Vetark Fluke Solve Aquarium, 10 g

I agree with reviews that the packing is a tad awkward to get to the product. Fix the ladle to the end of a spoon handle with tape, problem solved. Make stock solution of 250ml tank water with one full ladle of powder which is one gram of product. Add 1ml of stock per liter of tank water volume (including water volume in a canister filter). Remove all chemical filtration media from filter and any soft porous rocks which can also absorb meds, with only sponges and floss remaining. No need to turn off UV lights. Within 4 days existing flukes should be dead. It's recommended to1. Keep the chemical in the tank for three weeks, 2. Keep level of product the same by replacing product in all water used for water changes. 3. In three weeks time redose. 4. Maintain product in water at same concentration for a further three weeks. ...This is to kill off any eggs in the tank. Unless there is a need for a further dose then return the chemical filtration products to the filter. That's it. I've just started the process and will update. This is after over two months using other products that have not worked to cure flicking. Goldfish diseases are very hard to diagnose. Colder temperature water makes for longer parasite life cycles. I've introduced a heater and am now keeping them at 25 C. These are fancy goldfish with no sign of what's been causing the problem. This product is my last option. This powder-based freshly made solution ensures the product is potent and not possibly degraded by a long shelf life in a shop or damaged by temperatures or conditions in export journeys etc that could affect pre-bottled solutions. UPDATE day 11 and they have stopped flicking, but one fish is hiding all the time and not eating. Total life cycle of egg laying flukes is much shortened by keeping the goldfish at a higher temperature using a heater. The egg maturation cycle can be reduced to as little as four days after the parasites on the fish are killed ...which is usually within 48 hrs once the praziquantel is fully dissolved and activated -- that activation of this product takes two days, then this product is at optimum potency, within the next 2 days adult parasites will be gone. I found that it was not necessary to maintain the product in the water for the recommended total of six weeks. After the flicking stopped one fish was very poorly and did not eat and stayed in hiding. After 12days with the product still in the water I returned chemical filter media, did a 50 % water change and used a tonic salt at the minimum dosage of one gram per litre of tank water. After three days his behaviour then returned to normal. Still no flicking, and he's swimming and eating normally. This stuff definitely works if other treatments fail. But keep a close eye on the fish. If they seem off-colour but not flicking then after about two weeks do what I did, but be aware that without a heater the egg laying stage may be quite long and the parasite may reinfect. So after a break in treatment a redose might be needed. FINAL UPDATE. NOW THREE WEEKS AFTER FIRST DOSE. FLICKING STOPPED SOON AFTER PRODUCT FIRST INTRODUCED. Apparently it can take 5 to 8 weeks for fish to fully recover from fluke attack. The fish in hiding and not eating has fully recovered after using aquarium tonic salt at a minimum dosage, after putting the salt in it is now out of hiding and eating normally. I recommend this product. I did not need to redose after 3 weeks, perhaps because I used a heater to shorten the life cycle of the egg to adult fluke stage. if you have a pond probably a redose would be needed. UPDATE. It is about a year since I used this after all standard meds had failed. The flicking has gone and did not return, and the one fish who was most affected is now perfectly healthy...

This has worked wonders in our 252l tank where suddenly all fish started to die and we couldn’t understand what was happening. We tried everything and something was still killing them. Unfortunately, this solution was discovered too late down the line after a Reddit recommendation but did save the rest of the fish and the tank is back to its health. As others said, the powder in this long and narrow sachet is a bit of a nightmare, not easy or convenient to get it out. You get it on your hands, spills everywhere. We were lucky as we only needed the exact 1g for our 252l tank, so a normal scale / the spoon provided was enough. If you have smaller tank you definitely need a jewellery scale as it’d be impossible to measure the right amount

I used this after seeing my corydoras flashing with no other visible symptoms, it looked like the early signs of paracites. After 2 days they are no longer flashing. There doesnt appear to be any side effects, all the other fish and shrimp are fine. It does cloud the water slightly but fades after a few hours. A second dose is needed 3 weeks later as it wont kill fluke eggs. Only down side is its expensive. But it does work.

It works great and also shrimp safe I highly recommend

Noticed a few of my leopard (false julii) corydoras flashing recently when feeding off the substrate. When one seemed to actively rub itself on some driftwood I realised it was probably flukes. When it came to measuring the medicine, I tried to weigh the spoon when level but the scales didn’t register so presume it’s around 1g. Going with this (and I rubber banded a chopstick to the spoon as per other reviews so I didn’t have to put my hand in the bag), I mixed one 2.5ml spoon of the medicine with 250ml of tank water then dosed my tank 100ml of the mixture - as it’s 100 litres - and threw the rest of the mixture down the outside drain. Poured the mixture into the tank which did cloud the water a bit. All fish seem fine with it and within the hour no corydoras are flashing at all - all fish feeding and doing great. Oh I also remembered to remove the carbon insert from my filter too. I keep neon tetras, celestial danios, gouramis and corydoras. Feeling thankful! Also relieved I seemed to do my basic bit of diagnosing correctly for the right medicine. Fully recommend. Will update this record if anything changes regarding my tank inhabitants well-being.

My fish were flashing, increased respiration, listlessness, tears to the fins and body and just generally acting up. I diagnosed this as skin flukes. I followed the standard dosage by mixing up 1 gram in a litre of water and dosing 600ml for my 150 litre injected co2 planted aquarium. Within hours of dosing this medication there were visible improvements. Flashing didn't stop immediately (likely due to irritation to the skin). Fish were acting completely fine within 48 hours. No damage to biological filtration or plants. Important for any invert keepers: I dosed the other 400ml in my 100+ cherry shrimp (plus nerite snails) tank and they showed no negative responses to the medication. No losses and they acted like nothing happened. The makers do not explicitly say this med is safe for shrimp and snails but mine were fine with it. Yours may be different! I could not more positively recommend this medication enough if you're having problems with flukes/gill worms.

I have only just received this product so I don;t know how effective it will be. However the packet it comes in is huge compared to the amount of powder it contains making it very difficult to measure out the required amount with the little measuring spoon supplied.Why such a big sachet ????

This seemed to solve the parasite problem on my Shrimp!