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Did you guys scrape the egg sacs off?

yeah Sam thats the one... 2nd edition. Hmm by birthday is coming up, wanna get one for me too

+1 The best diagnostic book available... also includes treatment methods and dosages. Sean

Zoas are colonial, palys are separate polyps

prosalt IQF krill and silversides are good easy and convenient

"Im the funny man.... im F*&%($g FUUNNNY!!" --Rocco, Boondock Saints

Maintain your alk... everytime Ive looked at your water alk was low. A low alk contributes to pH instability, which will caused seemingly random losses. Sean

theres nothing wrong with prazipro. However most flukes and even trematodes have developed a resistance to the chemical requiring more prolonged exposure to it or stronger concentration. The latter is fatal to fish when using prazi pro. I believe it is the sequestering agent that they use in the medicine that causes the harm as ive used up to 3x the normal dose of pure praziwhen treating stubborn infections. The advantage to using pure prazi powder mixed with grain alcohol is that if the fish develops say amyloodinium (velvet) then copper sulfate pentahydrate can be added with no problems.\

sure just let me know by the end of today, and i'll take paypal Sean

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It is in a powder, however the powder is not water soluble. You need to sequester it with ethyl alcohol. Everclear works best, but regular 80 proof grain vodka works just fine. You really only need about .75 cc of vodka for each 1/4 teaspoon of prazi. The goal is to mix it into a paste like substance as too much "free" vodka can trigger a bacterial bloom. Especially considering it is almost always used in a newer Qt setup without a protein skimmer. It begins to decay at around 72 hours so the ideal dosing regimen is every three days, 1/4 tsp for 20-40 gallons. I have successfully used about 3x this concentration for short term baths, as the prazi itself is very safe and completely non toxic. The only type of fish I've encountered with sensitivity to the increased dosage are Wrasses. They will become lethargic and look to be dead but with adequate removal of the prazi via protein skimming 99 times out of 100 they recover just fine. Hope that helps BTW i can measure out doses in teaspoons. My gramscale fell into a tank lol. Tom is kind enough to be coming by the store tomorrow morning as I cant make it to the meeting. But if you are going I can certainly sell you some. Just LMK Sean