Discomed..

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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.

1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.

2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.

3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)

4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.

5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.

We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.

While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.

Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Discomed..

Post by BubblePUffer »

Hi,

I found a website that still got "Discomed" for sale.. Anyone order anything from here before

"http://aquariumconnection.com/getDetail.php?ID=121248"

..not sure they ship to Canada or not..waiting for their respond regarding the shipment.

-- Found another carry Discomed but too bad they don't ship outside US..
http://www.thehiddenreef.com/index.htm
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Post by wonkadog »

I'm getting mine from 123fish.net if anyone needs it. Supposed to arrive today or tomorow so I'll let you know if it's the real deal.
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Post by Pufferpunk »

I went to 123fish & didn't find any Discomed.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Post by londonloco »

What is Discomed?
120G reef, 72G discus, 30G to be puffer tank, 3G snail tank, 12G multi shell dweller tank
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Post by wonkadog »

It's a treatment for internal parasites that is supposed to work really well.


Pufferpunk-Go to 123fish.net
-click on "enter aquarium store"
-go up to the upper left corner of the page and enter "disc" into
the search box
-when the search results come up it should be about the 2nd or
3rd item down
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Post by BubblePUffer »

Hi PP,

Here is the Link for it for the 123fish...

http://123fish.net/gc/getListing.php?Keyword=discomed
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Post by YBeNormal »

Hmmm... I thought that product was no longer being manufactured?
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Post by londonloco »

OK, so I bought the Jungle tablets in anticipation of getting my puffers (if that day will ever come, still no line on irrubusco's).
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I have one capsule left, and it expired in Oct 2005. I doubt anything left on the market hasn't expired already.
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Post by wonkadog »

don't bother with 123fish...for some reason they still list Discomed but just do so so they can recommend other meds that they sell. Talk about stupid. Turns out I waited a whole week for the med and now still don't have anything to use...
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Post by Pufferpunk »

What about the Hidden Reef?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Post by wonkadog »

Anyone ever had any luck with obtaining Droncit (praziquantel) to treat internal parasites? I'm in Iowa and am having a terrible time getting a vet to even listen to my reasoning about why I need it. They all just say they don't treat fish and then tell me that they won't just give out the medication. Keep in mind I don't have other pets and don't have a regular vet. Any suggestions??
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Post by Pufferpunk »

That's ridiculous! Like you're gonna go get high on it?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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Post by londonloco »

:lol: at pufferpunk.......
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Post by Jayhawk »

Wonkadog - go to the local feed/tack store. They'll sell most dewormers and such to horse and other livestock owners. You'll likely be able to buy it, or levamisole which is commonly used with livestock, there without a vet RX.

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