0, Nitrate 1, PH 8.1, ALK 5.
The treatment:
A suggested amount of 25mg per 10gal of H2O. For my 72 that works out to about one fifth of an “Interceptor� brand dog heartworm pill. Yes that's what I'm using. . I fully expect to loose most if not all of my good pods. But through all the research I've done there really does not seem to be much of a choice. Even this treatment which was not developed for this reason may not prove to be successful.
I watched the tank for about an hour following the initial treatment. Nothing I can see, I can’t see any crabs at this time, looks as if anything has been added at all. Everything appears normal.
At 7:30pm I will do a fairly large water change, about 15 gallons (+/- 20%) and add as much carbon as I can. I’ll replace the carbon at 12 hrs. I then plan to treat again in 24hrs, with another H2O change 24hrs after that and change the carbon for several days on a 12hr schedule. I plan to repeat this 3 times with seven days between treatments. As long as everything seems to be going well.
I want to thank Rob for pointing out to me a possible treatment, giving me a point to begin my own research and making himself available. This treatment as far as I could tell has not been used for this particular tank ailment. (If someone knows of some info about this being tried somewhere else please let me know) It is, and I suppose I should stress, at least in this application experimental. So once again, Thanks Rob!
Mike