prazi use help

[snulma1]

Ao I have a pair of clowns that I believe have internal parasites (white poop and poor eating).

I purchased some prazipro to treat the fish, and the DT. I know that to treat the internal parasites I need to get the med into their GI system, but I cant find how to make a medicated food with the prazipro.

Also is there somewhere with good instructions on prazi use and tips?

 

[Dkuhlmann]

Yes there is, on the back of the bottle or their website. Google search will show this to you for treating with Prazipro or Melafix etc.

I thought everyone knows about Google ?

 

[snulma1]

So you're saying you trust Google for everything? And that Google always gives correct info...

 

[Dkuhlmann]

So you're saying you trust Google for everything? And that Google always gives correct info...

Really? Is that what you got out of my statement? :rolleye1: :hammer: :facepalm:

 

[snulma1]

What I got was that instead of being helpful, you told me to use google. Instead of maybe offering some experiential info which may vary from the directions, you made a snarky comment about google

I hope that my fellow medical professionals who may see you in the future don't tell you to "use google"

 

[tylersarah]

I found the reply to be rude as well.

Alternatively, Levamisole, sold online as a pigeon dewormer is a superior internal dewormer to Prazipro. Also some people use metronidazole in food in conjunction with Prazipro in the water column.

 

[Martini5788]

I haven't had to do this with my saltwater fish, but for my brackish puffers i injected a tiny amount into bloodworms to feed to them. You can also soak food in it, but that wasn't effective for me. As far as metronidazole goes, that stuff tastes horrid. I have never been able to get anything to eat food that was soaked in metro. I tasted it once, because I was curious why it was sooo hard to medicate animals with it( cats and dogs will start foaming at the mouth and losing their minds if the pill starts to dissolve in there mouth). And it really is that bad, I almost threw up. Clindamycin is worse, but I digress.

 

[snulma1]

Thank you for the extra info.

I just dosed the first 2 tsp into my 40 gallon tank and am watching the clowns to see how they react.

Still unsure about how to feed it. Metro is usually for flagellated bacteria not sure how well that will work, but I guess its worth a shot. Ill give them 3 days with the prazi to see any response

 

[tylersarah]

Levamisole falls in the safe spectrum of medication, yet very effective for most internal worms (has worked for my fish every time, except one died, but it also had velvet). I crush and dissolve two tablets per 20 gal and remove it after a few hours-half day with a filter.

Since you don't know exactly what the fish has, order of operation goes something like this: levamisole, albendazone, fenbendazole with the latter being the harshest. You can dose once a week or every other week to treat eggs as well.

 

[Martini5788]

Metronidazole is an anti parasitic and antibiotic. It will be effective in certain protozoan infections. Prazi paralyzes worms which causes them to disconnect from the whatever body part they are attached to and then they will die after detachment. Levinasole and fenbendazole actually kill the worms.

 

[snulma1]

Not sure where I can get any of those.

 

[Martini5788]

Api has one that is metro and prazi. I think it's called general cure, but don't quote me on that. I would look around the web and you will find some at all of the online stores marketed at different name.

 

[Dkuhlmann]

What I got was that instead of being helpful, you told me to use google. Instead of maybe offering some experiential info which may vary from the directions, you made a snarky comment about google

I hope that my fellow medical professionals who may see you in the future don't tell you to "use google"

I found the reply to be rude as well.

Alternatively, Levamisole, sold online as a pigeon dewormer is a superior internal dewormer to Prazipro. Also some people use metronidazole in food in conjunction with Prazipro in the water column.

I wasn't being rude at all. Simply stating the facts of looking at what the bottle says or look at the manufacturers website for information. Geeze some people are so sensitive