help help is it a parasite ?????????

[trace&steve]

hmm ok ill take your word then ill treat them how you have said...

see what happens!!!

they aint skinny at all its just under the belly under there fins!!!! it isnt that bad anymore but i might treat them just in case!!!!

cheers for the info ryanjury :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Seriously do some googling on Praziquantel usage for treating tropical fish I have never seen anyone suggest only bathing the fish for 5 hours.. They all say it is harmless and treat the fish in the tank, taking a potentially already sick out and stressing it out in a container for 5 hours probably wouldn't be good anyway.

This link here says treat and leave for 4-5 days then water change.

http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/products4.html

http://www.koivet.com/koivet/index.php? ... &Itemid=57

There are plenty of links for you to do your own research and make an educated decision on the matter before you treat.

Personally I would siphon your tank out as much as you can while still have heaters/filters running, dose with the prazi (2mg/L one droncit tab is 50mg) wait 4 days and do a water change, wait 3 days and treat again to break the cycle. After 4 days you can begin topping up your tank gradually with fresh water, I would do it over a few days to a week if you are going from 200L to 700L though. Also increase the feeding rate and see if the treatment + good water + increased food will beef them up a bit.

Of course if all that doesn't work then they maybe affected by another internal parasite and you may need to go down the road of treating with metro or levamasole.. That is the issue without dissecting the fish and looking at it under a microscope or analyzing poos etc it is nigh on impossible to find out what is affecting them by looking at them.