Total System Levasole Planaria Kill Recipe
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camaroracer214
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ok, i've been looking for this product everywhere. no local place has it, nobody online that i can find has it. does anyone have any they can sell me? i have a 180 sps zeovit tank and i cannot get rid of the aefw's no matter what i do. i've tried the flatworm exit, and it worked in limited respect, but i need something cheaper and that i can dose regularly to take care of any new flatworms that hatch after the treatment.
Kieth71
New member
Yes i have tried fwe and while it works to kill alot of them there are always a few that remain.I am not sure how they get the amount they get to put in.I have dosed an entire bottle on 125g system which they claim will treat 300g.It still does not work to kill them all.I have tried to find the pig dewormer with no luck.The other day i tried another brand of flat worm killer and it really worked no better then the fwe but at least it was a few dollars cheaper.Two days later i can see a few on the side of the tank.I have a 6 line wrasse in qt right now and i am hopeful it will take care fo the stragglers that remain after useing fwe.
I stopped by my local TSC and found a bottle of LEVASOLE Pig Wormer on the shelf (this is after I called and was told they didn't have any). I aksed a worker and he called the warehouse that shipped it to them. he was told that the company that made it will no longer make it. The TSC worker check and a few NE ohio stores had some in stock, so you may want to call and ask or just stop by your local store to see if they have any in stock. I placed 3 orders on-line with different companies that their wed sites said that they had it in stock, every one of them contacted me and said they did not have any.
HTH
Phil
HTH
Phil
Mexi-Can't
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Need Advice
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Ok I found some in liquid form 99+% pure. The only thing now is how much do I dose?... suggestions?
Need Advice
Ok I found some in liquid form 99+% pure. The only thing now is how much do I dose?... suggestions?
First of all THANKS for all the work on this CleveYank!!!!
Couple of weeks ago i picked up 2 bottles of Levimasole pig wormer at TSC. I went there and asked for it and they Did Not have any, but they called area stores and got me two bottles.
Well i have been following this thread from the beginning. I HAD
a Huge flatworm problem. I had a lot of anxiety about doing this. I actually started trying to reduce the flatworms 3 weeks ago. I was using the method on Meleev's site.
Every 2 days i would siphon 5 gallons with as many flatworms as I could get. Seemed like I was not making any headway.
I was not Kidding when I said I HAD a HUGE problem.
Last saturday I finally developed enough courage to do it!!!:eek2:
I have about 230 gallons total. I mixed 240ml and dumped it all in.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE the toxin released by these little buggers. I literally had a flatworm tornado!!!
After 10 minutes i used a turkey baster to blow the few holding onto the rock off. I then took a fine net and started swishing it around, getting scoops of them out. I did that for aprox. 20 minutes. The water turned yellow. I then shut down all the pumps and changed 80 gallons of water getting as many as I could. Refilled the tank and turned on the skimmer and carbon.
The clam closed,Acans closed, zoo's closed, SPS no PE, and the duncan closed. Also tne fighting conch's came out and acted funny and some pods were also nuked!! All the fish hid!!
Next day everthing was still alive and not a flatworm in sight!!
I dosed 80ml for a follow up!
Today (6 days later) still no flatworms in sight and i dosed 240ml again today as a precautionary measure with no ill effects except the conch's are up out of the sand and acting wierd again.
I BELIEVE the ill effects come from the toxin!!!!!
I am going to dose it one more time next weekend just to be sure.
Hope this might help some of you who might have anxiety as I did over this issue
It really works and THANKS to everyone that contributed to this thread!!!!
Couple of weeks ago i picked up 2 bottles of Levimasole pig wormer at TSC. I went there and asked for it and they Did Not have any, but they called area stores and got me two bottles.
Well i have been following this thread from the beginning. I HAD
a Huge flatworm problem. I had a lot of anxiety about doing this. I actually started trying to reduce the flatworms 3 weeks ago. I was using the method on Meleev's site.Every 2 days i would siphon 5 gallons with as many flatworms as I could get. Seemed like I was not making any headway.
I was not Kidding when I said I HAD a HUGE problem.Last saturday I finally developed enough courage to do it!!!:eek2:
I have about 230 gallons total. I mixed 240ml and dumped it all in.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE the toxin released by these little buggers. I literally had a flatworm tornado!!!
