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Got 1 male and 2 female A. trifasciata 3 days ago from a friend. Released the fish in a decorated tank at night and in the morning i observed that the male has some respiratory problems while the females look very healthy. The the right gill cover of the male is a little open and the fish breathes faster than normal. All fish have great appetite for food in fact they ate nls grow formula which i have difficulty feeding to my young fish like pigs.
I suspected gill flukes or worms.So i added Tremazol from Sera which contains 7.47 g / 100ml Praziquantel according to directions (1ml / 15l). Thats something like 150mg/l of Praziquantel in the actual tank. The treatment then advises a %80 water change after 6 hours and filtration with active carbon.
Right after i started treatment i realized that one of the females laid eggs. A few hours more and the second also laid eggs. I don't know if the eggs would be viable so i decided to do only %50 water change. I used water from established tank with similar chemical attributes and stated active carbon in the filter after 7 hours...
My questions;
Is the dosage advised by Sera ok?
The male still breathes heavily although he still has good appetite he really doesn't look very healthy. Doesn't flare and the one gill cover is still more open then other.
I guess the eggs wont hatch but is there a chance they will?
I suspected gill flukes or worms.So i added Tremazol from Sera which contains 7.47 g / 100ml Praziquantel according to directions (1ml / 15l). Thats something like 150mg/l of Praziquantel in the actual tank. The treatment then advises a %80 water change after 6 hours and filtration with active carbon.
Right after i started treatment i realized that one of the females laid eggs. A few hours more and the second also laid eggs. I don't know if the eggs would be viable so i decided to do only %50 water change. I used water from established tank with similar chemical attributes and stated active carbon in the filter after 7 hours...
My questions;
Is the dosage advised by Sera ok?
The male still breathes heavily although he still has good appetite he really doesn't look very healthy. Doesn't flare and the one gill cover is still more open then other.
I guess the eggs wont hatch but is there a chance they will?