AndiJade

Hi, Not long, a couple months. It's not cycled, not even close. My fish has flukes I've been fighting for quite some time. Has handled every medication I've thrown at her like a champ lol. I tested the water just before I added the Paracleanse, and everything was zero. I had done water changes to get ammonia back down before proceeding with medication. It was as if I threw poison into the tank though, that was the reaction. I have used praziquantel and PraziPro before, no problem. Never have used metronidazole however. But why would this happen? Was it the Prime? I'm still in shock. I threw together a quick temp tank and picked her up and into fresh water in like 2 mins flat. Took about 2 hours for her to start swimming around again. I thought this medication was relatively safe...? I just can't believe it, it happened so quickly...

Stopped moving, went nose up and was unresponsive. My parameters were zero on everything with 8pH. My calico goldie looked like someone dumped bleach all over her. I scooped her out of the tank in and put her in clean fresh water. 5 hours later she's swimming around and seems ok now. Why would this have happened? 5 more mins and she would have been dead. Only thing in the tank was Prime. Any ideas? Thank you

Hi Wesley, Thanks for replying. My tank is set at 72, if it said 77 in my other post then it was a typo. My temperature never fluctuates with the new 40 gallon. I do have a heater in it that keeps it constant and luckily, here in Arizona, our temperatures are dropping nicely at night and that definitely helps. Long story short, I destroyed my cycle treating my poor fish for flukes. I've tried Rid Ich, praziquantel, Fluke-M, and MinnFinn in that order, rested a week between all these meds or switching. I had a 20 gallon, but my fish outgrew it and the move to a 40 gallon was another tactic I tried to rid her of the flukes aside from tearing down the 20 gallon and with a good cleaning and drying. So, ya....no cycle to speak of in the 40 gallon, especially since I just finished up a high dose salt treatment. I really sincerely doubt my fish will survive a two month fish in cycle with the flukes at this point. So I cannot sit back and NOT treat. I know how important a good cycle is and the role it plays in disease treatment. But here we are. I use API liquid test kits measure my parameters and my pH is 8.2 out of the tap and settles at 8 in my tank, which is fine. I refuse to chase pH around and rather it be stable even if a bit high. My fish seems pretty happy when not being bitten by flukes lol. My question was what should I try next? I have to do something....the symptoms are all there and it's a very active infestation now. I'm leaning towards trying the IchX by itself and treating as the bottle instructs, but idk if I should just go ahead and add in any of the other meds? When we tried Rid Ich, which is more or less the same ingredients, my fish developed fin rot within a few days.....so, I feel like that is something I'll need to head off. Not sure if I should add in the erythromycin also or which direction to take on that. So in a long, super long nutshell....this is what I need help with and I would so appreciate any direction or advice anyone has to offer. I'm getting ready to do a large water change and then begin meds again.. whatever ones. I'm tired of fighting these things 😞 Thank you, Andi

Hello, Ammonia .25ppm 0 Nitrite & Nitrite pH 8 Temp 72, 40 gallon tank, No plants, One goldfish I am just finishing up a high dose salt treatment for an large red patch on my fish's tail. I posted on here about a week ago titled "Mistakes Were Made" and followed the salt treatment @Cory recommended. My fish did make a complete recovery within a few days. Yay! However what led my fish and I down this path was gill/skin flukes that I can't seem to beat and I was hoping someone could offer some guidance on how to get rid of them? I don't know how to link my previous post that reviews everything I have already tried, but I have purchased the quarantine trio also and was wondering if I should give those a try next? I just don't know how to proceed anymore and am hoping someone here has had experience with this issue and success in treating them? I have literally been fighting these flukes the entire year, and while I think I have had some success in beating them back, I can't get rid of them. I'm not sure how much more time my fish has before the gill damage becomes too extensive. Help!

