now none of my puffers have ip's that I know of, but it's nice to know in advance of an emergency 
What ip meds in uk?
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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.
Read this before posting!!
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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Donna_G
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What ip meds in uk?
I was wondering what ip med are available here. Does anyone know product names or ingredients I should or shouldn't be looking for? When I asked at my lfs, he showed me a treatment for swim bladder in goldfish now none of my puffers have ip's that I know of, but it's nice to know in advance of an emergency
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
If you can't find them here you can ship them in from America, most Lfs can order pretty much anything
It's amazing how easy maintenance is. If done regularly and thoroughly
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Donna_G
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
Well I had a look on eBay uk and found Kusuri wormer plus 5g, Discus internal parasite and fluke. Wormer plus is a flubendazole based med.
They say it's safe to use on all tropical fish, including stingrays, puffer fish and 1 wk old fish fry.
Would this be the right thing?
They say it's safe to use on all tropical fish, including stingrays, puffer fish and 1 wk old fish fry.
Would this be the right thing?
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suvattii2012
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
Im not sure Donna i have not used any yet and hope i never will. It would be great if i could find some aswell that are safe just in case.
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Donna_G
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
Apparently Tetra parasite guard is the same as jungle parasite clear. Transitioning the jungle fizz tabs over to tetra brand. Is that the one that's always recommended in the US?
This is the website I was looking at
http://answers.tetra-fish.com/answers/0 ... stions.htm
This is the website I was looking at
http://answers.tetra-fish.com/answers/0 ... stions.htm
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puffykid
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
Idk if they will ship to where you are but maybe they will cause they are amazon?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00025 ... 00_details
This is jungle fizzy tabs and they are the best ip meds.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00025 ... 00_details
This is jungle fizzy tabs and they are the best ip meds.
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JerseyMike
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
For my SAPs I used Waterlife STERAZIN which treats 'Gill, body flukes and Internal Worms'.
Worked well for me, bought from LFS.
Soaked food in the meds, then poured the rest of the dose in.
Worked well for me, bought from LFS.
Soaked food in the meds, then poured the rest of the dose in.
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
+1 I have had a HUGE success rate with this stuff! If you can get it, do it!puffykid wrote:Idk if they will ship to where you are but maybe they will cause they are amazon?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00025 ... 00_details
This is jungle fizzy tabs and they are the best ip meds.
WARNING: Puffers are mischievous little blimps with enchanting powers. You may not be content with having just one.
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Donna_G
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
I've just been to my lfs and they have given me a treatment for ip's, normally I'd trust what they say but as I was given aquarium salt for my soon to be brackish tank I thought I'd double check the ingredients with you guys.
It's called eSHa HEXAMITA-Discus disease treatment(also for other cichlids)
Composition/ml: Copper Sulphate 7.0mg, Ethacridine Lactate 6.7 mg, Acriflavine 2.0mg, Methylene Blue 6.3 ug in water
I have been told to add this to the water, not food but I could add garlic to their food which would pretty much kill the ip's
It's called eSHa HEXAMITA-Discus disease treatment(also for other cichlids)
Composition/ml: Copper Sulphate 7.0mg, Ethacridine Lactate 6.7 mg, Acriflavine 2.0mg, Methylene Blue 6.3 ug in water
I have been told to add this to the water, not food but I could add garlic to their food which would pretty much kill the ip's
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Donna_G
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
Can't ship to my address unfortunatelypuffykid wrote:Idk if they will ship to where you are but maybe they will cause they are amazon?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00025 ... 00_details
This is jungle fizzy tabs and they are the best ip meds.
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puffykid
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
Don't use that meds its got copper sulfate in it. I believe its those copper based meds that are popular but don't do anything, if that tetra safe start stuff is similar to the jungle I'd go with that. How much would it cost to mail? I could mail you it if you paid me back shipping?
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Re: What ip meds in uk?
I used Kusuri Wormer Plus for discus, and it did not harm my fish (green spotted puffers) and it did not do anything to the water quality. I can't say for sure if it was effective against parasites, because I don't know if my fish had parasites or not, I used it preventatively when I first got the fish. I'd recommend it, especially if that is what is available to you!