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On 2/11/2023 at 12:09 PM, anewbie said:
I use plain vinegar - it is fish safe and works well enough.
Thank you! @anewbie
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Thank you! @lefty o, @FLFishChik, and @Flumpweesel
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Thank you! 🙂 @billango, @nabokovfan87, @Sleepy, @TOtrees, and @Chick-In-Of-TheSea
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Hello everyone,
What do you guys use to clean your aquarium glass and that it doesn't scratch the glass?
Thank you in advance 🙂
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Hey fishkeepers,
I got the meds already for the Camallanus worms and today I removed all the decorations and the majority of the sand to start the treatment. I just need to wait until the water clears up more because its a bit cloudy. I have a couple of questions.
I have to treat two tanks with the Prazipro and Expel-P for the Camallanus worms and I only have one siphone hose. Is it okay to use the same siphone hose on both tanks I will be treating or should I disinfect the siphone between each tank and how?
I use a water pump to do my water changes, how should I effectively and safely disinfect this or is it not necessary? Will air drying these equipment kill these Camallanus worms?
I have fry in my tank, will this treatment work for them? They are not that little but are really young and still small, they are not adults yet.
I apologize for the questions, I just want to make sure I can successfully treat this and eradicate these worms. Thank you in advance
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On 2/6/2023 at 10:55 AM, Colu said:
Expel p and praziquantel are safe to use with plecos I don't think the the small light on the heater would affect the medication you could cover the light if your worried
Thank you!
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Are Expel-P and praziquantal safe for plecos to treat internal parasites and Camallanus worms? Can I use these two medications when fish are in quarantine?
I have the aquarium co op heater which has a light that says the temperature of the tank, is it necessary to cover this heater since levamisole is light sensitive?
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On 2/5/2023 at 11:00 AM, Odd Duck said:
Only need blackout with levamisole. The praziquantal is light stable.
Thank you!
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On 2/5/2023 at 1:21 AM, Odd Duck said:
Yes, to Expel-P having Levamisole. If you treat at night time and have the room and tank lights off, you should be fine. It would be ideal to remove the sand during treatment if possible, it just isn’t practical for most people. You could reuse the sand with no concerns if you bake it to at least 250’F for at least 10 minutes.
You can do both types of dewormer separately but doing the posted regimen shortens your overall treatment time as much as possible by overlapping them as much as possible.
You don’t need to bleach everything. You can soak all plants or hardscape with seltzer water for 12 hours in the dark - Reverse Respiration, then 30 minutes in the light, best with fairly high pH water if possible but at least not in low pH water.
I would also treat or swap out all filter material but you will lose your beneficial bacteria and have to recycle your tank.
You can do dilute bleach treatments but you must rinse like mad until you can’t smell any further trace of bleach, then I rinse about 3-5 more times, then soak everything that got bleached in water that’s treated with about 5 x normal dose with dechlorinator for at least 10 minutes minimum. Most stuff probably doesn’t need to be bleached. Easier to do seltzer soak on plants and bake what you can’t soak easily. Wiping down the tank with straight vinegar should clean adequately, then rinse well.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. I already purchased Expel-P, hopefully it comes tomorrow and I'm going to buy prazipro too to do the treatment like you posted here. Thanks again! 🙂
Sorry @Odd Duck,one last thing, do the fish tank have to be in blackout with prazipro too or is it just with Expel-P/levamasole?
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On 2/4/2023 at 11:42 AM, Odd Duck said:
Here’s the entire treatment that explains a bit more. Please forgive the formatting/font size issues since this is how it pastes in from my “Notes” app. You don’t need to do the Praziquantal for Camallanus worms as the Levamisole is all you need to treat them. But keep in mind that if theynhave Camallanus, they may also,have other intestinal parasites, too, so it’s likely prudent to dose with Praziquantal, too.
Deworming
Siphon out debris from the bottom before and after dosing to remove any expelled worms, eggs, debris, etc. Levamisole is inactivated by organic debris and by light, so dose after lights out and black out the tank for 24 hours, remove organics via water changes and cleaning the bottom of debris as much as possible.
