Dosing Chloroquine Phosphate to food?
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Never tried it, but I've read fish are very reluctant to eat CP laced food. Supposedly it tastes really bad. I know when I dose CP in QT, the fish will usually stop eating nori after a few hours. Even tangs won't finish it. I've always assumed it's because the nori has started to taste a little like CP.
Ah yes, flavor... Something I always forget to considerI wonder how they mask it in the Dr. G food.
I used this stuff recently, though it wasn't frozen, it was refrigerated 'caviar'. According to my LFS, the naturally high aromatic nature of the caviar helps to mask the bad taste of the CP. I used it for two weeks, though not as the only food for the tank. Most of my fish ate it, except for the Leopard Wrasses. The hippo, which is the fish with ich, ate it initially, but then not after the first week. Seems to have helped, at least so far.
Alberta-newb
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Not 100% positive, but I think the dosage in the gelatin recipe was 3.7g of CP per 300g of food.
(12.3mg CP/g food)
I'm currently experimenting with a hippo that has reoccurring ich (even after 2 treatments with CP and 2 of copper). I am now trying CP treated nori by dissolving CP in water, soaking an appropriate amount of nori and then letting it dry out. So far the tang has been eating his daily half sheet but it does take a little time for the nori to soften on the clip.
(12.3mg CP/g food)
I'm currently experimenting with a hippo that has reoccurring ich (even after 2 treatments with CP and 2 of copper). I am now trying CP treated nori by dissolving CP in water, soaking an appropriate amount of nori and then letting it dry out. So far the tang has been eating his daily half sheet but it does take a little time for the nori to soften on the clip.
coral_lagoon
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Hey Rea sorry to hear about your fish. Are all your fish infected ?
FWIW, I cannot say yet whether my use of this has 'cured' my hippo of ich. Symptoms have gone, and no other fish indicate infection, so fingers crossed. Frankly, I'd doubt that it could eradicate ich, but it may prove to be a useful tool in 'managing' the parasite.
I see they now have a guideline for amount of CP to food. When I tried this I think I did .2 for two cubes. Way too much, fish OD'ed and passed.
jnc914
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I read an interesting article or post recently, I don't remember if it was on RC or not;that suggested that CP doesn't completely eradicate the ich. It just lowers populations so that it doesn't adversely effect your fish. It was also recommended that you use CP regularly as a preventative instead of one long dosage. The gentleman that posted reported running it every 3 months on his large FOWLR, 1/4tsp/10 gallons of water and never seeing any ich on the fish. He stated that large public aquariums also run CP intermittently to keep parasite populations low. I will try to find it. I have been researching effectiveness of CP for the last several months.
Deinonych
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I would be interested in reading that, as it would be contrary to everything I have read about CP's effectiveness. Using CP regularly would preclude keeping invertebrates as well.
Alberta-newb
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In a reef
I had the fish in a QT previously for the CP and copper treatments and thought it was cured, after about a month in the display, the ich returned. This fish did not do well in a small QT (half of a 55) and I almost lost it from the stress so I'm trying CP nori in the reef since the fish is in there already (unfortunately so is the ich)
FWIW; most of what I have read regarding copper and long term effects on fish has not been good. But we use it anyway.
Just some examples: http://www.nature.org/cs/groups/webcontent/@web/@alaska/documents/document/prd_026310.pdf
dominic
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where are you guys getting the cp ?
I asked and was told to read this huge thread on RC , I did about 15 pages and never found out where to get it ,I am going from a 300 gal fo to 400 and want to be ready in case. any help getting it would be great I don't know why no one will say where to get it.
thanks .Dominic
I asked and was told to read this huge thread on RC , I did about 15 pages and never found out where to get it ,I am going from a 300 gal fo to 400 and want to be ready in case. any help getting it would be great I don't know why no one will say where to get it.
thanks .Dominic
Alberta-newb
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I got my first batch of CP on Ebay (mixed results). My current batch was by prescription from a veterinarian. Significantly more expensive but guaranteed purity. Any compounding pharmacy can get it.
I believe others have purchased direct from the manufacturer?
I believe others have purchased direct from the manufacturer?
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