praziquantel

[Psherman42]

Hi, can anyone in the UK please link me somewhere where I can get praziquantel medication for marine flukes that is reef safe? I cant find it anywhere.

And does it actually work?
Can i put it in my main display? I cant catch my RG.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Hi, can anyone in the UK please link me somewhere where I can get praziquantel medication for marine flukes that is reef safe? I cant find it anywhere.

And does it actually work?
Can i put it in my main display? I cant catch my RG.

I think we evaluated this fish? Was the consensus that these white marks are not direct signs of flukes? This fish could well have flukes, but that white mucus isn’t a symptom.

See if you can source Fluke-Solve, it should be available in the UK. NT Labs also makes a product with praziquantel in it.

Here is an article I wrote on dosing prazi:

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dosing-praziquantel-pzq.1105700/

 

[Euphyllia97]

I know about sera med tremazol and esha gdex. But they are not reef safe

 

[mulsky]

Does anyone know why gdex isn't a reef safe? Does it contain anything other than prazi?

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

Does anyone know why gdex isn't a reef safe? Does it contain anything other than prazi?

I can’t find anything to suggest it contains anything but praziquantel. However, it is a liquid formulation, so it uses some sort of solvent. The solvent is the issue here, but they don’t indicate what it is.

Their own literature says it isn’t safe for use with “marine snails”, not sure why, other than it must be the solvent.