Okay my discus were flashing quite badly for 2 weeks particularly at night an spending alot of time hiding in plants and driftwood but were stil eating - now they are out a bit more during night and during the day and I don't seem to spot any flashing at all, they still take of and dartacross the tank from time to time

I have prazi to treat do you think its a good idea to go ahead with this as I don't see that much flashing anymore - could it do any harm I hear its quite gentle stuff?

If they are flashing less, then perhaps whatever was causing it is on the wane already. I'd hold off treating them for now.

Try putting some peat in a stocking and putting this in the tank. Discus like low ph which the peat will do and also the natural elements/minerals contained in peat. Will help to settle them down as well.

No harm in dosing the tank with prazi to keep the flukes in check. Some of the symptoms of an outbreak of flukes are heavy breathing, flashing, darting and jerking and loss of colour turning pale instead of the shining look.

ron

What is the dosage rate please?

250mg per 100 litres of water for tabs is what i have been told there was an excellent article posted by purplecatfish on the forums as well

What is the dosage rate please?

What do you have, tab or liquid?

ron

Sorry to be a nusinance just to be 100% certain using prazi to keep the flukes in check will not cause any damage or drama to the fish and I should treat for 3 days in a row right then do a good vac?

prazi is safe and gentle it shouldn't harm your filter or your fish

Sorry to be a nusinance just to be 100% certain using prazi to keep the flukes in check will not cause any damage or drama to the fish and I should treat for 3 days in a row right then do a good vac?

Do a 50% wg and vac at the same time.

Then dose the tank with prazi. Wait 48 hrs and wc again. Redose and wait another 48 before a big wc and vac. Then go back to normal mantainance.

ron

I have tabs (just in case)

Hi

Where do you get prazi from?

ta

I got mine from the vet over the counter in the form of droncit ( worming tablets) which is pure prazi. Not to be confused with drontal which is not.

My vet said they could sell me prazi from a drench and if they had one open it would be cheap...

That would be right. The drench is Ad-Tape used on farm animals (and thanks to Purplecatfish for that info!!) and it would work out much cheaper than Droncit and be easier to dose (but a little trickier to work out the correct dose since its more concentrated!)

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/drontal-droncit-praziquantel-adtape-amp-gill-flukes-vp260591.html