It’s likely that levamisole does what it can do within the first hour, but best to follow directions precisely. If you have a bare bottom hospital tank available, it might be best and easiest to transfer the fish to that tank for the duration of treatment - up to 5 weeks total treatment time if doing 3 doses of praziquantal.
Levamisole treatment should be weekly for 4 treatments. Praziquantal treatment should be every other week (at least) for 2-3 treatments and it is left in for a week at a time. It can be dosed the day after levamisole treatment. Remove any carbon or Purigen from filters before dosing.
Have enough dechlorinated water to do a 50% water change immediately if any adverse symptoms are seen in the fish.
A typical treatment regimen:
1. 50% water change with careful siphoning of debris from the bottom of the tank.
2. Dose with levamisole and black out the tank for 24 hours. Then 50% water change siphoning the entire bottom of the tank.
3. Dose with praziquantal directly after the second 50% WC.
4. One week later, 50% water change siphoning the bottom thoroughly. Dose with levamisole following directions in step 1-2.
5. One week later (start of week 3 of treatment), repeat all steps 1-4 over another 2 weeks time.
6. Repeat all steps 1-5, then do last WC one week later after third dose of praziquantal.
Not all snails will tolerate treatments, so best to remove any snails in the tank.
Condensed, weekly schedule:
Week 1: siphon debris and do 50% water change, levamisole x 24 hrs, siphon. Treat with praziquantal and leave in until next week.
Week 2: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon.
Week 3: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon, then prazi.
Week 4: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon.
Week 5: siphon, levam x 24 hrs, siphon, then prazi.
Week 6: siphon.
Thank you so much!! @Odd Duck, I purchased Expel-P, will this work? I heard it contains levamisole.
Can I use Praziquantal after I'm done with the Camallanus worm treatment or will Prazi work best if used with levamisole?
I was planning on removing all the sand in my tank for it to be easier for me to clean the debris and worms out of the tank and be 100% sure that I'm removing these parasites because I have a lot of sand in my tank. Can I reuse this sand once treatment is done or is it best to get new sand to prevent reinfection?
What did you use to completely black out your tank? My tank is next to a window. Sorry, Im pretty new to the hobby and its my first time dealing with this.
Do you recommend me after treating for Camallanus worm, to break down my tank and bleach everything and then reintroduce my fish again into this tank to reinfection?
I'm really worried about my fish and these worms coming back.
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On 2/4/2023 at 8:07 AM, Colu said:
You can get Fritz expel p active ingredient is levamisole and prazipro active ingredient is praziquantel from the the co-op Amazon most LFS
Thank you! 😊 I will purchase it!
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On 2/3/2023 at 6:50 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
I have that one too. 🙂
On one of my tanks I use a python branded siphon (ken's fish sells em) and then I have the top fin one as my main on the panda tank. I've used the top fin one ever since I got back into the hobby. It's slower, but does work.Thank you! It must be that I don't know how to use it lol. I'm going to check out a video to see how to properly do it. Thanks again!
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On 2/3/2023 at 5:43 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
It's definitely stressful. I feel you. I saw worms in my tank and my first thought was how long they've been there and trying to figure out what precautions to take.
What you mentioned in the first line there is what you'd want to do. I'll grab a video, keep in mind this is for paracleanse, but there is also some explanation of expel-p in there as well. Odd Duck informed us that it is light sensitive, and so blacking out the tank, turning the lights off is great advice. If you don't have a lot of plants attached to the hardscape, you can remove it to make it easier to siphon. If you change 50% water, that's fine, but the key is to just do a good job on removing the worms from the substrate each time you dose in meds.
Day 1: meds
Day 2: siphon
Day 7: siphon again
Day 8: meds again
That was my main method there. The goal being to be overly paranoid about cleaning the tank, removing them. That might take 4 weeks, but OD recommends 6 for a bad infection. That's just something to keep in mind. Play it by ear and keep an eye on symptoms and what you see.
