Re: Flubendazole kills Ick

[Ralph <eclod2002 at yahoo_com>]

Hi Charles,
 
A while back, I read one of your posts in which you stated that you felt that Flubendazole would kill velvet...  At any rate, I brought a fish home recently (a Betta), was not too careful with quarantining him and spawned him.  A day after I removed him from the spawn tank, I noticed he was clamped...took a flashlight to him and he was covered in velvet.
 
I was pretty sure his fry would develop velvet as well, but I didn't do anything with them for a few days, until I could actually see the velvet on them (didn't want to subject 5 day old fry to medication needlessly).  Friday night, I took a flashlight to then 10 day old fry and noticed that they were covered with velvet.    
 
I went back and did a search on killietalk for your post on the subject, and treated the tank with 1/4 tsp. Flubendazole per 5 gallons.  I checked on them 24 hours later...and most of them were clean of velvet.
 
I checked on them again this morning, 4 days after the single treatment, and there is a tank full of 14 day old fry that /appear/ quite healthy and active.
 
Ralph

 
 

Charles Harrison <charles at inkmkr_com> wrote:


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