UK IP remedies
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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.
Read this before posting!!
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.
UK IP remedies
I have had trouble finding some the remedies mentioned, does anyone have a decent internal parasite remedy from a UK lfs
I am about to try this as I think I have my very first case of IP's
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Some call it a product of a mis-spent youth, I call it Rock n Roll ! 
Has anyone tried this http://www.flubenol.co.uk/
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I will mail you geltek if this becomes necissary to heal your puffer. I hope the pumpkin seed remedy works, and in interest of making it easier to treat fish with, I researched and found this recipe for removing the active compounds-
Pumpkin seed dewormer24
1 - Shell and grind up the pumpkin seeds (or buy them at a grocery store).
2 - Mix 500 g of the seeds with three litres of water.
3 - Simmer (do not boil), while stirring, for 30 minutes.
4 - Let cool 30 minutes.
5 - Filter through a cloth, squeezing to remove as much juice as possible.
6 - Reduce over low heat to 150-200 ml.
7 - Make sure to remove oily scum.
This would make a concentrate you could soak famillar foods in. You could probably reduce the recipe a LOT.
Pumpkin seed dewormer24
1 - Shell and grind up the pumpkin seeds (or buy them at a grocery store).
2 - Mix 500 g of the seeds with three litres of water.
3 - Simmer (do not boil), while stirring, for 30 minutes.
4 - Let cool 30 minutes.
5 - Filter through a cloth, squeezing to remove as much juice as possible.
6 - Reduce over low heat to 150-200 ml.
7 - Make sure to remove oily scum.
This would make a concentrate you could soak famillar foods in. You could probably reduce the recipe a LOT.
No matter how magnificent your successes or devastating your failures, the worlds' approximately 5 billion impoverished people could not possibly care less.
I gave it a try but TBH I didn't give it a fair shot. I had further thoughts as to whether the puffer did actually have IPs. As I say I have never had a case before and decided to let things lie for a while and see how the puffer developes.
Some call it a product of a mis-spent youth, I call it Rock n Roll ! I was given the puffer by a shop because it was in a sorry state. Both the store owner and myself thought that he wouln't last long. I brought him home along with another healthier one.
I have fed him as much as the other but where as the other one still appears plump after a while, he is still very skinny.
I can feed him a large meal and by the morning he is as skinny as a rake.
He seems to be putting a little on though so I have just monitored things at the mo.
I have fed him as much as the other but where as the other one still appears plump after a while, he is still very skinny.
I can feed him a large meal and by the morning he is as skinny as a rake.
He seems to be putting a little on though so I have just monitored things at the mo.
Some call it a product of a mis-spent youth, I call it Rock n Roll ! Well I tried the pumpkin seed trick and I must say I think it might have worked. One of my dwarfs had a sunken in tummy before and shortly after eating, the other two looked fine.
I crushed up some seeds and left frozen bloodworm to thaw and sit in it for a bit before feeding.
Since then I have three dwarfs who have nice plump tummies. I didn't see him poop out a worm but he has certainly filled out since.
I only did this for one feed too...I imagine a bigger puffer with bigger/more worms may need a few feedings.
It is absolutely no trouble to prepare or feed so I would recommend this to anyone who even suspects IPs.
I crushed up some seeds and left frozen bloodworm to thaw and sit in it for a bit before feeding.
Since then I have three dwarfs who have nice plump tummies. I didn't see him poop out a worm but he has certainly filled out since.
I only did this for one feed too...I imagine a bigger puffer with bigger/more worms may need a few feedings.
It is absolutely no trouble to prepare or feed so I would recommend this to anyone who even suspects IPs.