ABK parasite treatments?

[phreeflow]

Thought of eggs/gravid early-on, but the wee-willy-thingie points backwards = male.

Thanks, I'll ask the pharm & vet for praziquantel.
There's a dose page on MFK, maybe related to clown loach skinny-syndrome?
Dose the whole tank, or soak his food?

Googling - damn, it seems we'd recently given our COVID-stash of equine-Ivermectin to the neighour, though I suppose the apple flavouring wouldn't have been good for the fish

Dose the whole tank

 

[Andyroo]

"...bulge has been growing over time. Could it be something similar?"
Could be some sort of growth or a cancer, sure.

Thanks P phreeflow - is this in case others also have infection or for simplicity? I ask as it's a ~130gal "live water" system and I'd love to not risk or kill some of the more exotic elements of the filter. I have an empty old-school 15 & an 5gal acrylic raceway, so relocation for treatment's pretty straightforward.

 

[phreeflow]

"...bulge has been growing over time. Could it be something similar?"
Could be some sort of growth or a cancer, sure.

Thanks P phreeflow - is this in case others also have infection or for simplicity? I ask as it's a ~130gal "live water" system and I'd love to not risk or kill some of the more exotic elements of the filter. I have an empty old-school 15 & an 5gal acrylic raceway, so relocation for treatment's pretty straightforward.

Both…it’s simpler and if it indeed has internal parasites, then all your fish will get it.

 

[Andyroo]

Are there dosages on MFK?
I'm not seeing...

Where else might I find (for tank/fish),
or think of a 100US-gal system as an 835lb donkey?

 

[Andyroo]

Elsewhere on MFK I've seen posted/recommended 100ml of the praziquantel liquid per 1000L of aquarium - agreed?
This stuff has proven elusive on my island; I can get powders & tubes of apple-flavoured paste for livestock, but no simple/raw liquid form.

 

[Andyroo]

My vet has fenbendazole in a liquid - can work? <https://www.aquabiotics.ca/index.php/product/fendendazole/> suggests "sure"
Thoughts on dose for a 100gal? - i'll disconnect the live-sump for a day or three...

 

[kno4te]

I’ve see others hobbyist post about febendazole for dogs related to aquariums. Seen used 1g for every 100g. Could always try it on some feeder fish in a plastic tote as a trial run and see if it’s tolerated.

 

[Andyroo]

Thanks kno4te . I'm guessing 1g/100gal would be or the full-concentrate, so a 10% solution would be 10g/100gal? I think I'll move the knife for this treatment rather than test on guppies. Moreover, I'll set a 15gal with guppies, test, wait 48hrs then add the knife & re-dose.

Re-dose every 12hrs, yes? Previous threads suggest the material's only in the water for 8hrs. How long, or just continue until there's a wadge of dead worms on the bottom? ...or not, & he's got a different issue.

 

[Andyroo]

I have a 20gal raising scuds, so added 2x guppies & dose with "Fendazol" oral wormer from my vet.

Using dosing outlines from aquarium supplies of same Fendendazol(sp?) active ingredient at 10% (rather than 5%): water went cloudy, then cleared over 12hrs. Scuds fine, added guppies, also fine for another 48hrs+. Drained water, re-dosed & added knife this AM. All seems fine at 10hrs: fishes, snails & skuds all Ok, hydroids & flatworms disappeared & no dead round nor tape-worms on the bottom or changes to ABK's distended tummy.

Any idea how long it'll take for worms to die, and/or I know if worms are the issue?
Should I be soaking/dosing an earthworm & feeding rather than the full-body soak? In with >500 squirmy little amphipods, I'm not sure he'd take an earthworm anyways...

Agreed that I should have dosed the whole 120gal tank/system; let's see how this works, then we'll continue.

Fingers crossed...

 

[kno4te]

Thanks kno4te . I'm guessing 1g/100gal would be or the full-concentrate, so a 10% solution would be 10g/100gal? I think I'll move the knife for this treatment rather than test on guppies. Moreover, I'll set a 15gal with guppies, test, wait 48hrs then add the knife & re-dose.

Re-dose every 12hrs, yes? Previous threads suggest the material's only in the water for 8hrs. How long, or just continue until there's a wadge of dead worms on the bottom? ...or not, & he's got a different issue.

Sorry. Didn’t see that tag but that’s a full dose. I’d monitor the response and redose in 24hrs for 5-7 days. Repeat in another 2 weeks.

Should be easily absorbed. Can mix with food and feed to your fish. Hope fully clears up in several or more weeks, 3-4 weeks.