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Old 02-09-2010, 12:05 AM
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He looks better today, but still has a way's to go. I did find some Prazipro in the end yesterday, but decided against adding a second treatment just for the time being. So today he looks better, his face has cleared up, but there is still the grey discoloration spots on his backside so I assume he's not 100% healed up. His eyes have cleared up. There are a few suspicious spots though (mostly on his fins, one on his chin under his mouth) and thus I'm considering a second treatment, although now I'm not sure if I should use the liquid Prazipro I just bought or try the Praziquantel again (as per RC I understand Praziquantel is a much stronger dosage).

The tank itself looks like sewage (film algae over everything) but this could be due to the skimmer and carbon shutdowns more than the pharmaceutical itself. I'm unsure if I should do a water change first and then a second treatment or whether I should just add the second treatment now and then do the water change later in the week (and reinstate the carbon and skimmer and stuff).

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So compare this taken today (Feb 24) to my last photo (Feb 6), so, what is that, 18 days? A little over two weeks, not quite three weeks difference..



The light patches you can see in the photo are the areas that are still healing, perhaps scarring. The worn fins have pretty much healed and regrown.

Score one for the Praziquantel!

I haven't ruled out a second treatment at some point as I am still seeing, on occasion, little white dots on the fish that I can't identify. Sometimes they are not there anymore the next day, but sometimes they are, until maybe 2-3 days later. So I wonder if there are still flukes in the system and the occasional one is getting through the slime coat barriers but otherwise for the most part held at bay by the fishes' own immunities.
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wow. thats quite the improvement!
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Awesome to hear Tony!!!
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Score 1 for the good guys!!

Everyone should go and get themselves a bottle of Prazi to have on hand.

Good stuff Tony.

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