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Effective anti-parasite and gill fluke medication in the UK?

Cherries

Cherries

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Hi all,

I am still struggling with treating my fish for the mentioned, I lost even more fish during hopeless treatment. Only 1 blinded cory left, 3 white clouds 3-4 swordtails, 1 BN pleco and 3 platies left. I want them to live but not without meds.

I think I should be able to get meds in 2-3 weeks no less. Only what is effective in 100%? I tried eSHa ones, tried Flubendazole. Didn't work :(

Any help is appreciated,
Cherries
 
Look out for praziquantel, it's my go to for anti-parasite treatment, you should be able to find it relatively easily, but it's been a while since I had to get some.

Edit: Vetark Fluke Solve is what I order, I can see it on Amazon just now
 
Hello,

Thank you so much for your reply.

I have found this 10g one on eBay:

www.ebay.co.uk

Vetark Fluke Solve Skin & Gill Fluke Koi Treatment | eBay

From baby koi, up to show winning Koi. We pride ourselves in the Koi we have for sale. Every Koi is hand-selected in Japan by us. All Koi undergo our strict quarantine procedure. From 2012 to now Queni Koi has developed drastically.
www.ebay.co.uk

What would be the dosing for a 15L box?
 
Cherries said:
Hello,

Thank you so much for your reply.

I have found this 10g one on eBay:

www.ebay.co.uk

Vetark Fluke Solve Skin & Gill Fluke Koi Treatment | eBay

From baby koi, up to show winning Koi. We pride ourselves in the Koi we have for sale. Every Koi is hand-selected in Japan by us. All Koi undergo our strict quarantine procedure. From 2012 to now Queni Koi has developed drastically.
www.ebay.co.uk

What would be the dosing for a 15L box?
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Like a really, really small amount, I don't know the exact dosing (it's on the packaging) but you can see there on the link that 10g treats 2500 litres lol.

In the past I've literally taken the very tip of a teaspoon for my nano's
 
I've no idea how to dose that.. lol. I guess I could do the 'teaspoon tip'

Oh, and how do I dissolve it? Is it hard to do so?
 
Have a look at (is this the same product?):

www.fish-treatment.co.uk

FLUKE-SOLVE® AQUARIUM | Fish Treatment Ltd

Ornamental fish such as discus can harbour a variety of parasites, and often they remain undiscovered until they have been introduced into a new aquarium. This can be a particular problem with fish which have originated from the wild. Stress can also be a major threat to these fish because of...
www.fish-treatment.co.uk www.fish-treatment.co.uk
 
It does contain 50% of Prazi, still 10g sachet treating 2500l so yeah. And thank you, it really does help with dosing!

1g to 250ml bottle so 2g to 500ml old Lucozade bottle, then 15ml to my 15L box :)

But is it soluble in a very warm water?
 
Also, what does it treat besides skin and gill flukes and tapeworms? I read a site that recommends putting some of the powder into a pantyhose and the moving it around in water... which is weird but okay, fair enough if it worked for him..
 
Cherries said:
Also, what does it treat besides skin and gill flukes and tapeworms? I read a site that recommends putting some of the powder into a pantyhose and the moving it around in water... which is weird but okay, fair enough if it worked for him..
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It dissolves readily, something you could invest in is one of those micro dose spoons, that weigh small quantities, I think seachem sell one.
 
The aquarium version includes a one-gram measuring scoop.

Personally I wouldn’t use the 15l box, but treat the whole tank. The treatment takes 2-3 weeks and 15l is too small for such a long time. Also make sure you keep up with the maintenance, plenty of water changes, clean water is you best med. A few weeks break before dosing would be good if possible, as you say you already tried esha and flubendazole. Are you sure you fish have flukes/tapeworms/trichodina? I know it’s hard to tell…luckily Fluke Solve is well tolerated, but it treats only what it treats, if you know what I mean.

I recently used Fluke Solve, dosed for the whole tank first and then a dose for each water change (e.g. change 18l water = 18ml solution, made fresh each time). After 3 weeks another full dose (after a big water change).
 
