Any new/recent information on deworming

[Gremi16]

Hey everyone! As I continue to research, I've noticed that so many of these threads are a decade+ old. While this is impressive as it shows how long SD has been around:

1. Information/Opinions change
2. Studies change
3. Products change

I am now looking into illnesses in new fish. FYI, I have already seen Al's quarantine procedure thread. Seems like a good plan, but the thread is like 15 years old. I plan on buying all my discus at once (6-8 juvies 2.5"+) and I want to be proactive from the start with healthy fish I do not have any stock in a tank now. The juvies will be placed in a quarantine. For deworming, is praziquantel still a viable solution or is there some other deworming medication recommended?

Thanks.

[smsimcik]

Praziquantel is for flatworms (tapes and flukes). You will also need levamisole for round worms like Capillaria.

[Gremi16]

Praziquantel is for flatworms (tapes and flukes). You will also need levamisole for round worms like Capillaria.

Cool! Thanks.

[jeep]

Al's procedure is what I still use. Others go an extra step and treat a course of metro, which is very easy on discus, but I don't bother with that because hexamita is always present. It's only when discus become stressed or sick that hex takes advantage of a weak immune system. In other words, prazi and Levamisole can treat the entire population in advance of an issue. Metro can treat a whole tank or an individual case by case...

[Gremi16]

Al's procedure is what I still use. Others go an extra step and treat a course of metro, which is very easy on discus, but I don't bother with that because hexamita is always present. It's only when discus become stressed or sick that hex takes advantage of a weak immune system. In other words, prazi and Levamisole can treat the entire population in advance of an issue. Metro can treat a whole tank or an individual case by case...

Good advice. Thanks. Great to see an old procedure still in the works. Looks like I know what I'm going to be following when them little buggers finally come.

[RogueDiscus]

Where are folks buying levamisol these days? I have some of the AbsoluteWormerPlus, but sold my jar of levamisol I had bought from AngelsPlus about a year ago. They don't seem to carry it anumore. Since I've been buying a few juvies, it might be nice to have available.

[LizStreithorst]

The Absolute will work just as well. It also gets flukes.

[seanyuki]

For Levamisole

Try Dena @ Everything Aquatics.


https://everythingaquatic.net/product-category/meds/

Or

Myrtle Beach Discus

https://myrtlebeachdiscus.com/collec...itle-ascending

Where are folks buying levamisol these days? I have some of the AbsoluteWormerPlus, but sold my jar of levamisol I had bought from AngelsPlus about a year ago. They don't seem to carry it anumore. Since I've been buying a few juvies, it might be nice to have available.

[RogueDiscus]

Thanks Francis and Liz. Levamisol had come up recently in a few posts so I wasn't sure if it was necessary for certain worms.