Feeding general cure and the timeline
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Idoc
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I feed it 2-3 times per day for 10-14 days. But, i don't believe it impacts flukes... it works attached to the food for internal parasites and internal worms.
External flukes are typically treated with PraziPro in the water column...2 doses, 5-7 days apart.
External flukes are typically treated with PraziPro in the water column...2 doses, 5-7 days apart.
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I would have thought it could work for flukes since the fish would have prazi circulating in them (and any parasite that would have it enter them too)?
Idoc
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I'm not aware of it working on external flukes
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Any alternatives besides liquid prazipro? This is for an 800g store system so prazi would end up a little on the pricy side (plus it would mess with the skimmer used for biopellets)
Idoc
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I can't think of an alternative that would be inexpensive for such a large system. But if it's a store system, it might be best to only treat fish as you find them. If you treat that entire system, as soon as you add new fish, it could be contaminated again!
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Take a look at my medicated food article, I think it’s about 7 or 8 files down on the list. You could make up your own gel diet and dose fenbendazole in it. 25mg per kg of fish body weight.
Praziquantel can be used orally, but the dose is 50 to 100 mg per kg of fish weight.
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