DPs Suffering!

Oh no! Sick fish?! Come here and see if someone can help!
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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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F!shy
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DPs Suffering!

Post by F!shy »

My Puffs have Internal Parasite ;ㅁ;
I'm going to get medication for them but which one?

I looked around at websites and this is what I found...
They're currently not interested in food...

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Ultra Cure PX is an internal parasite medication for both freshwater and saltwater fish. Formulated with Metronidazole, Flubenol and Praziquantel. Ultra Cure PX controls a variety of parasites: intestinal worms, nematodes, tapeworms, flagellates, heartworms and Heximita. The Gel-Tek formula treats fish directly and helps prevent secondary infections. Contains fish pheromones to entice and enhance feeding behaviour. Does not cloud water. Ultra Cure PX is especially useful for catfish, cichlids goldfish and bottom feeders. 4 oz bottle.


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Treats internal parasites. Symptoms of internal parasites include listlessness, loss of weight and premature death of fish.


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Clears parasites fast. Clears external and internal parasites. No need to raise the water temperature. Also helps prevent secondary infections and will not harm biological filtration. The fizz lets you know it's working!


Thats what they sell at the aquarium I go to...Which one would cure it fast..? One of my puffy dies today..and the second one doesn't look so good either....I don't want to see another one go.... :cry:
.Puffer<3
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Post by Phaedrus »

If those are the only ones available to you, give either one a try. Follow the directions and hope for the best. Unfortunately, most off the shelf treatments don't seem to work very well.

If possible, try to find some levimisol at a local feed and tack store if there are any around. Also check the sticky on IPs and treatments at the top of the hospital forum.

good luck!
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