Keep us updated!Thank you so much! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this to me. I hope I can successfully treat this. So far all my fish have been eating and are active so thats a good sign. It was just today that I noticed my Bolivian ram had these worms and so far, his the only one that has it. Thanks again 🙂
On 2/3/2023 at 5:45 PM, nabokovfan87 said:I would say clean the filter really well, clean the lids, keep up on that. Whatever you do normally, just step it up when you go through your maintenance to make sure that WCs and the filters are clean and working well. Bleach and all that isn't necessary because you have the for this specific issue.
Thank you!
On 2/3/2023 at 5:49 PM, Tropicalfishkeeping201 said:Thank you so much! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this to me. I hope I can successfully treat this. So far all my fish have been eating and are active so thats a good sign. It was just today that I noticed my Bolivian ram had these worms and so far, his the only one that has it. Thanks again 🙂
Thank you!
One last thing, sorry lol, What siphone hose do you use? I use one from top-fin but I feel like it doesn't really pick up the sand very well. I have caribsea sand in my tank.
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Should I break down the whole tank and disinfect everything with bleach to prevent reinfection or its not necessary?
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On 2/3/2023 at 5:13 PM, nabokovfan87 said:
Definitely looks like it. You'd want to use Expel-P with a minimum of 4 doses.
When you dose the meds, black out the tank for 24 hours, then wait at least 1 week in-between each dose (this gives the worms times to develop from eggs to worms. Minimum you're looking at 3 doses to treat the fish.
Day 1: black out tank for 24 hours, dose in meds.
Day 2: Siphon tank really well and do at least 30% water change.
Day 3-7: Rest and monitor fish
Repeat that as mentioned above! Agreed, I have used the above method! Works wonderful.Thank you! Sorry, To clarify, I have a 30 gallon tank, so I would add 3 packets of the med into the tank on Day 1 and Day 2 siphone the tank and do water change and not add any more of this med until the following week and than repeat this 3 more times?
Did you break down the whole tank and disinfect it to prevent reinfection?
Sorry, I'm pretty new to the hobby and Its my first time dealing with this and I'm scared of doing it wrong and killing my fish. Thanks again!
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On 2/3/2023 at 5:10 PM, Colu said:
Looks like camallanus worms @Odd Duckhas a good treatment protocol for parasitic infections that works well
Thank you! Where can I buy these two meds levamasole and praziquantal? Sorry but to clarify, how much levamasole should I add into the tank?
In week one, three, and 5: you add Levamosole every 24 hours and after siphoning do you add Levemasole again with prazi?
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Hello fishkeepers,
I was observing my fish tank just now and I observed my boliviam ram anus was protuding and I saw these tiny little strings on its anus, looks like worms. Is this camallanus worms? Please, if it is, how can I successfully treat it? I have had him for almost a month now and this is the first time I see this. Once treatment is over, should I break down the whole tank and bleach it before putting them back in there again?
Thank you in advance
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On 2/3/2023 at 7:51 AM, Colu said:
It could be shimmies that caused by to lower mineral levels I would still up the the level of salt and do a course of maracyn2 just in case their a bacterial component you typically need one pound of crushed coral per 10 gallons you can add it to your substrate as well as adding it to your filter in a media bag to raise the KH you could add some wonder shell to add some extra minerals to the tank it won't do much to raise your GH or KH @Tropicalfishkeeping201
Thank you so much @Colu! I really appreciate it! I will add more crushed coral to the tank and salt. Thanks again! 🙂
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On 2/3/2023 at 4:16 AM, Colu said:
I can't see the video what I would do is add a pound of crushed coral to increase your KH increase the salt to one table spoon for 1 gallon 1 would also do a course of maracyn2 @Tropicalfishkeeping201
Sorry about that, I have made my video temporarily public on youtube. Please let me know if you can see it. Thank you for replying @Colu I've been adding crushed coral but so far it has increased the Ph but only increased the Kh by a little. I'm going to add more though. Thanks again
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Hello @Colu, I have been treating my molly in a separate 10 gallon tank for a week and right now there are 2 tablespoons of aquarium salt in there and some crushed coral that I have slowly been adding into this tank to increase the Kh. I wish I could say that she has recovered but unfortunately there hasn't been any improvement in her health.