After 10 minutes i used a turkey baster to blow the few holding onto the rock off. I then took a fine net and started swishing it around, getting scoops of them out. I did that for aprox. 20 minutes. The water turned yellow. I then shut down all the pumps and changed 80 gallons of water getting as many as I could. Refilled the tank and turned on the skimmer and carbon.
The clam closed,Acans closed, zoo's closed, SPS no PE, and the duncan closed. Also tne fighting conch's came out and acted funny and some pods were also nuked!! All the fish hid!!
Next day everthing was still alive and not a flatworm in sight!!
I dosed 80ml for a follow up!Today (6 days later) still no flatworms in sight and i dosed 240ml again today as a precautionary measure with no ill effects except the conch's are up out of the sand and acting wierd again.
I BELIEVE the ill effects come from the toxin!!!!!
I am going to dose it one more time next weekend just to be sure.
Hope this might help some of you who might have anxiety as I did over this issue
It really works and THANKS to everyone that contributed to this thread!!!!
Mexi-Can't
New member
I kinda figured it out, my liquid Levamisole is 5 times weaker than the powder ... so i just added 2 1/2 teaspoons to 250ml(8 ounces)of RO/DI water.... they're squirming and dieing .. YEA!!!! ... I'll let you guys know how it goes... side note, I bought the one liter bottle; which is WAY too much, if someone needs some i can be talked (pm'd) into selling some
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Mexi-Can't
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5 hours later and all seems well, i got kinda nervous 'cause everything was closed so i'm running carbon now things are opening up/looking better. I do see some FWs still moving though, but hopefully the 30% dosage tomorrow will knock them out and i do plan on doing treatments every 7 days for the next 3 weeks.... marathon not a sprint
camaroracer214
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i have tried this on aefw's and i doesn't really seem to work that great. i have done two doses, less than a full week apart and i didn't see them coming off the rocks. i blasted them with a turkey baster and they did come off and were eaten by my fish.
my first dose i did 1/2 teaspoon in 240 ml and dumped it all in. i have about 230 gallon water volume (about 200 after displacement) so i was sitting at just over 1 ml per gallon dosing. my brittle stars and clams didn't like it, but they got over it. i did a 10% water change afterwords (this stuff makes me nervous) and turned the carbon on.
the second dose i kind of screwed up. i mixed up 500 ml of water and poured in 1 teaspoon of levimasole. i wanted to dose 1.5 ml per gallon, but somehow screwed up my thought processes and dosed 1.7 ml per gallon. even with a higher dose, the livestock seemed to react less negatively than with the 1 ml per gallon dose...which was weird. i did a 15 gallon water change and turned the carbon back on (again, nervous about this stuff). i blasted the rocks again and a few aefw's did come off and were eaten by the fish. i'm contemplating a .3 ml per gallon follow up dose today as well, but i'm having to keep an eye out on my brittle star (he's ****ed today).
anyways, i was wanting to know your experiences with this stuff and aefw's. i was told it would work, but i'm not convinced.
my first dose i did 1/2 teaspoon in 240 ml and dumped it all in. i have about 230 gallon water volume (about 200 after displacement) so i was sitting at just over 1 ml per gallon dosing. my brittle stars and clams didn't like it, but they got over it. i did a 10% water change afterwords (this stuff makes me nervous) and turned the carbon on.
the second dose i kind of screwed up. i mixed up 500 ml of water and poured in 1 teaspoon of levimasole. i wanted to dose 1.5 ml per gallon, but somehow screwed up my thought processes and dosed 1.7 ml per gallon. even with a higher dose, the livestock seemed to react less negatively than with the 1 ml per gallon dose...which was weird. i did a 15 gallon water change and turned the carbon back on (again, nervous about this stuff). i blasted the rocks again and a few aefw's did come off and were eaten by the fish. i'm contemplating a .3 ml per gallon follow up dose today as well, but i'm having to keep an eye out on my brittle star (he's ****ed today).
anyways, i was wanting to know your experiences with this stuff and aefw's. i was told it would work, but i'm not convinced.
CleveYank
20 Years and Over
camaroracer214
Who told you this would work on ACRO EATING FLUKES???
It doesn't.
For enough of a dose to kill them would kill the coral.
I found the same was the result for monty nudis.
Bummer info for sure.
