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After 3 1/2 weeks you should be fine.
My plan for fluke eradication
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Thanks, I ended up using a little bleach on the tank and ran the filter for a short time with a little bleach. Made sure to use lots of seachem prime on it all and let it air dry. Should be clean.
The fish with flukes are eating better and better every day! These formalin dips are doing wonders. It's exciting to watch them get better so quickly
The fish with flukes are eating better and better every day! These formalin dips are doing wonders. It's exciting to watch them get better so quickly
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I'm so glad to hear that! Congrats!!
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pretty fishWill weekly formalin dips eventually get rid of the flukes all together do you think?
yes
This little beauty is already eating like a champ! No signs of parasites so farhopefully this guy will be the first time I get a healthy fish sent to me.
I just finished this weeks dips. I definitely saw a big flake in the container after the angel came out. How long do you think I should continue doing weekly dips?
Also, I was thinking of doing clout, but I know that's extremely stressful and I'm not sure they would come out of that strong
Also, I was thinking of doing clout, but I know that's extremely stressful and I'm not sure they would come out of that strong
I used 1 drop per half gallon since it would be a shorter time frame. I did the dips for around 10-15 minutes each depending on stress level.
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Are you sure the big flake was a fluke?
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I can't remember but did you have a microscope or a magnifying glass? How are the fish acting? Any scratching, yawning, head shaking?
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Ok the next time you do a dip take a pic of the dip afterwards and post it here. Glad to hear the fish are doing good.
My plan for fluke eradication
I just read a thread on this forum with a ton of fluke Info, it the bottom it said it was prepared by Newsmyrna80, so you must have had something to do with it lol. But, it said that hyposalinity has been proven to kill juvenile and adult flukes in 2-5 days. Could I try this option to eradicate these fish?
If not, I was thinking about trying straight prazi, or just trying a more disciplined prazipro regimine. OR just keep doing the formalin dips, but I'm not sure how effective they are since i put the fish right back into infected water afterward.
There's too many options
I just read a thread on this forum with a ton of fluke Info, it the bottom it said it was prepared by Newsmyrna80, so you must have had something to do with it lol. But, it said that hyposalinity has been proven to kill juvenile and adult flukes in 2-5 days. Could I try this option to eradicate these fish?
If not, I was thinking about trying straight prazi, or just trying a more disciplined prazipro regimine. OR just keep doing the formalin dips, but I'm not sure how effective they are since i put the fish right back into infected water afterward.
There's too many options
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My plan for fluke eradication
I decided to fw dip them instead of using formalin to see where I'm at with the flukes.
The angel had one fluke thing come off of her, and the tang had one black spec, and one reddish spec, those could be poop because they're not white like the typical fluke.
It was near Impossible to get a clear pic
I decided to fw dip them instead of using formalin to see where I'm at with the flukes.
The angel had one fluke thing come off of her, and the tang had one black spec, and one reddish spec, those could be poop because they're not white like the typical fluke.
It was near Impossible to get a clear pic
I'm sorry for posting twice, but after a certain amount of Time, I believe the edit option disappears.
Next weekend I plan on doing formalin dips with the fish, and moving them to a clean tank. I'll do this until they're all gone. I think this is the way you used you said, I can't remember how long it took you though
Next weekend I plan on doing formalin dips with the fish, and moving them to a clean tank. I'll do this until they're all gone. I think this is the way you used you said, I can't remember how long it took you though
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If that triangular shape object is the only thing that came off I would do what you plan on doing...one more formalin dip (same dosage and time as before). That object does not look like a fluke. Flukes are typically oblong or circular. I take it the little dots are air bubbles?
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Yeah that's not a fluke. I've had those come off during dips and when I looked at it through the microscope it was nothing...it looked more like food or something. Definitely not a living organism.
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