Thank you Cory. Everything you said makes perfect logical sense and I thank you for taking the time to say it. I actually just measured out the salt and am prepared for whatever the outcome is. I've got a pretty tough cookie here, so hopefully all will be well. This has been a rough road, as I am the only fish keeper I know and it's only been one and a half years with just this fish that kind of landed in my lap. I knew zero about fish when I started. So your experienced advice is very welcome. I feel better and not so alone in knowing this community forum exists. Thank you for your efforts. Much appreciated, Andi

Hi Cory, I actually took her to our local aquatic vet. Diagnosed by clippings and scrapes, under a scope yes. A lot of $. I followed the vet's advice for quite a while, up until I switched to the Fluke-M as I just became really discouraged with the direction everything was moving. My pH is 8.2 out of the tap...pretty much stays at 8.2 with the river rock I have in there. So good on that end. I have no idea why...but salt makes me pretty nervous. I know...makes no sense with all the other meds I've dumped in the tank, but they all make me super nervous. Should I just go for that large dose immediately, or can I or should I raise it up over some time? Thank you very much for the reply! Andi

Hello, I could really use some sound advice on what to do next. This all started with my goldie being diagnosed with flukes...months ago now. I followed recommend treatment of Rid Inch, but 2-3 days in, fin rot had already started, so we moved to praziquantel powder. I didn't see any positive results from it and all symptoms remain unchanged, but alas...no fin rot. Another online group suggested Fluke-M, which I tried, but again 6 days in, fin rot with white raised bumps on her tail with stringy thread like stuff coming out. One of the bumps turned blood red on the circumference and I tried just daily water changes for a few days that didn't seem to help, then tried MinnFinn. Oh and all the fluke symptoms came back within 3-4 days of stopping Fluke-M. The bumps on the tail and the fin rot slowly disappeared with repeated MinnFinn treatments, but my tank had had it by that point and I lost my cycle completely. If you've ever used MinnFinn, then you may already know that that stuff basically sterilizes you tank...and everything in it kind of dies and sloughs off into your water. I had no choice but to tear down the tank completely and give it a good scrub. I had hoped maybe the flukes and eggs would be gone too. Not so. 3-4 days later, all the fluke symptoms back again. This mean hanging in the filter outlet, flashing a lot, scraping against everything, fin twitching, head shaking, totally peaceful one second and then darting around like someone lit her on fire the next, clearing being bitten by something and reddened areas on body directly after those episodes. I moved her then to a 40 gallon tank thinking it was time to upgrade anyway due to her size, and maybe the whole tank swap will help with the flukes. So I treated for another week with MinnFinn, did the tank swap....and you guessed it..back again, not as severe yet, but on the way. This is when I saw Cory's trio video and thought maybe I'd try that route because if I don't do something this fish will suffocate to death slowly. 3 days ago I decided to throw in some more MinnFinn to hopefully reduce back some of the flukes while we waited for delivery, but I forgot about the how the tank like molts on the inside and was left with some nasty water. I immediately changed 60% of it and wiped down the walls, but alot got into the water and my fish was in the water with a white bump already showing up again on her tail. By the next day, the white bump was blood red all around it and white stringy stuff was coming off of it and by yesterday evening it must have burst because it was just this big red sore, with more bumps developing. I did have some API Erythromycin on hand and put a does of that in, along with some aquarium salt for the first time. Low dosed on that since it was our first time salting of 1tbsp/5 gallons for a 40gallon tank. Since this morning, my fish has being doing a bit better but the water just looked dirty still, so I went ahead and did a 100% WC, but hit a snag when I didn't quite have 40gallons of cooled water to put back in. Was about 10 short. I live in AZ and our water is HOT coming out of the tap. About 90ish. Anyway, it takes almost a day to cool 30-40gallons of water to 72, where my tank has been sitting. Her tail has now a much larger patch of red up and down it, looks just terrible! And idk what to do next.. .? I have more API Erythromycin, aquarium salt, and low and behold I do have a bottle of Ich-X unopened I bought a few months ago. The trio isn't arriving until tomorrow. Idk if I should just go ahead and dose the two, add some salt also...no salt..does just the antibiotic? The tank should be ammonia free for a few days with just the one goldfish in there with really light feeding, but I will have to do water changes anyway...I use Prime also to bind ammonia and nitrite every 24-48 hours as necessary. Could someone help advise me on what direction I should take next? Thank you!