Chloroquine phosphate

[jasonrusso]

I’m not sure if this was discussed yet. I purchased a box of Marex from eBay the other day. I know it was popular back in the early days of reefing but has anyone used it recently with success?

What are you trying to treat? Do you mean maracyn?

 

[jasonrusso]

I’ve dosed almost 2 grams in a 29g Qt and I still see ich. Should I Up the dosage?

2 grams of CP? How long has it been?

 

[juicemanatx]

2 grams of CP? How long has it been?

2 weeks

 

[BrotherSheepDog]

What are you trying to treat? Do you mean maracyn?

I am treating ich.

No not Maracyn. Marex...

.... heard great stuff about it in articles and forum post but a lot of people stated it was discontinued many many years ago. I just purchased a pack and was wondering if anyone has used it recently to combat ich.

I am using it right now in a 40 qt. I’m on my second day. I am QTing my maroon pair, Hippo, yellow tang and Fiji devil damsel.

 

[jasonrusso]

2 weeks

They still show signs of ich after 2 weeks of CP?

 

[juicemanatx]

They still show signs of ich after 2 weeks of CP?

A moorish idol does. The other fish in the Qt don’t really, but it’s still there which shouldn’t be the case....

I did 1.5 grams to start, and he still showed ich after a week, so I did another 1/2.

Still showing ich.

They’re also in triple antibiotic.

 

[jasonrusso]

I am treating ich.

No not Maracyn. Marex...

.... heard great stuff about it in articles and forum post but a lot of people stated it was discontinued many many years ago. I just purchased a pack and was wondering if anyone has used it recently to combat ich.

I am using it right now in a 40 qt. I’m on my second day. I am QTing my maroon pair, Hippo, yellow tang and Fiji devil damsel.

All I can find is that they "ceased operations many years ago," lol. CP does have a shelf life of like 4 years. I'm not sure what happens to it after that.

I'm sure the efficacy goes down, but I'm not sure how much per year. The stuff you have is probably 30+ years old! If you are going to go the non prescription route (as I had to), get some new stuff from Fishman Chemical or National Fish Pharmaceutical. I successfully used it at 50mg/gal to make up for any lack in purity.

 

[BrotherSheepDog]

All I can find is that they "ceased operations many years ago," lol. CP does have a shelf life of like 4 years. I'm not sure what happens to it after that.

I'm sure the efficacy goes down, but I'm not sure how much per year. The stuff you have is probably 30+ years old! If you are going to go the non prescription route (as I had to), get some new stuff from Fishman Chemical or National Fish Pharmaceutical. I successfully used it at 50mg/gal to make up for any lack in purity.

Lol Geez I hope that’s not the case or the Marex and I are almost the same age, lol. I’m not sure if they back at it or not. The company that manufactures it Aquatronics seems to be selling a lot of it in addition to other aquatic meds. I think they are back in business?

My only concern is that it states to dose one capsule for every 10 gallons to combat ich. The box states the ingredients are “
A colorless antibiotic blend of Pyrimethamine and
Chloroquine Phosphate.“

 

[billw]

I’ve dosed almost 2 grams in a 29g Qt and I still see ich. Should I Up the dosage?

Mods, pls delete.

 

[juicemanatx]

Of 99% pure chloroquine? If so, that's 80 mg/G assuming you have 25 gal. of water in your 29G tank. That is very strong. How long has your fish been exposed to this level?

The instructions from my vet are 1.5 scoops per 29 gallon Qt. Worked great on previous batches of fish.

Not sure if I have a resistant strain...

 

[Thomashtom]

Can you use prime with CP?

 

[Thomashtom]

Can you use Prime with CP?

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

I have used prime with CP many times, without any issues.

 

[MyLittleReef]

I’m breaking down and disninfecting 2 quarantine tanks that had CP in them (1 successful, 1 not). Do I need to run carbon first to remove the medication that may be in the sponge, silicone, and equipment, or can I just dump the water and rinse with bleach water and allow to dry as normal?

 

[lagatbezan]

my guess would be to dispose of the sponge and just wash all the equipment and tank with a mild bleach/water, rinse thoroughly and let fully dry like you mentioned.

 

[ShaunRobinson]

Got a quick question for you regular cp users. I’m fairly well up to speed with using cp and have used it several times but always for a 21 day course.

I have a yellow tang in quarantine at the moment that is being treated as a prophylactic measure. It has been in cp for 16 days with a week in quarantine before dosing. and has showed no signs or symptoms of anything. The trouble I may have to go away unexpectedly to work tomorrow for a couple of weeks. Although not ideal do you think I would be relatively safe to add the fish to my display now? I really don’t want leave it in cp for my tank sitter (feeder) to look after for the next couple of weeks as it’s only a small tank and anything going wrong is likely to go wrong quickly!

Thanks in advance.

 

[drstardust]

Taking my cat to a new vet today. Gonna ask him for a CP script while I’m there. Fingers crossed...but hopes not up haha

 

[billw]

Taking my cat to a new vet today. Gonna ask him for a CP script while I’m there. Fingers crossed...but hopes not up haha

Maybe print out some supporting documentation on its use for him/her to read!

 

[Greenstreet.1]

I think we can use diamondbackdrugs.com just tell your vet to call them and place the order for you he just have to tell them you are a R2R member and they will mail it to your home. If I remember the info correctly it’s somewhere in the thread I believe

 

[drstardust]

Yes indeed. I am familiar with Diamondback as an appropriate source. But regardless, I'd still have to convince him about the script .