Seachem paraguard

[SandNukka15]

Is seachem paraguard safe for clown loaches?... my eba might have a fungal infection from being picked on so ill be treating the whole tank. Don't have a hospital tank atm

 

[kno4te]

Yes.

 

[tiger15]

I don’t think so. I used Paraguard to treat ick following instruction, and killed all my bristlenose. I would assume clown loaches which have the same sensitivity as scaless bristlenose may not make it.

 

[SandNukka15]

I don’t think so. I used Paraguard to treat ick following instruction, and killed all my bristlenose. I would assume clown loaches which have the same sensitivity as scaless bristlenose may not make it.

I've used paraguard before with plecos and never had an issue

 

[kno4te]

I don’t think so. I used Paraguard to treat ick following instruction, and killed all my bristlenose. I would assume clown loaches which have the same sensitivity as scaless bristlenose may not make it.

I’ve known bn keepers and clown loach keepers to use it w/o problems.

 

[tiger15]

I don't dispute other people experience, but I used Paraguard 3 times and all 3 times wiped out all my BN, so it's no misdiagnosis. Paraguard is a combo of Glutaraldehyde and MG, but the amount of MG is only 1/10 of that found in other ick remedies. MG is highly effective against ick but is known to kill scaleless fish at full dosage.

 

[SandNukka15]

Should I dose at 50??? 75%???

Would it even be effective at that point?

Does paraguard effect bb?

 

[Fallen_Leaves16]

Hmm. I know I've had a Ranger plec with ich die after dosing Paraguard, but I just assumed it was because the ich progressed too far. I was also treating a Lesser Spiny Eel, and that one did alright and lived.

SandNukka15 , are you sure you can't find a storage container of some sort to act as a temporary quarantine setup?

 

[SandNukka15]

Hmm. I know I've had a Ranger plec with ich die after dosing Paraguard, but I just assumed it was because the ich progressed too far. I was also treating a Lesser Spiny Eel, and that one did alright and lived.

SandNukka15 , are you sure you can't find a storage container of some sort to act as a temporary quarantine setup?

I was thinking that but id have to take a sponge out of the main tank to keep the bb in check in the container. Hopefully it doesn't go into a mini cycle.

 

[Rocksor]

Should I dose at 50??? 75%???

Would it even be effective at that point?

Does paraguard effect bb?

I've never had a fully cycled quarantine tank lose cycle using paraguard for 3 weeks. I've used it in a large 200+g tank with large fish, and never had a mini cycle. I've even used in on lungfish, bichirs and common pleco, and dwarf pleco at 100% dosage with no issues during a 3 week treatment.