So I just dosed my puffers tank with prazipro, I didnt realize people were soaking their food until just a few minutes ago. I did a 50% water change like the instructions stated then dosed my 40b with 2 teaspoons.
He's not sick or anything its more of a prevention. Will he be alright?
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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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Re: Prazipro
Wasting your $$$ on meds. FW puffers do not drink water.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Prazipro
Really? I figured these fish absorb, or soak in, the water all around them which is like drinking water.
So should I wait til the next water change to soak some food and feed, or can I do it now? Dont want to overdose it
So should I wait til the next water change to soak some food and feed, or can I do it now? Dont want to overdose it
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Re: Prazipro
The med will reduce the oxygen absorbtion rate of the water that's really the only downside to wasting money by the tank dosing. Puffers don't drink water so the water dosed meds are not effectively getting to the internal parasites. The only effective way is to food dose. You can go ahead and food dose now.
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Re: Prazipro
Can I dose with Salmon?
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Re: Prazipro
As in feeding them salmon that is dosed with prazi? Any food should be sufficient to soak in prazi I just haven't heard of anyone feeding their puffs salmon before.
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Re: Prazipro
I'm just going to wait for the next water change guys, don't want to overdose.. Better safe then sorry
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Re: Prazipro
You can't overdose this med, when feeding to your fish. Just "salt" the food with 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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Re: Prazipro
Ok guys, I just came home from work I havent dosed his food yet...but I did notice he has something stringing hanging out with a tiny little round ball attached. Ive never seen a parasite but im assuming this is it. I guess the meds are working question is should I still go ahead and medicate him orally. Look at the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qtPqYDH3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qtPqYDH3E
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That's just his stringy poo--a sign of IPs.
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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Re: Prazipro
ok dosing tonight. thank you
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Re: Prazipro
Dosing his food, right???
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: Prazipro
Yes im going to dose one clam "in a half shell"
How many drops of prazi should I use to soak it without risking an overdose?
How many drops of prazi should I use to soak it without risking an overdose?
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Re: Prazipro
You can't overdose but 3-5 drops is good.
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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Re: Prazipro
Do you have to do this with General Cure too? Feed it to them?