Fallow Period for Flukes

Quick question- how long should I leave a tank fallow to kill off flukes? 8 weeks? Thanks

 

most people will say 8 weeks. I did six after a coral beauty died of them in a new system. YOu could get some prazipro too.

 

I've been trying prazi for a while, they keep coming back.

So six was enough for you? I'll probably do the 8-10 time frame to make sure they're all dead since they seem to be pretty resistant to the prazi

 

thats a good plan. i was going to wait 9 or 10 and then had an accident.

 

You might want to "de-CUC" your tank to break the life cycle...

Flukes are trematodes. The eggs pass from the host (fish) via feces. When the eggs reach the water column, they hatch into free-swimming forms called miracidia. The miracidia infest a snail or other molluscan host and become sporocysts. The cells within the sporocysts typically divide (via mitosis) to form rediae, which, in turn, give rise to free-swimming cercariae, which escape from the mollusk into the water. Using enzymes to burrow through exposed skin, the cercariae infest an intermediate host (often an arthropod) and then encyst as metacercariae. When this host is eaten by the definitive host (the fish), the metacercariae excyst and the life cycle repeats.

So, to be sure, I'd lose any inverts you may have, and start fresh.

 

Sorry I completely missed your post! I should be good, I don't have a CUC yet

Do you guys think adding a tiny bit of pure ammonia to the main tank per week will be enough to keep it cycled for the next 10 weeks?

 

I would just add a pinch of food a couple times a week.

 

thanks

 

Well it's been just about 8 weeks! I'm going to wait until next weekend and then add the fish back so that wi be a total of 9 weeks. Sound okay?