Worms in new fish

[Big G]

Coppersafe will work as you will have a Hanna Checker. Don't trust the directions on the bottle though. There has been variations of strength in the bottle. So just use your new Hanna to creep up on the magic 1.75 ppm. So dose up to what you believe is half way to therapeutic and check in with the Hanna and then proceed to therapeutic. Best of luck with your fish. ;)

 

[Melinda01]

Coppersafe will work as you will have a Hanna Checker. Don't trust the directions on the bottle though. There has been variations of strength in the bottle. So just use your new Hanna to creep up on the magic 1.75 ppm. So dose up to what you believe is half way to therapeutic and check in with the Hanna and then proceed to therapeutic. Best of luck with your fish. ;)

Okay. Thanks. Just added the 1st dose of Furan2 and Hanna has been ordered ;)

 

[Melinda01]

Coppersafe will work as you will have a Hanna Checker. Don't trust the directions on the bottle though. There has been variations of strength in the bottle. So just use your new Hanna to creep up on the magic 1.75 ppm. So dose up to what you believe is half way to therapeutic and check in with the Hanna and then proceed to therapeutic. Best of luck with your fish. ;)

So to cover all the bases what is the best way to qt fish?

Week 1 observe and let them rest
4 weeks copper (ramping up to 1.75 over the course of the 1st week)
2 weeks prazi
1week GC soaked food
Release to their new home!
Does that work or overkill? It seems every time I think I have a plan my bubble gets busted. Haha! Guess it’s time to ask the experts so that I’m less likely to be on here with a crisis situation in the future.

 

[Big G]

I usually use GC in the water. Two doses 5-7 days apart. The Prazi in GC is a bit lower and works fine and is easier on some fish. I only feed them Metro or GC if I see a stubborn intestinal problem.

 

[Big G]

Here's my usual QT procedure:

Prophylactic Treatment: No observed symptoms of disease or injury

20 gal QT cycled:
- HOB with both the foam pad & BioMax treated with Seachem Stability or Bio Spira/Dr Tims, and foam bubble filter with foam soaked in the same, or all of them soaked for at least 2 weeks in DT sump.
- heater, powerhead, Seachem Ammonia Alert Badge.
- Tank lights off. Ambient room lighting only.
- Feed fish high quality fiber packed frozen food (LRS or your own "fish smoothie") with Selcon/Zoecon added for at least 3 days
- Freshwater dip to check for flukes. If no flukes treat first with copper.
- S-l-o-w-l-y (5-7 days) bring up copper to therapeutic levels for prophylactic treatment for 30 days: Tank lights off until therapeutic level is reached. Best to dose several times a day (AM, lunch, PM) rather than one large dose. Highly recommend use of Copper Power and a Hanna HL Copper Checker.
- Carbon & Cuprisorb to remove copper. Water changes. Observe.
- General Cure 2 doses 5-7 days apart. Turn up bubbler and turn on powerhead aimed at surface to increase O2. Like GC over Prazipro. GC has Metro + Praziquantel, so you are getting the Praziquantel which kills flukes and "some" internal parasites and Metro that kills all internal parasites/worms. And the dose of Praziquantel is lower but does the job and is easier on sensitive fish.
- Carbon & water changes.
- Observe 10-14 days.

 

[Melinda01]

Here's my usual QT procedure:

Prophylactic Treatment: No observed symptoms of disease or injury

20 gal QT cycled:
- HOB with both the foam pad & BioMax treated with Seachem Stability or Bio Spira/Dr Tims, and foam bubble filter with foam soaked in the same, or all of them soaked for at least 2 weeks in DT sump.
- heater, powerhead, Seachem Ammonia Alert Badge.
- Tank lights off. Ambient room lighting only.
- Feed fish high quality fiber packed frozen food (LRS or your own "fish smoothie") with Selcon/Zoecon added for at least 3 days
- Freshwater dip to check for flukes. If no flukes treat first with copper.
- S-l-o-w-l-y (5-7 days) bring up copper to therapeutic levels for prophylactic treatment for 30 days: Tank lights off until therapeutic level is reached. Best to dose several times a day (AM, lunch, PM) rather than one large dose. Highly recommend use of Copper Power and a Hanna HL Copper Checker.
- Carbon & Cuprisorb to remove copper. Water changes. Observe.
- General Cure 2 doses 5-7 days apart. Turn up bubbler and turn on powerhead aimed at surface to increase O2. Like GC over Prazipro. GC has Metro + Praziquantel, so you are getting the Praziquantel which kills flukes and "some" internal parasites and Metro that kills all internal parasites/worms. And the dose of Praziquantel is lower but does the job and is easier on sensitive fish.
- Carbon & water changes.
- Observe 10-14 days.

Awesome! Thanks for the detailed info!