Parasites...yuck!

[Alberta-newb]

Originally Posted by Myka

...I bath all my new arrival fish in PraziPro as stated on the back of the bottle for 15 minutes. Thing is, those dosages are for treating a QT or tank, and are designed to have the fish in it for much longer. Do you guys know how strong you can make that solution to use for a 15 minute bath and have it more effective?

Not sure on maximum dosage but I was facing a similar problem of not wanting to treat my display with PraziPro (I do use it in the QT tank). Found a product called "Ultra Cure PX gel-tek" made by Aquarium Products. It is designed to be fed directly to fish and contains praziquantel @ 0.0057% (the active ingredient in PraziPro). I like it because it also contains flubenol @ 0.03% and metronidazole @0.30% for a "multi-pronged" approach to internal parasites. My fish don't like to eat it directly so I mix it in with a few mysid shrimp to make sure they are getting treated.

Francis

[Myka]

^ Thanks for the advice. I will take a look into that. Although I would like to find a reliable option for giving the fish a bath before putting them into my tank as I don't quarantine.

[karazy]

there's always the freshwater dip..

[Myka]

Originally Posted by karazy

there's always the freshwater dip..

Good call. I tend to not think about freshwater dipping because they always look so stressed when I do it, and it's such a pain in the butt to match pH. works great for external parasites though, including Ich. I wonder if there are any short term (less than an hour) baths that are effective against internal parasites? I really have been noticing a lot of parasites on fish in the last few years. I think really it's just that I'm more aware... lol