Soak food to get rid of intestinal parasites

[Sgooosh]

I've only used Prazi...dose according to the directions on the bottle

OH NO
so im treating prazi normally and adding food to it...
that makes sense now
i am also doing melafix right now, does that affect it?

 

[Slaphppy7]

OH NO
so im treating prazi normally and adding food to it...
that makes sense now
i am also doing melafix right now, does that affect it?

I would never use more than one med at a time, so not sure....

 

[Sgooosh]

OH NO
so im treating prazi normally and adding food to it...
that makes sense now
i am also doing melafix right now, does that affect it?

the reason for the melafix is that some fish have a supposed fin rot(might just be growth)

 

[Sgooosh]

I would never use more than one med at a time, so not sure....

i cannot find any sources online that would help
they never get to the point...
could you try and help me find an answer?
thanks

 

[Slaphppy7]

the reason for the melafix is that some fish have a supposed fin rot(might just be growth)

I would stop the Melafix, fin rot is (usually) easy enough to take care of with clean water...

 

[Slaphppy7]

i cannot find any sources online that would help
they never get to the point...
could you try and help me find an answer?
thanks

@Colin_T

He was here just a short while ago....

 

[Sgooosh]

I would stop the Melafix, fin rot is (usually) easy enough to take care of with clean water...

yeah it dosent seem to be finrot either
good thing i havent added it today!

 

[Sgooosh]

@Colin_T

He was here just a short while ago....

 

[Colin_T]

hello do i dump the remaining prazi from the mixture into the tank too?
or just the bloodworms

No, do not put the little bit of prazi-pro in the tank. Only feed the fish the treated food.

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If you post some pictures of the fish we can check them for fin rot.

Fin rot is caused by poor water quality that damages the tissue and allows harmful bacteria into the open wounds. Doing big (75%) daily water changes for a week, gravel cleaning the substrate, cleaning the filter, and adding some salt will normally fix the problem.

 

[Sgooosh]

No, do not put the little bit of prazi-pro in the tank. Only feed the fish the treated food.

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If you post some pictures of the fish we can check them for fin rot.

Fin rot is caused by poor water quality that damages the tissue and allows harmful bacteria into the open wounds. Doing big (75%) daily water changes for a week, gravel cleaning the substrate, cleaning the filter, and adding some salt will normally fix the problem.

uh oh...
i did that...
well @Slaphppy7 i guess i will be treating for external too...
dont mind that beacuse it says it is not harmful or stressful

 

[Colin_T]

The problem with putting low doses of medications in the water is it can cause drug resistance in the disease organisms. In this case, a low dose of Praziquantel could encourage any tapeworm or gill flukes to develop a slight drug resistance to Praziquantel, and this means it might not work as well in the future.

It's unlikely to be a big deal now but try not to add chemicals to the tank unless you have to. And then use the recommended dose to try and prevent drug resistance occurring.

 

[Sgooosh]

The problem with putting low doses of medications in the water is it can cause drug resistance in the disease organisms. In this case, a low dose of Praziquantel could encourage any tapeworm or gill flukes to develop a slight drug resistance to Praziquantel, and this means it might not work as well in the future.

It's unlikely to be a big deal now but try not to add chemicals to the tank unless you have to. And then use the recommended dose to try and prevent drug resistance occurring.

yeah i did the reccomended dose so the stuff dies instead of resisit