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Can I just acclimate him straight to the DT, without having to take 2 months to raise the SG in the QT? Hes been looking extremely well in the QT, no signs of disease or distress. No purged parasites etc that i have seen.

i was thinkin to do like .007 per week, im at 1.010 atm, so i would be around 1.024 in 2 weeks. is that too fast?

i havent seen my puffer purge any type of worms or whatnot, and he is looking good. when should i add the metro/prazi straight to the water, and at what point should i start raising the SG level of the QT and transfer him to the DT?

is 3 consecutive days a week, for 3 weeks long enough? or should i do more concurrent days?

I ripped up 3 pieces of krill and dripped the geltek onto...just enough to cover the food so that it would soak it up. Fed it to the puffer and he went to town until his belly was nice and full. +1 for the gel tek. Thanks for all the help to this point everyone. Now my next question is how often sho...

Ive only had the puffer since wednesday, but his normal diet will consist of frozen krill, frozen silversides, clam, mussels, squid etc. I figured it would be easier for freeze dried foods to absorb the medications, was I wrong? The freeze dried would then be cut out after the treatment period. What...

I bought some Geltek ultra cure px. I am a bit skeptic that my puffer will eat this "liquid food", but I'll give it a shot. Directions say to hold feeding for 1 day, then feed 5 drops of only geltek.

I have garlic extreme i can add to the med soaking process...this stuff is rather crazy on the garlic side. I haven't had him long enough to know what his favorite food is, but im assuming that freeze dried krill will be good enough? Should i make sure to chop it into small pieces first? What is the...

the puffer i'm trying to treat is about 3" and had a fat stomach when i got him. I want to deworm him as a preventative measure. Tonight I bought some of the jungle anti-parasite medicated food and tried to feed it to him, he just spit it out in disgust. So then I dissolved some metro and prazi...

was hoping to start medicating today, anyone have any advise on the dosing?

Is there an easy way to figure out how much medication to give for deworming etc? This article gives reccomendation based on weight, but i dont have any way to weigh my puffer. http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/library/hospital/internal-parasites-prevention-and-treatment/ I have prazipro and metro...