I'm definitely a salt user. Also I think it comes back to a good balance of nature in your aquarium. I don't do sterile tanks, I let them get mulm and critters. You have to be tough to live in my tanks.
Fenbendazole is a god send for planaria in shrimp tanks. I must have wasted 100s on products like ‘no planaria’ which did nothing. Salt is by the far the cheapest and overall best solution - especially for quarantining fish. I am still jealous of the US and their access to proper meds. Great episode.
I agree.. planaria zero and no planaria are so expensive and take forever to arrive if you can find some in stock at all. Fenbendazole is so mich easier (also the other products use betel nut extract which there is some shady stuff out there on affects to humans)
Great vid and just in time for me. I'm starting a new tank and I was thinking of treating the fish in the quarantine tank before adding them to the main tank.
I'm in the states so I can get the big brand meds but I REALLY appreciate the info here! I'm surprised that they don't even let API's stuff in since it's also common use in the UK.
Great video thank you so much! Have watched heaps of the Aquarium Co-op videos where they talk about their med trio but most LFS around me have no idea of any of the treatments they talk about. This is really useful information, Cheers Blake!
As a Canadian, I know the feeling of hunting for fish meds and not being able to find what you need and end up using an alternative. Methylene blue was hard to find. 🙄
5:30 Hi Blake, your routine was what managed to finally cure my fish of internal parasites! I had praziquantel and levamisole available (the same brands as in this video!) but there was so much conflicting information online it was hard to know what routine to try. I've been dealing with parasites for 6 months now and most of my fish had died. Using both meds, I did a 25% gravel siphon every day for a week and re-dosed medicine every 48 hours, as per your video's instructions. By the 5th day of treatment, all of my fish were recovered! So thank you, Blake. This video helped save my 12 remaining fish, all in one week.
Really like your approach to fish keeping ,by far the hardest fish to treat if at all is Cory's and kuli loaches, it would be interesting to her your ideas about them,
Hey Blake, your explanation is very clear. I love it. I am still new in aquarium hobby. One thing I still need to know, when medicating with this product, should I leave my sump filter on or need to be disconnected with the tank? Because I really concern with the good bacteria in my sump filter. So far, I treat my fish with cattapa leaf
Great info Blake. Can you throw some links up where we can get these in Oz pls? If I need to put in a tablet I throw it in the filter, depending on the one I have in the tank. The water circulation dissolves it faster and more evenly. (Mostly in the HoB or Eheim Pickup ones.)
All blue planet products can be found at www.aquariumuniverse.com.au/search?page=2&q=Blue+planet&type=product Use my code blake10 for 10% off Killverm and panacur i just get from ebay
Great video Blake! It would help hobbyists more if you can come up with the dosage for all medicines per 10 litres. Calculation mistakes can be taken out😅
Hey Blake, I love your videos and find them very informative. Silly question, but I was wondering is there a cheaper place to buy different size and length aquariums? I have Googled, but as I am in Australia, I thought I'd ask you what aquarium supply stores you recommend? Also, have you ever had to reseal any of your aquariums? Thanks 😁 Keep the videos coming.
Hey Donna yes i have resealed a bunch of tanks and have an in depth video on it. Buying aquariums is a difficult one, especially online. Dh aquarium is a big warehouse that sell lots of rimless stuff, they are on gumtree
I've been dealing with shrunken bellies and flashing in a platy tank for months, but knowing I'll need to dose the prazi likely 5-6 times and vacc daily has flipped the game for me. I was only doing water changes as required.
What the rate for the Vetsense Kilverm? 7L or 10L per 1ml. This was extremely helpful when trying to convert my American knowledge to the Australian market. Cheers Blake you legend.
Im going through what i think is internal parasites in an angel fish ive dosed levamisole already but the fish still isnt feeding well and looking a bit skinny. Im just in the process of ordering the fluke and tapeworm meds. I looked at the panacur it was $60 a litre so inflation must have biten since the last time you bought it.
