Thank you Paul
Barbara
member of the Polish Club of Discus Lovers (PKMD)
Hi all, I'm new to Discus. I have only 3 that survived shipping with flashing, breathing heavy, & head shakes. Water Params are good. Thankfully they are eating now. I was told to try Prazipro & ordered it. My ? is: should I follow the directions on the bottle, or is there a different recommendation from experienced discus enthusiasts? Please help...
Wendy
Is this thread 'dead'? wanted some info please....
Hi all...is Praziquantel very costly compared to other typical discus medicines? In india I checked with a shop it is very costly
I realize that this is a very old post, but it just became very pertinent to my situation. I've come to the conclusion that some discus (just like some people) are simply allergic to certain medications. I just recently treated my tank with PraziPro because I thought I could be dealing with a fluke issue. And since I've heard so much about how PraziPro is supposedly so safe for ALL fish, and because flukes would mean the entire tank is compromised, I figured that there was no reason not to treat the entire tank. And the PraziPro did in fact prove to have no ill effects on 14 out of 15 of my discus. However, one discus (picture attached) immediately went dark and had shed a lot of his slime coat within the first hour. It's a good thing I was watching closely, or I'm quite sure he would have died soon. Anyway, just thought I would share. Again, I just think some fish are allergic to Prazi, just like some humans are allergic to penicillin.
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-Shane
Discus do it bare bottom.
I have been using liquid Prazipro this week on all my discus for fluke treatment. I have 5 large ones in a 55 gallon and 4 smaller 3 to 3.5 inch in another 55 gallon and dosed both aquariums the same. I went by a quarantine schedule of day 1 full dose, day 2 50% W/C half dose, day 3 50% W/C no dose and start again with a full dose on day 4 and so on for 21 days. Today was day 4 with a full dose and after several hours the
smaller discus started acting extremely skittish and breathing fast and just going crazy except for one. The larger discus were not acting differently except for one that always acts slightly lethargic when I administer prazipro. I immediately put all the smaller discus in another tank that was already to go with clean water. The worst affected one immediately calmed down. I am going to be very careful from now on with using Prazipro.
prazipro as it definitely affects some of the fish badly.
This is my third seperate incident of my discus having bad reactions to prazipro. I used the prescribed measurement for a 55 gallon aquarium. All 3 incidents were juvenile discus about 3 to 3.5 inches big that started darting fast and acting strange..... now whenever they get scared or stressed for no reason they have a siezure that lasts about 2 minutes and then they are ok. The larger discus were never affected that I can tell. Now, I am being very careful to use this medication and am looking at other alternatives for fluke infestation.