The Puffer Forum

Hi! I want to deworm my puffers and treat internal parasites, however they wont eat medicated feed (maybe its bitter or something). I'm trying to treat them with praziquantel and metronidazole.
There are instructions on the package on how to treat by dosing the water. However according to library/hospital/internal-parasites-pre ... treatment/
It isn't an effective way. And dosing it in the water can cause stress. Should i dose it anyway or just leave the puffer be? Since dosing in the water isn't effective, why should i do it?

p/s I'm definitely not gonna shove a catherer in its mouth, thats really scary!

Are they FW puffers? Did you8 try adding garlic juice to the medicated soak?

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:56 pm Are they FW puffers? Did you8 try adding garlic juice to the medicated soak?

No they are not fw, they are bw. Yes, i have mashed some garlic and soaked it in the garlic juice for 10 minutes. They did not like it at all. Maybe i need to buy seachem garlic instead? Or should i just pour the medicine in the water

How about injecting an earthworm with the med?

Pufferpunk wrote: ↑Mon Feb 07, 2022 6:48 pm How about injecting an earthworm with the med?

Ooh I didnt think of that, i will try that method, hopefully it'll work. Thank you so much!!

I'm going to try injecting a worm I don't wanna get pinched by the mud bugs.