Hello fish people,
I unfortunately have become suspicious that my jack dempsey may have gill flukes.... And since I have him in a tank with my juvenile true festae, I'm thinking that this one should be treated as well...Currently they are both in a 60 gallon tank, that was jump started a few days ago. Nitrates around 5 ppm, nitrites 0, ammonia 0, pH is 7.8 ugh!! too high I know...but this is not a new condition to the fish, my jack dempsey has (unfortunately) had to be in this pH since I got him years ago, my tap water here comes out at a pH of 8.
The jack stopped eating pellets and flakes a long time ago like months ago...so not knowing any better I continued feeding what he would eat...earthworms, some meal worms, and some frozen foods like blood worms and mysis shrimp. In an effort to get him more space and alleviate the strange behavior I was seeing, I bought this 60 gallon and moved them in. Within the last few days though, the JD has stopped eating everything even the live and frozen food items, and does a head "shutter" when presented with food. Approaching 1 full week without eating now. Haven't noticed any poop at all so I don't think it's white or stringy but not 100% certain as the fish has not been eating or pooping lately. So this is why I have landed on gill flukes...I can't see any red gills or puffy gills, the fish does a fair amount of banging it's head on ornaments and the gravel though...Not continuous but noticeably abnormal and also sits at the bottom of the tank nearly 100% if the day. The fish's appearance is 100% normal from what I can tell. So I figured since I had prazipro why not dose it and see if my JD feels better? Here's the treatment schedule I found:
Here is the dosing schedule for PraziPro
Praziquantel
Diseases: flukes, tapeworms, intestinal flagellates
Contraindications:
It is not effective against camallanus worms however it has been used numerous times successfully for fluke infestations and flagellates.
Dosage courtesy of Thegab.org:
Day 1 -- remove carbon, perform water change with vacuuming, and add Prazi to tank
Day 2 -- add Prazi
Day 3 -- do nothing
Day 4 -- do nothing
Day 5 -- do nothing
Day 6 -- add Prazi
Day 7 -- add Prazi
Day 8 -- normal partial water change with vacuuming
Day 14 - normal partial water change, then add prazi
Day 21 - normal partial water change, then add prazi
Day 28 - normal partial water change, then add prazi
Day 35 - normal partial water change, add carbon, treatment is complete
Recommended dosage: 2.5mg per liter.
Here's my big question, on the Prazipro bottle it says not to dose more than 1 every 3 days, but this schedule clearly does in the first 2 days of treatment. Which should I follow?
I unfortunately have become suspicious that my jack dempsey may have gill flukes.... And since I have him in a tank with my juvenile true festae, I'm thinking that this one should be treated as well...Currently they are both in a 60 gallon tank, that was jump started a few days ago. Nitrates around 5 ppm, nitrites 0, ammonia 0, pH is 7.8 ugh!! too high I know...but this is not a new condition to the fish, my jack dempsey has (unfortunately) had to be in this pH since I got him years ago, my tap water here comes out at a pH of 8.
The jack stopped eating pellets and flakes a long time ago like months ago...so not knowing any better I continued feeding what he would eat...earthworms, some meal worms, and some frozen foods like blood worms and mysis shrimp. In an effort to get him more space and alleviate the strange behavior I was seeing, I bought this 60 gallon and moved them in. Within the last few days though, the JD has stopped eating everything even the live and frozen food items, and does a head "shutter" when presented with food. Approaching 1 full week without eating now. Haven't noticed any poop at all so I don't think it's white or stringy but not 100% certain as the fish has not been eating or pooping lately. So this is why I have landed on gill flukes...I can't see any red gills or puffy gills, the fish does a fair amount of banging it's head on ornaments and the gravel though...Not continuous but noticeably abnormal and also sits at the bottom of the tank nearly 100% if the day. The fish's appearance is 100% normal from what I can tell. So I figured since I had prazipro why not dose it and see if my JD feels better? Here's the treatment schedule I found:
Here is the dosing schedule for PraziPro
Praziquantel
Diseases: flukes, tapeworms, intestinal flagellates
Contraindications:
It is not effective against camallanus worms however it has been used numerous times successfully for fluke infestations and flagellates.
Dosage courtesy of Thegab.org:
Day 1 -- remove carbon, perform water change with vacuuming, and add Prazi to tank
Day 2 -- add Prazi
Day 3 -- do nothing
Day 4 -- do nothing
Day 5 -- do nothing
Day 6 -- add Prazi
Day 7 -- add Prazi
Day 8 -- normal partial water change with vacuuming
Day 14 - normal partial water change, then add prazi
Day 21 - normal partial water change, then add prazi
Day 28 - normal partial water change, then add prazi
Day 35 - normal partial water change, add carbon, treatment is complete
Recommended dosage: 2.5mg per liter.
Here's my big question, on the Prazipro bottle it says not to dose more than 1 every 3 days, but this schedule clearly does in the first 2 days of treatment. Which should I follow?
