flukes

MMreef said:
I found this on RC, if you have no corals there , lower the salinity to 15 ppm. You will kill those little buggers faster.
" Hyposalinity – Scientific research also showed hyposalinity at 15 ppt for 2 days eliminated juvenile and adult flukes. When maintained for 5 days, egg hatching was prevented"
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Good find mark I also saw that last night and couldn't find it again....lots of rum last night
 
MMreef said:
I found this on RC, if you have no corals there , lower the salinity to 15 ppm. You will kill those little buggers faster.
" Hyposalinity – Scientific research also showed hyposalinity at 15 ppt for 2 days eliminated juvenile and adult flukes. When maintained for 5 days, egg hatching was prevented"
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Thats perfect cause i dropped the salinity already since its a empty tank felt no need to add salt water to replace the 15gal i took out just added r/o lol and found out heater is dead dooh wtf
 
nailbender said:
Seems like you have all the luck
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no luck here lol but only lost three puffer one clown she was old too :( and the jack azz that brought this into tank . he wasn't doing good in qt didn't need him dieing in there and mucking up water while I was at work so he met his maker faster
 
madjoe said:
no luck here lol but only lost three puffer one clown she was old too :( and the jack azz that brought this into tank . he wasn't doing good in qt didn't need him dieing in there and mucking up water while I was at work so he met his maker faster
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I hope you said a few words before you pulled the lever
 
All fish looking good eating eye balls cleared up the one bf eye was bad thought he would lose it last night was still bad added some melifix and bam today eye is clear and almost fully healed so very happy also happy that my new coral beauty and my old lemon peel aint fighting since i was forced to put them together fast. Coral beauty was in qt when all this happened so he had visitors lol
 
Yay! Whats the lifespan of fluke and eags. How long donyou have to leave DT fallow if you get it?


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ColaAddict said:
Yay! Whats the lifespan of fluke and eags. How long donyou have to leave DT fallow if you get it?


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""At 78-79° F eggs hatch within 4-6 days. Once the egg hatches the oncomiridium (ciliated larva) finds a host and crawls on the body to their preferred site. Once they dig their hooks into the fish’s flesh they feed on it for 17-19 days. At that point it has matured to an adult and it begins to lay eggs. The cycle starts over. At lower water temperatures, 34-36°F the timeline can extend to 5-6 months."

"The lifecycle without a host can be completed within a few days. An adult can live up to 6 days without a host. After an egg hatches the oncomiridium must find a host within 36 hours or it will die. A fluke cannot attack an invertebrate or coral. There are no reports of flukes or eggs lying dormant as in Cryptocaryon. Equipment can be cleaned with hot water and bleach and thoroughly dried. As with all parasites and diseases avoid cross contamination with hands, equipment, water and food."
 
Well flukeS is a pia to get rid of prazi is just to weak. Any way so far lost burgess butterfly white box fish a clown bluespot puffer and humphead butterfly i rather deal with ich and marine velvet any day stupid worm like things r kicking my azz . Trashing the tank bleaching rock will pick up another tank new sand and start over god dam hobby drives me nuts in 10 yrs first time i had to deal with flukes on this level
 
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