Oodinium Parasite, Velvet
This parasite is a microscopic dinoflagellate (two little "whip like organs" or flagella used to propel the parasite through the water). It attaches ...
Copper treatment - 14 days or 30 days Treatment Method
Taking the Hanna copper checker's margin of error into consideration, we are now recommending 2.2-2.3 ppm for Copper ...
Formalin
What It Treats: Temporary relief for Marine Velvet Disease (Amyloodinium), Brooklynella, Uronema, Flukes (Monogeneans), Black Ich (Turbellarians). 100% eradication of these diseases is possible through repeated baths and/or In-tank treatment.
How To Treat: In order ...
Metronidazole
* Metro is only suitable for eliminating Uronema from the water + tank surfaces. A fish infected with Uronema should be treated with formalin, or possibly Chloroquine phosphate. However, once red ...
Fenbendazole (dewormer)
(DO NOT dose or food soak fenbendazole in a reef environment.)
What It Treats: Flukes (Monogeneans) and intestinal worms. Fenbendazole is particularly useful to treat flukes & ...
Praziquantel (dewormer)
IMPORTANT: Praziquantel depletes oxygen from the water. So,
add a couple of air stones (cranked on high) or point a wavemaker towards the surface ...
Lymphocystis aka Cauliflower Disease
Lymphocystis is a disease that makes fish have growths on its body like could either be pink or white in color. ...
Flowerhorn Skin Peeling – Causes and Treatments
Shedding scales or peeling skin is rare, but not unheard of for Flowerhorn cichlids. Maybe you yourself noticed some ...