Levasole is only for the planaria kind.
For the acros eaters I sought out Melev's Reef website and gather some info. He's got a couple different methods listed.
I used scraping the eggs and using 1000ml of tank water in 6 ml betadine and turkey blasted them off and finally got rid of them a few months ago.
Who told you this would work on ACRO EATING FLUKES???
It doesn't.
For enough of a dose to kill them would kill the coral.
I found the same was the result for monty nudis.
Bummer info for sure.
Levasole is only for the planaria kind.
For the acros eaters I sought out Melev's Reef website and gather some info. He's got a couple different methods listed.
I used scraping the eggs and using 1000ml of tank water in 6 ml betadine and turkey blasted them off and finally got rid of them a few months ago.
camaroracer214
New member
i forget the guy's name, but i had posted a few questions on another site and he said he used levasole to kill aefw's and it worked. i figured it wouldn't hurt to try.
i have tried flatworm exit, and some of the worms died during that treatment. however, i don't feel like spending several hundred dollars to achieve the appropriate concentration.
i have tried flatworm exit, and some of the worms died during that treatment. however, i don't feel like spending several hundred dollars to achieve the appropriate concentration.
chrisguy
New member
I wanted to follow up, having posted the bad results from my fist dose. From the first dose, other than the fish that did not make it, due to me underestimating the toxicity of the dying flat worms, everything else survived.
This past weekend I did a second dose, due to having a few remaining flatworms. This time around I was better prepared. There was a minimal reaction from tank inhabitants and all was fine after the water change 2 hours later. I am planning a third and hopefully final dose next weekend.
Thanks for creating this thread!!!
This past weekend I did a second dose, due to having a few remaining flatworms. This time around I was better prepared. There was a minimal reaction from tank inhabitants and all was fine after the water change 2 hours later. I am planning a third and hopefully final dose next weekend.
Thanks for creating this thread!!!
Mexi-Can't
New member
Dose 2 - Went extremely well. I think I counted a total of 8 worms. I'm sure there were more but I didn't see them. No reaction whatsoever from coral and fish. No water change, no carbon. Loving the Levasole!!! Thanks again Cleve!!!!
new2sw776784
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Has any one tired this on incoming frags? What would be a safe dose just the standard proceeduar.
CleveYank
20 Years and Over
Yes I use Levasole for all incoming corals.
I mix special dips for a few things all at once when everything comes in, with the following method. So far it's been working. You still should have a Q-tank though.
What I do is 1ml of Levasole (in the specified concentration) for 1000ml of the water the coral came in on. (I have started the cycles of acclimation to hit 1000ml if I am short with the new corals shipped water) And yes this is alot for dosing. But I add this to the acclimation water for all corals. Then I have a timer and I add 250ml to this every 5 minutes. When I have done this 5 times or added 1.25 times the original volume I dump out half of it and add another 250 ml for another times two 5 minute intervals. I then get 1000 of brand new tank water since everything is acclimated and Levasoled and I then begin an interceptor soak of 10 to 15 minutes and inspect for red bugs.
Then I take and add 6ml of betadine to this 1000ml (apparently interceptor and betadine do not clash) and then turkey baste the heck out of the frags and inscpect for Acro eating Flukes and their eggs. I do not soak the frags in the betadine for more than 30 to 90 seconds to prevent killing the patient or bleaching it. I then rinse the frag and inspect heavily for aptasias, bubble algae, hair, slime and bryopsis and scrape and or kalk as required or just chuck the plug into drying bucket and remount the coral on my own plug. The whole thing takes about an hour and therefore can be a bear to handle in large batches.
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new2sw776784
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Thanks for the info. It was a great help.
Bud's Reef
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Sorry, I haven't been here in quite a while. Both the 65G and 120G have 1 to 2 inches of sand. I have never seen another flatworm in the 120G after just one treatment, but am still getting them in the 65G after treating 8 weeks in a row. I think the difference is the Spotted Mandarin and Yellow Coris Wrasses I have in the 120G. I suspect they are taking care of any and all in the 120G.
I only have enough Levamasole for a couple of more treatments so I am going to add a wrasse to the 65G and hope for the best after I treat again.
I only have enough Levamasole for a couple of more treatments so I am going to add a wrasse to the 65G and hope for the best after I treat again.
