Effectiveness of Dr G's Medicated fish food
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You just answered your own question. Dr G's may (or may not) be able to successfully treat the fish. But since parasites, flukes, even bacterial infections are still present in the water column the fish just gets reinfected. Dr G's is a "disease management" tool at best. It just buys you time until you can begin real treatment.
For your particular situation; why not just use Prazipro? It eradicates flukes from both the fish & the water, and is generally reef safe (except for tube worms/feather dusters).
MrTuskfish
Team RC
I agree. PP is easy and safe in any tank, the only med I'd ever use in a DT.
I've never used any of the medicated foods, but haven't heard any success stories in the several years I've been destroying the disease forum. They even have a so-called food based cure that fish don't seem to eat. I think the entire selection for medicated foods is just another attempt to get sales from hobbyists who won't use a QT.
Remember to do two treatments: first for existing flukes, second for the eggs.
Newsmyrna80
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Agree with Humblefish. It just buys you a little time. I have used the dewormer caviar and it did not eradicate anything. You don't know how much they are eating to warrant therapeutic doses.
Fully agree. I tried the anti-parasitic caviar and it appeared to do very little. I have ich in my system and the two fish that show symptoms, an Achilles and Hippo Tang, wouldn't touch the stuff after the first few days. Must taste like hell.
Dr G's Anti-Parasitic Caviar contains CP; and from what I've read, CP is very bitter tasting. None of my QT fish being treated with CP will touch nori after a few hours. I assume due to CP absorption.
Deinonych
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That has been my experience as well.
Are you planning to use Prazipro while feeding Dr G's? Or just dosing Prazi straight up? I do the latter on all my QT fish, and have never had a problem. Sometimes I'll notice a little appetite suppression. However, I've read horror stories from people who overdosed Prazi (especially with wrasses), or used an ammonia reducer in conjunction with Prazi. So, take care not to do that.
Also, you'll need to do a 25% WC and a second dose of Prazi 5-7 days after the first.
I'm not sure how effective a 1/2 dosage will be at eradicating flukes and other worms.
The appetite suppression usually only lasts a day or two with Prazi; if it happens at all. So, no big deal as far as I am concerned. Fish can go weeks without eating.
Saltwater2
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Dr g's medicated anti parasite caviar
Dr g's medicated anti parasite caviar
I was at Macna 2014, and met up with Dr.G at his booth. I had a lengthy conversation with him and came away with pure intrigue. If this is a product that actually works both to prevent and cure parasites it would be a game changer. He informed me that the medicated food with Cloroquine Phosphate has been around a few years but they were having problems with fish spitting out the food due to the bitter taste. So they tweaked the formula and found a different method of getting the medicine inside the caviar. So I ordered a bottle from Dr. Fosters & Smith and decided to take a preventative approach to feed an Achilles tang and a Powder Blue that I had in quarantine. They immediately ate the caviar. The Achilles started quarantine with white patches and heavy breathing color was pale, was also feeding with Nori soaked in selcon, alternated with New Era soft pellets. Within days all color returned, their appetites were great and put on weight while in quarantine. NO other medication was used. I then released them into the aquarium using an acclimation box(cricket box from petco) as I have three yellow tangs. Left them in there for one day, then lowered the box without top later, they eventually swam out ( one hour later) no aggression, began eating right away. Added caviar to display tank as a preventative, all fish ate the caviar
Happily. I think this a different approach to adding sensitive fish that are susceptible to parasites that so far is promising
Dr g's medicated anti parasite caviar
I was at Macna 2014, and met up with Dr.G at his booth. I had a lengthy conversation with him and came away with pure intrigue. If this is a product that actually works both to prevent and cure parasites it would be a game changer. He informed me that the medicated food with Cloroquine Phosphate has been around a few years but they were having problems with fish spitting out the food due to the bitter taste. So they tweaked the formula and found a different method of getting the medicine inside the caviar. So I ordered a bottle from Dr. Fosters & Smith and decided to take a preventative approach to feed an Achilles tang and a Powder Blue that I had in quarantine. They immediately ate the caviar. The Achilles started quarantine with white patches and heavy breathing color was pale, was also feeding with Nori soaked in selcon, alternated with New Era soft pellets. Within days all color returned, their appetites were great and put on weight while in quarantine. NO other medication was used. I then released them into the aquarium using an acclimation box(cricket box from petco) as I have three yellow tangs. Left them in there for one day, then lowered the box without top later, they eventually swam out ( one hour later) no aggression, began eating right away. Added caviar to display tank as a preventative, all fish ate the caviar
Happily. I think this a different approach to adding sensitive fish that are susceptible to parasites that so far is promising
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wooden_reefer
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I tend to think that fish eventually develops effective antibodies against external pathogenic bacteria. If infection is slight and the fish general defense such as WBC holds, the fish will eventually develop effective antibodies.
Such is not true for ich.
I'm not sure about the different between the life cycle of flukes and ich.
I believe that the anit-parasitic one will work if we keep feed the fish for 72 days in case the fish is eating. Even the parasite is in the water column and it will re-infect the fish then the fish will be cure again and going a cycle for 72 days. eventually, the ich will die b/c they can't find a host. I'm not sure it can apply to the flukes life cycle.
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