abw0004
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Hello all,
So 5 weeks ago my fish started flashing. First it was one fish, then all of them. Here is what I have done so far:
For the first 10 days I treated the whole tank with Prazipro assuming they had flukes. In that time span I did one 50% water change and re-dosed. That didn't do anything so I stopped that and started using Seachem's Paraguard daily for 3 weeks. I did 50% water changes every single day without missing a single day. In the third week of treating with Paraguard I started feeding the fish food with Metroplex and Focus. After the third week I assumed Paraguard wasn't doing anything so I started doing with Metroplex in the water too along with continuing to feed them the medication. I have been doing that for 9 days now with a 50% water change every other day. Today I added Prazipro back to the water as I am getting extremely frustrated as my effort is in vain.
I also have Seachem's Cupramine and did not know if I should try dipping the fish to kill the flukes? I have heard Prazipro is becoming less effective. I have have 4 new fish in a quarantine tank that are showing the same symptoms so I didn't know if I should make my life easier and introduce them into the main tank as I am treating both tanks the same exact way anyways.
All fish are eating just fine. Normal poop. I don't see clamped gills either. The tank has been running for 2 years now so it is cycled and the parameters are fine.
So 5 weeks ago my fish started flashing. First it was one fish, then all of them. Here is what I have done so far:
For the first 10 days I treated the whole tank with Prazipro assuming they had flukes. In that time span I did one 50% water change and re-dosed. That didn't do anything so I stopped that and started using Seachem's Paraguard daily for 3 weeks. I did 50% water changes every single day without missing a single day. In the third week of treating with Paraguard I started feeding the fish food with Metroplex and Focus. After the third week I assumed Paraguard wasn't doing anything so I started doing with Metroplex in the water too along with continuing to feed them the medication. I have been doing that for 9 days now with a 50% water change every other day. Today I added Prazipro back to the water as I am getting extremely frustrated as my effort is in vain.
I also have Seachem's Cupramine and did not know if I should try dipping the fish to kill the flukes? I have heard Prazipro is becoming less effective. I have have 4 new fish in a quarantine tank that are showing the same symptoms so I didn't know if I should make my life easier and introduce them into the main tank as I am treating both tanks the same exact way anyways.
All fish are eating just fine. Normal poop. I don't see clamped gills either. The tank has been running for 2 years now so it is cycled and the parameters are fine.