Now that I?ve just gotten through telling Wright about my perfect reef
tank, I have to admit that I do have one fish that is rejecting food.
It is a Bangi Cardinal (Pterapogon kauderni) and this has been going on
for about a month now. This is a captive bred fish that I have had for
17 months. It will take food then chew on it rapidly and then spit it
out. It will only swallow very small items and not many of them. Its
mate is fine and greedily competes with a Brazilian Gramma (Gramma
brasiliensis) for whatever size food it is presented with. I was
thinking of putting the sick fish in my 20 gallon quarantine tank and
treating it with Flubendazole.
The question is how do I dose Flubendazole in such a large tank? I
don?t want to do 100% water changes every day and add fresh salt water
and Flubendazole. Charles Harrison?s recent JAKA article describes
using Flubendazole against Hexamita but I?m not quite clear on the
appropriate dosage for my tank. Charles describes using ½ teaspoon of
5% Flubendazole in 30 gallons of water, ½ gram in 5 ½ gallons of water
and ½ gram in 2 ½ gallons of water. These appear to be single dosages,
which would work well in my situation. The question is how much do I
use (in teaspoon?s please)?
I want to use this large tank as I feel that It will provide a more
stable environment then say, setting up a 5 ½. It is also set up as a
dedicated quarantine/medication tank so it might as well make itself
useful.
Thanks for any and all suggestions (especially those from Charles),
Chris
Rye NY