The Puffer Forum

If you were thinking you might need to do an IP treatment, and had access to Jungle Parasite Clear fizztabs, or Metro+ and PraziPro, which would you choose? Or is it pretty much six of one, and a half-dozen of another?

If I had a choice, I'd use GelTek Ultra Cure PX.. it works, and it has the huge bonus of tasting good and the fish willingly eat it (nearly every other medication you have to fast the heck out of them to get them to eat treated food).

I've never used the fizztabs and personally can't see how they would work, but as I said, I've never used them.

Prior to the Geltek product, I've always used a Metro and Levamasole (pig wormer) combo and that worked every time (purged worms within a day or two, weight gain and improved growth over the following weeks), but must taste horrid as its always a battle to get the fish to eat it.

I tried Jungle's Parasite Clear and it didn't do much for me at all. It didnt cure the ick or the ip it was supposed to. I wouldn't recommend it! I'm now trying PraziPro. Hopefully it works better this time! If not, GelTek is next.

My first choice is gel-tek because it works and the fish eat the food soaked in it. My second choice would be prazipro. I would use it if gel-tek was unavailable or if I needed to deworm quickly and have to wait for gel-tek to be delivered. Both are excellent products. Never tried anything else.

OK cool, thanks guys, I will take all of what you've posted into consideration. We carry Metro+ and PraziPro at work, but maybe I can talk my boss into getting in some Gel-Tek - I need my discount!

Good luck!

how long does gel-tek usually take to work?

and are you guys soaking freeze dried food in it, so it soaks it all up or will frozen food be just as spongey?

Freeze dried is better if your puffer will eat it. Annabelle won't eat freeze dried foods so I used a syringe and put it in pieces of shrimp, scallops etc. Gel-tek usually starts to work within 24 hours. That's my experience.

I've used the Gel Tek on my Turgdis and GSP. The GSP took it with freeze dried shrimp and the Turgdis I had to inject it in to night crawlers.