Regular Member EdgarTheFish Posted November 22, 2020 Regular Member Share Posted November 22, 2020 General guidelines on deworming during a fish in cycle? Better to wait until cycle is done? Also hi everyone! It's been forever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helper Arctic Mama Posted November 22, 2020 Helper Share Posted November 22, 2020 Flukes or worms? If it is worms, fish lice, or other ectoparasites, you’d want to try Dimilin (lice), Levamisole (worms) or Paraguard (for something ecto but unidentified) and they’re all safe during a cycling tank. The Paraguard might slow down or inconvenient back your filter and add time to the cycle, though. You wouldn’t want to use any of those prophylactically, though. Just for specific symptoms or known exposure. So if you’re thinking of new fish prophylaxis during a fish-in cycle, .3% salt, 78+ degree water, and praziquantel are more typical. Keep the salt constant, but do the prazi in two or three weekly rounds of 4 days prazi, 3 days break. That lets any flukes hatch out to be caught by the next round of prazi Let me know if you need any more specific help and welcome back! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member EdgarTheFish Posted November 22, 2020 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 22, 2020 Thanks! Just prophylactic. Its apparently healthy except the poo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helper Arctic Mama Posted November 22, 2020 Helper Share Posted November 22, 2020 Okay. Yeah. Just salt and prazi at this point. If you see any flashing or itchy fish behavior, we can run Paraguard. But I wouldn’t do it with zero symptoms 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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