OnlyGenusCaps Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 So, I've just added Expel-P to... Well, all of my tanks with fish. I've not used the product before. Seems pretty straight forward, expect tomorrow when I am supposed to do a 25% water change it says I am supposed to take care to remove any expelled parasites. Now, how am I supposed to do that if they are tiny? I can't imagine I'm going to see large tapeworms that have come out of tiny fish. Are they just telling me to siphon the substrate? Is there something special I need to do? If anyone has experience with this, please do let me know. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasaltemelosguy Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 2:30 PM, OnlyGenusCaps said: So, I've just added Expel-P to... Well, all of my tanks with fish. I've not used the product before. Seems pretty straight forward, expect tomorrow when I am supposed to do a 25% water change it says I am supposed to take care to remove any expelled parasites. Now, how am I supposed to do that if they are tiny? I can't imagine I'm going to see large tapeworms that have come out of tiny fish. Are they just telling me to siphon the substrate? Is there something special I need to do? If anyone has experience with this, please do let me know. Thanks! I've used levamisole for two separate camallanus infections. I had 2-year-old adult acaras, parrots and severums just dropping dead daily as I tried and failed with the other, more commonly used meds. I never saw the worms protruding, nothing visible until they died and only then, displayed what looked like septicemia. A single dose of levamisole coupled with 1tbps/10g of Epsom salts and 4 hours later it looked like I spilled an entire pack of bloodworms into the tank! I found new worms for 3 days straight. Just to reduce the odds any were still alive in the tank. I vacuumed daily during this treatment. I did the identical treatment as the instruction on the Expel product states. But I had to run it 2X before I saw no more worms. I ran it a 3rd time or 3X in 3 weeks that is. It was very effective, and I didn't lose any more fish after the first treatment. Others will know more than I do but supposedly it paralyzes the worms but does not kill them. And I definitely saw another round of worms expelled after the 2nd treatment. The 3rd run is really about killing eggs. And my paranoia. The only adverse effect I experienced was they lose their appetites during the initial treatment but otherwise, it's a great drug. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyGenusCaps Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Tusind tak, @dasaltemelosguy!!! On 1/14/2022 at 4:53 PM, dasaltemelosguy said: The only adverse effect I experienced was they lose their appetites during the initial treatment I already saw that. So, I must be doing it right. 😉 This is great to hear! I'm hoping my results are as definitive as yours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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