Javed Aman

Well there seems to be a mistake on my part. My measuring spoons had the marking rubbed off and I may have been using the 1/2 teaspoon instead of the 1 teaspoon to do the dosing...I atleast made the mistake for this current regiment.

I bought the Prazi new from an LFS here. The expiration date isn't until 5/2017. I've read that the solution should be pink, but mine is yellow. I will get pics as the symptoms appear again. Okay will look into treating for ich as well. Probably means I have to catch them now and QT them with some cupramine. Thanks again!

Thank you for the response. They don't appear to have ich. Or any white spots at all. I assume I'm not doing prazi properly.

I have 4 juvenile bartlett's anthias that I've kept for a little over a month and half now. Naively, since I bought the fish from one of the more reputable stores in the SF bay area (where I am now) and my tank was pretty empty, I didn't quarantine them. For a week they looked fine, but soon after they showed some symptoms relating to flukes: 1) Frayed fins (tissue between spines is gone) 2) bullying cleaner shrimp 3) scratching against rocks 4) random spasms of flashing across the tank (jumping out!) I did a prazi pro treatment for 5 days and noticed improvements. The fins grew back and behavior was almost normal. Consequently a couple of the fish got secondary infections (red blotches), that I assume were internal bacterial infections that lead to hemorrhaging. After the first regiment, I fed 3-4 times a day, with selcon nutramar ova, pe mysis, and NLS Thera-A. The discoloration disappeared after about 3 days and all seemed well. A few days after that, I noticed again the fish were showing signs of flukes (this time frayed fins and hiding). I started a second regiment of prazi pro (around 4 days after the first). In between I had done 3 x 10% water changes, ran the skimmer again, and ran chemi-pure elite, but of course removed the carbon and took off the collection cup during treatments. During the second treatment, the fish started behaving normally again but showed lesions around the second day. I followed up with the same nutrition plan and the lesions went away and the fins grew back. I stopped the treatment last thursday, did a water change, ran my skimmer, and put the carbon back. Sunday I noticed again that the fish's fins were frayed and they were hiding again. So I started my third regiment that day. By Tuesday the fins were improved and one of the fish showed an infection. Why is it that the anthias are dependent on the prazi-pro? Their behavior and fins seem to be fine when I'm doing a treatment (but filtration is off outside of LR). Though I haven't been able to catch any of them and confirm that they have flukes by an FW dip, I'm almost certain that they do based on what I've researched so far and the fact that the prazi-pro seems to have some affect. They always seem to be getting secondary infections during or right after the treatment. I would like to have this cured before I bring in the rest of my corals (SPS) from MD. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make my treatment more effective? I have ordered Seachem's Focus and Metronizadole to at least help with the secondary infections. My specs 60 gallon w/ 20 gallon sump Bubble Magus curve 5 skimmer Ammonia = 0, Nitrite = 0, Nitrate = 20 (a bit high); API Saltwater test kits, Salifert and Hanna are in MD... Other Live stock: 1 Large Ocellaris clown (no signs of flukes) 1 female mandarin (also no signs of flukes) 1 blood red fire shrimp 1 halloween hermit 1 turbo snail 3 trochus snails 1 florida fighting conch Thanks in advance

Thank you everyone for your suggestions! Well not exactly 3" frags as much as colonies, most of which took years to grow with dozens/hundreds of branches. I may have underestimated the size, likely closer to 4" x 4" x 4", but I'm in CA now and can't verify. Step 3 is where I attach the base to the styro. If the styro is fitted to the top container, there would be no way for the coral to move around, right? The approach is an adaptation from this video. Do you have any suggestions for an air cargo? The problem with that is that I would need someone to take the corals the same day since I myself would have to fly back from MD to CA. Doesn't using bags defeat the purpose of putting them on styrofoam bases? It would seem that the coral is more likely to hit the sides of a flexible bag than a rigid container. But I assume the bags should be rigid enough to not collapse on the coral. That would be great!!! I'll send you a PM soon, when I have my plans for MD settled. Yes sorry I meant cold pack. I'll look into air cargo a bit more. Yes the colonies I'm shipping are fairly rare and have been with me sometime. I've already given away/sold my other colonies. Shipping costs are high, but I don't necessarily mind them. I stupidly spent $150 to have all of my LPS/softies and fish sent to me. Thanks again everyone!

I'm looking to ship SPS colonies from my tank in MD to my new tank in CA. Most of the colonies are in the ball park of 3" x 3" x 3", though some are bigger in some dimensions. What is the absolute safest way to ship them? This is what I have planned (based on the info I've gathered from numerous threads): 1) Buy a bunch of tall tupperware containers. 2) cut colony from live rock, hopefully leaving a bit of the live rock where it encrusted. 3) place base of colony on styrofoam cut out (approximately the size of of the opening of the tupperware container). 4) fill tupperware with tank water enough to submerge colony 5) place colony upside down into tupperware container, hopefully leaving some air above the styrofoam. 6) cover all tupperware with plastic aquarium bags 7) place all tupperware containers into fitted styrofoam box 8) fill gaps with packaging peanuts 9) tape appropriate heatpack to lid 10) place in accompanying box and ship overnight via FedEx Is it worth wrapping the colonies in paper towels? I've never had corals shipped that way. Though I will do anything to boost chances of surviving. Should I remove acro crabs and ship them separately?

Glad to see that there are still some youngins onboard.

So I went to FragFest today and noticed that the vast majority of members are old(er) people (no offense to anyone). I was wondering if there are any college students and or recent college graduates on the forums. I'll start off. Graduated 3 years ago from a school in baltimore with an engineering degree.