Burrfish (Added Picture)

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by midgetwaiter

Treating IP is a tricky bit of business, you have to suppress the parasite without doing damage to the intestinal flora. Levamisole is nice because it doesn't kill anything, it just paralyzes the intestinal tract so the parasite thinks it is in a dead host and lets go, but it's tough to get. Metronidazole is more dangerous but you can get it from Seachem in a powder that's easy to use.

I don't know what's in the Jungle stuff but I would advise caution either way. Don't do this just because of the sunken belly. Wait to see if you can get the fish to put some weight back on without it.

Thanks, great info. I was told that I should be able to get Levamisole from my vet? Does that make sense? I have not even tried yet though.

So I understand not treating right away and seeing if she gains weight but J&L have had her 2 weeks and said she eats every day anything they put in the tank but could never gain weight. Thats probably the reason they even still had her.

The Jungle meds have Praziquantel in them. For some reason though I thought that was more for bacterial problems. I have no idea though

So you think I should not treat her yet? I was going to get the Seachem Metronidazole and soak her food in it. I also heard Metronidazole bath can work? I want to be careful, so any advice would be great.

What Im scared of is not treating her soon and having her stop eating. She would not be tough to treat now because she is eating so well and is active. It could get hard if she stopped.

I will take pics later...its very hard to believe this little fish should reach about a foot as an adult. She looks like she is meant to stay small.

Anyone had a full grown Burr?

[WhoPoopWrasse]

If she is in QT you could also use Prazipro...

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by WhoPoopWrasse

If she is in QT you could also use Prazipro...

Right. I have used this before. I should remove the biological filtration from the QT tank though right?

Seems she has ich too now. Not a surprise there. I don't think I have ever bought a fish without ich...I can't believe some people don't quarantine!

So does anyone know how I should go about treating both of these? I guess one at a time? I would like to go with hyposalinity but I fear that may hurt her appetite and I don't want to do that. Does anyone know if hypo is a bad idea while treating for the IP? My guess is that it would be too stressful.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Can't see her belly in this pic (you can see the ich though) but here she is. I will get better pics later after I clean the glass

[WhoPoopWrasse]

From what I know hypo does not stress the fish if anything it's easier on thier systems, I would start the hypo and I will find out about the prazipro and let you know...

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by WhoPoopWrasse

From what I know hypo does not stress the fish if anything it's easier on thier systems, I would start the hypo and I will find out about the prazipro and let you know...

Yeah I know hypo is pretty easy on fish but I have had fish loose their appetite during it.

[WhoPoopWrasse]

More than probably the fish was getting too sick by the time you started the hypo...