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I am tiny bit confused, this one site says:

'Powder praziquantel is not easily water soluble, but using a drop or two of Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) will help to fully dissolve it in a cup before dosing' and:

'With prazi dose once, wait about a week, do a 20-25% water change and then repeat dosage'.

Every other site I look at, instructions are different :/

Ya, I'm pretty confident to say its gill flukes 100% but not so sure towards tapeworms. Fish: get thin (from thicc to thin), very rarely have white and stringy feces, and normal behaviour and normal feeding. They don't have trichodina, whatever that is..

I'm not even sure what type of worms they have (besides gill flukes) lol
 
Praziquantel is a dewormer especially effective against Schistosomiasis in humans and animals, it's caused by a variety of flat and tapeworm infections. Next to this, it's also effective against Trichodina, a variety of other skin parasites and Flukes on fish. Shrimps and most common snails are not negatively affected by Praziquantel, the Fluke solve powder form can be administered for over 2 weeks to be most effective. Even tho the description states otherwise it is absolutely no problem and sometimes advisable to add the recommended dose and leave it in for 14 days without a water change. Or top off the dose again accordingly if a water change is done.

This is the Flukesolve manufacturer.
www.fish-treatment.co.uk

Specialists Fish Treatments & Medicines | Fish Treatment Ltd

The specialist fish treatments company set up by veterinarian Dr Fiona Macdonald to develop and supply fish medicines. Fluke-Solve™ and Lice-Solve™.
www.fish-treatment.co.uk www.fish-treatment.co.uk

You can e-mail them for advice, in my case the vet who developed it replied personally (Dr Fiona McDonald). :)
 
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Aqua360 said:
I don't think you'd need more than the initial dose unless you're adding more livestock
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Actually, I have seen many people recommending up to 3 doses including with the initial 1st one to double kill any eggs and larva. Which makes 100% sense to me, given my long and huge worm outbreak I have had since 3 years!

Thanks guys, much appreciated and glad I've found you! :)
 
Cherries said:
Actually, I have seen many people recommending up to 3 doses including with the initial 1st one to double kill any eggs and larva. Which makes 100% sense to me, given my long and huge worm outbreak I have had since 3 years!

Thanks guys, much appreciated and glad I've found you! :)
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Yes, the second dose is essential, and a third one won't do any harm even if it's not needed. You will have plenty in the pack.
 
Cherries said:
'Powder praziquantel is not easily water soluble, but using a drop or two of Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) will help to fully dissolve it in a cup before dosing' and:

'With prazi dose once, wait about a week, do a 20-25% water change and then repeat dosage'.

Every other site I look at, instructions are different :/
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That's why you need Fluke-Solve aquarium medication. Not a dog or horse wormer containing Praziquantel.
 
Cherries said:
Okay, so I can just add it every 2 or 3 weeks right? And no need for a water change?
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No, you should take the recommended dosage as described on the package, add it to the water and wait for 14 days before doing the first water change.
If you do a water change within those 14 days then you need to top off the medicine dosage again in relation to the volume of water you changed.

After 14 days you can do a big 80% water change to take the no longer needed medication out and alternatively filter over active carbon to filter out the remaining medication.

Depending on the type of infection this is the most effective term treatment with fluke solve for external parasites such as Trichodina which are a tad harder to kill than flukes and other worms. Flukes are also a type of flatworm, worms are usually killed within 24 hours. That's why with short term treatments a second dose a week later is recommended to kill the newborns from latently present eggs.

This was once advised to me personally by the developer of this medicine Dr Fiona Mcdonald.

If you are not sure what you are dealing with I advise you to contact Specialists Fish Treatments & Medicines | Fish Treatment Ltd
They will ask you some more questions, such as tank volume, type of fish, symptoms, maybe some pictures and advise you accordingly.

That was a few years ago, so I do not know what and how today but back then she did send me the Fluke-Solve® Aquarium 10 gram sachet and charged no P&P. And as you can see I'm not from the UK but at the other side of the pond.
 
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