The Puffer Forum

I started treating the new little guy (F8) with food soaked in Jungle fizz tabs. He's a good little eater but his tummy is gone too fast... Anyhow, I can't find a "treatment protocol" anywhere. How long do I feed him treated food for? All meals (I'm trying to feed him 2-3 times a day) or 1 dose per day?

most say to do it for a couple of days straight. I only feed my puffer once a day, but i dont see the harm in dosin all your food. I treated mine until his belly stayed fat for a couple of days

Atleast 3 - 5 times, you wanna make sure you get all the hatching worms.

So dose for 3-4 days, then stop for for ??, then dose again, then stop, then 1 or 2 more times through that cycle?

More like every other day.

Dose once or twice daily for approximately 4 days. I would medicate all food the fish is eating (i.e. for every single meal). For all of mine that was enough but if he's going thin quickly and not building up some weight then I would do the same treatment regime again.

I used 1/4 tablet per meal in about 1/4 cup of water (with nutritional supplement) and soaked food for several hours.

Thanks everyone! Will do! The only instruction I'm NOT following is that I'm using RO water instead of tank water. This is because I'm giving all the puffs treated food. I've often worried that Frankies beer-belly might be parasitic... And obviously I don't want to feed Zephyr and Frankie food with water from the tank of an un-Q'd newcomer... RO is ok for this, yes?

yes

Ok, so we've done 4 full days of Jungle fizz tabs now. His tummy still goes down fast but he's also having an INSANE growth spurt, I swear he's 1/2" longer than he was when I got him...on SATURDAY.
So should I break, then restart? Or continue? Or try and find a different med?
He had an un-medicated shrimp tail for breakfast and quite liked it

When we got our irrubescos they were about an inch long. I think that in the first three weeks(ish) they grew another inch. It was insane. They were tiny and then in a very short amount of time they were adult size. The two smaller ones (submissive ones as well) are still noticeably growing though.

As for the meds, if you think he needs it you could do another couple days. I don't believe there's much harm in deworming medications, they're generally pretty benign. Give him time to fatten up too

When I used to be able to buy Discomed (best wormer ever!), it said to feed 2x/day for 5 days, then take 2 days off & retreat, if necessary.

Wait, so even after you treat for IP's, he may still be skinny? Details please.

I figure maybe he`s like my friends`kid...he eats like a horse and gets chubby and then grows an inch almost overnight, then eats like a horse and gets chubby...
Maybe the puff`s ìn the streched out phase...
But maybe I`ll treat for a couple more days to be sure...

how can you tell if your puffer needs deworming?

They get skinny real quick