copperband twitching its head

[daniella3d]

I surely hope it's not been cought with cyanide. He does not have the sympthoms of it, just head shaking and darting a bit and a little fast breathing but appetite is good and he's fattening up I think.

I ordered some prazipro and metylene blue and will give him a treatment with prazi in my QT and a dip in methylene blue before that. It's been setup today for this purpose. I don't have to treat my frag tank as it is independant of any other aquarium and any parasite in there will surely die as this aquarium usualy has no fish for months.

I will try a dip in fresh water and methylene blue before I transfer him in the QT for the prazi treatment. I am not sure about treating prazi in my main tank because I have some delicate coral in there like a blue sponge and a non-photosynthetic gorgonian and some expensive zoanthids.

Today the fish seem quite a bit better, breathing better and still with good appetite.

Originally Posted by Myka

Where do you think us smrt fishy pple got the idea?

You gotta catch them pretty fast as far as I know, but there aren't many studies on ornamental marine fish so most of our methods are anecdotal at best. Personally, a fish like a CBB which is known to often still be caught with cyanide I would have dipped in MB during acclimation just as a precaution. MB is quite gentle on them, so I see it causing no further stress or harm. More of an anti-stress dip in my experience.