de-worming discus

[Zayne]

ok i have got a few tablets of prazi the lady at the shop said it was the purest form of it,

any way how much do i use? and how do i use it?

thanks

[Rabbit]

Purest form? as its a controlled substance i really would doubt that, you need to find out what the mg/ea tab is before you could get a dosage rate

[k1w1y2k]

The following link has the dosage rates for prazi as well as many other drugs

http://www.fishkeepers.co.nz/forums/vie ... =15&t=2282

We have used it with our discus at 50mg per 25ltrs water and had no problems

[Zayne]

thanks did you mix it with food or straight in as it says you can do it with beef heart

[Flosty]

2.5 mg per litre or one 50 mg tab treats 20 litres

prazi targets tapeworm and flukes

tapeworm is quite rare but nematodes aren't

You would probably be better off treating for nematodes with levamisole

[k1w1y2k]

We generally just use it in the water, that way we know that they are being treated properly. I tryed it once in the beef heart but as the greadier ones eat more, so they get more of the prazi than others. It didn't cause any problems, but you don't know if each fish has got the right dosage. Also some people say to mix the prazi with vodka. Dont, I have heard some bad things about this, or if you do then you drink the vodka, and give the fish the prazi. I use the end of a 6inch rolling pin to grind the tablets up in an egg cup, then when it is a fine powder I half fill the egg cup with tank water, mix then add to the tank.