Earlier this week she seemed to be struggling to swim and today she started swimming on her side. About two days ago she was swimming through the bottom of the tank but she would once in a while stay still in a spot. I have provided a video of how she has been swimming today. Please let me know if you are able to see it. What should I do? I really want to help her recover but I don't know how. 😢 She really has been giving it her all to survive and I want to help her. Yesterday I tested the water parameters using the Freshwater Master Test kit and this is what I got:
- Ammonia: 0 ppm
- pH: 7.6
-High range pH: 7.4
- Kh: 53.7 ppm ( 3 drops)
Thank you in advance
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On 1/23/2023 at 2:19 PM, Colu said:
What I would do is get the KH up and add the aquarium salt and monitor for a week if you notice her getting worse in that time update I don't think it necessary to add maracyn2 at this point you can use maracyn2 with salt @Tropicalfishkeeping201
Thank you very much!
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On 1/23/2023 at 1:04 PM, Colu said:
I think the low KH is the cause of what your seeing I would also add some aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 3 gallons that will help reduce any possible fluid buildup in the eye
Thank you so much! @Colu I'm going to put her in a separate 10 gallon tank and add some salt and buy some crushed coral to help increase the kH. Do you think I should also use Fritz Maracyn 2 for bacterial infections in her hospital tank? Can I add both the salt and this medication at the same time in the tank?
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On 1/23/2023 at 12:24 PM, Colu said:
Your KH is on the low side for Molly's they like a KH above 178ppm I would add some crushed coral to help raise your KH and have you got a better picture of the other eye for comparison has she recently given birth as livebearers commonly have complications when giving birth @Tropicalfishkeeping201
Thank you @Colu for replying, I really appreciate it. I'm going to purchase some crushed corals to increase the kH. I added some more pictures, its very hard to take a clear picture of her eyes but these are what I was able to take. Its been awhile since she last gave birth and currently, there are no males on the tank because I took them out and put them in another tank. Do you think the low kH is what caused her to become ill?
I've had her for about 9 months and she was fine but just recently she started becoming less active and became ill. What do you recommend me to do to treat her?
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Hello fishkeepers,
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
I have a molly that I have had for 9 months that has been acting abnormal lately. She use to be very active and currently she is still eating but I noticed recently that she hides sometimes, is less active, and sometimes I see her resting on the substrate on the bottom of the tank. She occasionally swims around the tank but not like she use to and I find her lying on the substrate which is very unusual of her. I'm not sure but I also think one of her eyes are a bit swollen. I think she could possibly have popeye but not sure. I'm not sure what she has. How should I treat her?
I did a 40% water change this past Friday even though there was No Ammonia, Nitrite, and nitrates were low. I have a 30 gallon community tank with some platys, mollys, 1 bolivian ram and 1 Dwarf flag Cichlid. They all get along just fine. I do not see any aggression on this tank. She is also not pregnant, there are no males on this tank.
Tested water parameters on Friday using the API Freshwater Master test kit:
- Nitrate: 10 or 20 ppm
- Ammonia: 0 ppm
- Nitrite: 0 ppm
- pH: 7.0
- Kh: 2 drops (35.8 ppm)
- Gh: 6 drops ( 107.4 ppm)
Did a 40% water change afterwards.
Thank you in advance
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Hello everyone,
Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far.
How do you guys disinfect a tank as well as the heater, filter, nets and gravel vac that it had a disease outbreak ? Will only air-drying be sufficient to kill any disease?
How can I sanitize everything to reuse this tank, filter and heater? I use the Aquarium co op heater?
Thank you in advance 🙂