Burrfish update and really need advice!

[justinl]

can't offer much real help, but I can say that internal parasites are very very diverse and have a lot of modes of spreading themselves. I would keep it in quarantine not put it in with your other fish.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Yeah thats what Im thinking...I just feel like I may loose her if I keep her in the QT too long. She is really not looking very good. Not to mention she is really withering away since she stopped eating

Maybe its just a coincidence but she stopped the moment the prazi was dosed in her QT.

[fatpuffer]

Can you get a hold of levamisole hcl instead? I have great results from food soaked in levamisole instead of treating the tank. However, it is only good if the fish is still eating. I have force fed a takifugu oblongus with pureed shrimp using a 10 ml syringe. It was time consuming but it worked.

Jonah

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by fatpuffer

Can you get a hold of levamisole hcl instead? I have great results from food soaked in levamisole instead of treating the tank. However, it is only good if the fish is still eating. I have force fed a takifugu oblongus with pureed shrimp using a 10 ml syringe. It was time consuming but it worked.

Jonah

I have not tried to get levamisole but I have been told it works great. Where would I go for something like this?

She is not eating anymore but I hope that she will again after treatment. She still bites at any food I put in the tank but she spits it right back out. So she is hungry and interested but I have no idea why she is not eating anymore. All I can think if is the prazi. Thats all that changed.

[fatpuffer]

I got levamisole from a member in bcaquaria (mykiss). However, maybe you can go to your vet or any cattle farmer. They usually have leva hcl. as dewormer.

Js