Is Jungle Parasite Clear tank buddies safe?

[rusalka]

Hi all,

It's been awhile since I've logged on and I'm back with a question. I'm wondering if Jungle Parasite Clear Tank Buddies are safe for Kuhli loaches. I'm told its better to pre-dissolve the tabs for bottom feeders but I'm wondering if there are any other concerns with this medication?

It contains:
Praziquantel
diflubenzuron
metronidazole
acriflavine

There are no warnings for use with scaleless fish - but I'm paranoid! My Kuhli's are my favourite fishes!

Thanks in advance for your advice!

[rusalka]

Anyone? All advice is welcome!

[shari2]

I have used them, but not with khulis.

what are you treating for and what is your tank set up? answer some of the q's below and we may give a more informed answer...

If you have a health problem with any of your fish, whether it be loaches or any other freshwater fish, please copy and paste the following along with your answers. This will help the other forum members to build up a picture of what is happening in your tank and will aid in a more prompt diagnosis and treatment recommendation:

* Type of fish that are affected (common name and latin name if possible - common names vary worldwide, latin names don't!).
* How long has the tank been set up for?
* Size of tank (dimensions and volume).
* How is the tank being filtered?
* Water temperature.
* Your maintenance regime (e.g. how often water changes are carried out, what percentage of the water is changed each time, how often you clean your filter/s and how do you do this?)
* Has anything new been added to the tank recently? (fish, plants, live food, decor etc).
* What other fish are in the tank?
* As detailed a description as possible of the symptoms the fish are exhibiting (remember a photograph can speak a thousand words).
* How long ago the affected fish were added to the tank, and how long the fish have been displaying symptoms.
* Your current water parameters - ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH (please don't say 'my water is fine, the levels are ok', we would like actual numbers from the test results).

[rusalka]

Thanks for the reply,

I had to take action on my tank so I went directly to the source and phoned Jungle's aquatic division and spoke to a customer service rep who told me their new formulation is safe for all fishes. He also double checked that I had the new formula (the one with Praziquantel). I dosed this morning and all inhabitants seem to be fine!

I was warned it would affect my snails so I spent a good hour or so fishing out the MTS' and nerites that I could find. The few left in the tank seem to be fine so far.

Here are the specifics:
I have a heavily planted Diana Walstad or 'El natural' style 20 gallon with 7 kuhli's and about 15 guppies of various ages. The fish love all the plants and the kuhli's love to weave around all the plant stems while scavenging. It's been up and running for a year and it always has VERY stable water quality which rarely fluctuates. Ammonia is 0, nitrites are 0, the plants suck up the nitrate before you can even measure it, and Ph is 7.5. Maintenance is minimal with this type of setup and only involves water changes twice a month. The plants are the main filter and there is also an internal Fluval sponge filter which is mostly for water movement as the bacterial filter exists in the substrate. This is a tricky set up to give medication to because it is a soil based tank so your must be very careful about medications that will affect bacteria -which is abundant in the soil, and the nitrogen cycle.

This problem began when I added a new plant about 2 months ago that must have had ramshorn snail eggs attached to it. A few weeks later I discovered the 1st ramshorn and my 1st sick guppy. [b]The only fish affected are the guppies[/b] - as far as I know. The Kuhlis seem to be healthy and are scavenging as normal. It has been a pain in the butt to get rid of these snails hopefully the ones that make it through this treatment will at least be parasite free!

Here are the symptoms:
They seem to have what looks like 3-4 randomly scattered raised scales, and long stringy white poop.

I tried several medications in Q tanks with only the affected guppies. I tried Rid-ich, paraguard, and erythromycin - none of which worked. The only thing that kind worked was a 50/50 water, hydrogen peroxide 3 second dip. I noticed after the dip that the 'raised scales' seemed to fall off in 10 minutes or so.... and once I could have sworn that teeny scale was squirming... eww!

Anyway, I'm pretty sure by using common sense and the process of elimination that:
- it's parasites, both internal and external
- and the whole tank must be treated since the fish keep getting reinfected.

Luckily I have only lost 3 fish and so far the Jungle medication seems to be working with no adverse affects. I feel bad for treating the kuhli's too when they have no symptoms, but they could be infected as well and much sneakier at hiding it.