A little - Agree
Updated on 1/25 and he too states 5-7 days , water change and another 5-7 days. Flukes are flatworms and cannot be eliminated in 3 days. Then to go on to Humblefish and come on here with that advice and insist yet and argue with one of our Fish Medic members who are on same page with our group and is in collaboration With Jay who is our residential medic and tell @MnFish1 that you have various information and you produce a misread label and state 16 years of fish keeping is a little off track.
This all sounds very much like reef central all over. I can join whichever forum I want and express my opinion equally as you or anyone else. All the snipe remark about my references are uncalled for and inaccurate.
Mnfish requested references and I remarked about what label states. Every 3 days is not dangerous- I'll let you figure it out.
I said to use one week to administer two dosage on Prazi, which is different from doing that every 3 days for the foreseeable future. So get it right before calling ppl out.
I find 99 percent of what @vetteguy53081 says to be correct. Second - My interpretation is that you dose prazipro, as directed, then wait 3 days, then another 3 days for it to de-activate, then on day 4(7) do a water change - then repeat - so it results in about a dose every 7 days. Perhaps I'm misconstruing it. (I.e. the dose is in the water for 3 days. You wait 3 days and on day 4(7 ) one does a water change. Note - I agree with others who have suggested that the directions are somewhat unclear - however the protocol recommended here is clear - on what we recommend.
PS - Prazipro is not candy. I think this is an unnecessary overdose of the medication for a routine QT situation. Additionally ignores the life cycle of the things one is trying to kill.
Ppl ask open question and I reply, which has nothing to do with changing your protocol. If ppl ask specifically for fish medic, I see that and often choose to not chime in since they are looking for a specific response. So I don’t know how a comment of mine to an open question is all of sudden an attempt to change protocol.
I never said or even suggested it’s candy. Not sure where you get that. I also didn’t ignore the life cycle of fluke, which is why I suggested two dosages.
To clarify- this person asked if there was a liquid form of it and I sent this as being the only one out there and gave him the formula for breaking up the pill and diluting it and messaged him after to clarify this liquid version is not fish safe or aquarium use.Ppl ask open question and I reply, which has nothing to do with changing your protocol. If ppl ask specifically for fish medic, I see that and often choose to not chime in since they are looking for a specific response. So I don’t know how a comment of mine to an open question all of sudden an attempt to change protocol.
What I expect and respect is to use the opportunity of having different opinion to promote positive and helpful discussion, and not this back and forth with the fish medic rep vetteguy.
if what I said is indeed dangerous, then what is advising someone to buy an untested chicken flavored med that’s not even for fish…,
I’m not here to fight with anyone. U called me out by quoting me so I responded, without quoting you. That’s how it goes so don’t try to turn that around. Check my record n you will see this is the first off topic exchange.
As stated- not intended and again concern was raised with quick multiple applications and MnFish is correct- the directions from Hikari are very unclear and confusing and not the first time confusion has been expressed as to how it should be properly dosed
Prazipro is good for 3 days. After a water change, you can do another dosage and that’s in-line with what the box says too (ie no more than once every 3 days) so idk what you’re talking about.
using PRAZI does require good aeration but that’s independent of the dosing regime.
Thanks, so isn’t it still an issue to only administer the 2nd dosage 156 hours after praziquantel was used up within the first 36 hours? Since it is reported that praziquantel is “gentle on fish” with the exception of wrasses, would it be a better practice to do a WC after 36 hours and then make the 2nd dosage? Then observe to see how things go before administering more dosage in case if the previous rounds miss on the timing of the eggs hatching.
The issue with this approach is the reliance on visual observation to conclude if a fish is healthy or not. It’s mostly based on luck. So the question becomes - how much risk are you willing to take?
