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@Odd Duck no worries! Glad to hear you’re better.

@nabokovfan87 thanks 🙏🏻

@nabokovfan87 after the 24 hours with lavamisole and doing 50% water change, when treating with para cleanse do you add the second dose of para cleanse on the third day or just one dose

@Odd Duck after dosing with levamisole and water change 24 hrs after do you use prazipro or para cleanse? If it’s para- cleanse do you dose the second time in the middle of the treatment like instructions say

@Mmiller2001 no water softener

@Galabarjust ordered a new test kit

@Pepere yes I’ve always had hard water but it was around 7.6 @nabokovfan87 I have sand as substrate but I did order a new api gh kh test kit

@Shadow my ph is at 8 I’m testing my aquarium water because I’ve been seeing my fish flash for quite some time. I’ve done treatments with prazi pro, flubendazole, para cleanse and salt with no success. Staring to think it’s the high ph, kh. Seems like there was a change to my city water because I don’t remember it being that high

I tested my tank with the API gh kh test. The kh changed color at 13 drops but the gh never changed from yellow to green. I did more than 40 drops does anyone know what this mean?

I want to treat my tank with salt for parasites but I do have Corydoras in it. I’ve tried a few meds and can’t seem to get them to stop flashing. Any advice on how much salt to use ?

@nabokovfan87 I’ve been adding Indian almond leaves and more Malaysian driftwood to get the ph a little lower

@Odd Duck I suspected flukes just because of the constant flashing. They were scratching themselves near the gills on the sand and on plants. They seem better now and hoping flubendazole wipes out whatever was making itch.

@Chick-In-Of-TheSea yeah, checked ammonia too and it’s at 0ppm

@nabokovfan87 ph 7.6-8 kh 80ppm gh is pretty high 300ppm Nitrite 0 nitrate 0 temp 76 tanks been running for about a year

@nabokovfan87 thanks for replying! I first suspected flukes because some of my corys started flashing then some of my tetras started doing it so that’s when I noticed it was spreading and started meditating. I started with para cleanse, following dosing instructions two treatments one week apart. I didn’t see much improvement and followed with 3 rounds of prazi pro back to back. It seemed to help a little but fish were still flashing. I then let them rest for a month and was still seeing flashing so I tried a one week soak of ich x with little improvement. Finally used fukasol and have seen a dramatic improvement. All the fish in the tank seem fine and eating well but I did noticed those spots on the ram that I had never seen.

I’ve been battling flukes for a few months now. I’ve done several treatments of prazi pro, para cleanse and I think I finally saw improvement using Flukasol which is flubendazole. I’m on the second week of the Flukasol treatment and I’ve noticed one of my Bolivian rams started getting some black specks all over his body. Would this be a different disease or is this normal?

Can it be used in aquariums? @Colu

Does anyone have experience using flukasol?

Is flubendazole plant and snail safe? I’ve been dealing with gill flukes for some time and they keep coming back. I used prazi pro three times with one week soak each time but corydoras still flashing.

Can I use Easy Green while treating with prazi pro? I’ve been treating for flukes for the past month and my plants are starting to look in need of some fertilizer.

@NirvanaquaticsWould adding live bacteria fritz turbo start be a good idea? Also how long does the smell last from your experience?

Hi, i have a 40 breeder with a 2-3 inch sand substrate. Last night I did gravel vac in a few places I normally don’t do. I believe I released hydrogen sulfide because now that water stinks really bad. I placed a bag of activated carbon, two air stones and increased filter flow. No loses yet but wanted to see if there’s anything else I should be doing to prevent any. Would a large water change help out? Thanks

@Colu I am currently treating with para cleanse but will treat with prazi pro right after. How fast can gill flukes take out corydoras? Lost another two last night 😔 Thanks

I have a quarantine tank set up with a group of corydora c005. It has a very well seeded sponge filter and all parameters seem to be within normal range, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate, kh 50ppm, gh 150-200ppm, ph 7.6, temp 80. I’m trying to figure out what’s causing them to die with no signs of disease. I have a group of cardinal tetras, espei rasbora and some Corydoras duplicareous in that same tank and all of them seem to be thriving. The only thing I’ve noticed is that the c005’s are breathing faster than normal. Any ideas on what this could be?

Can live blackworms give parasites to fish?