Hi Blake, do you know if we can use praziquantel and multicure simultaneously? I have two electric blue acaras in a hospital/quarantine tank. Both being treated for what looks like internal parasite (sunken belly), but now one of them is looking like it has fin rot also... :( I've got salt in the tank also, but wondering if I should add the multicure?
Hey mate its very stressful to do that. Id suggest starting with what is most serious. Fin rot and sunken bellies arent things that kill fish overnight so if it was me id do a big waterchange, start to treat the most serious thing, make sure thats sorted then move on to the next
@BlakesAquatics thanks mate. Really appreciate it. For the most part, iam following this vid of yours. Tried the levamisole first, now onto praziquantel... then I'll give them a little break and treat the fin rot if still needed. Cheers
Hi Blake!! A little off topic but I’m getting a fluval flex 123l for Xmas and was just wanting to get some stocking suggestions for it? I don’t want it fully planted but do want some plants in there, want the fish to be the mainstay of the tank. Thanks in advance
@@BlakesAquatics I have a Bolivian pair but am concerned that they aren’t really community friendly when breeding. Was potentially thinking of Pygmy corys for cuc as I’ve read they tend to leave fry alone? Apistogramma id love to try! Really like the idea of a decent sized school of nano fish too
@@BlakesAquatics I’ve heard good things about pygmys and Bolivian rams. I just need to find a decent schooling fish that “potentially” won’t eat Bolivian fry :) I don’t want to stress my pair out :)
Aquarium medications can be really hard to find in Australia, so this video was super helpful Blake :)
I'm definitely a salt user.
Also I think it comes back to a good balance of nature in your aquarium. I don't do sterile tanks, I let them get mulm and critters. You have to be tough to live in my tanks.
Fenbendazole is a god send for planaria in shrimp tanks. I must have wasted 100s on products like ‘no planaria’ which did nothing. Salt is by the far the cheapest and overall best solution - especially for quarantining fish. I am still jealous of the US and their access to proper meds. Great episode.
I agree.. planaria zero and no planaria are so expensive and take forever to arrive if you can find some in stock at all. Fenbendazole is so mich easier (also the other products use betel nut extract which there is some shady stuff out there on affects to humans)
Good video mate, great info for Australians
Great vid and just in time for me. I'm starting a new tank and I was thinking of treating the fish in the quarantine tank before adding them to the main tank.
I'm in the states so I can get the big brand meds but I REALLY appreciate the info here! I'm surprised that they don't even let API's stuff in since it's also common use in the UK.
Man talk about timing. Thanks for the info I really like your channel !
Great information !!! Thanks for sharing !!! 🐟🎣🐠
Great video thank you so much! Have watched heaps of the Aquarium Co-op videos where they talk about their med trio but most LFS around me have no idea of any of the treatments they talk about. This is really useful information, Cheers Blake!
Thank you so much! I live in Sweden and the laws are very strict about the use of antibiotics.
Big shout out to you Blake for this info
Keep up the great work
As a Canadian, I know the feeling of hunting for fish meds and not being able to find what you need and end up using an alternative.
Methylene blue was hard to find. 🙄
Sounds brutal!
5:30 Hi Blake, your routine was what managed to finally cure my fish of internal parasites! I had praziquantel and levamisole available (the same brands as in this video!) but there was so much conflicting information online it was hard to know what routine to try. I've been dealing with parasites for 6 months now and most of my fish had died. Using both meds, I did a 25% gravel siphon every day for a week and re-dosed medicine every 48 hours, as per your video's instructions. By the 5th day of treatment, all of my fish were recovered! So thank you, Blake. This video helped save my 12 remaining fish, all in one week.
Perfect! Glad it worked for you thanks for sharing
Bookmarked & wrote down some notes for when trouble next arises, thanks Blake!!
Great video and information, you inspired me to start a fish room
Awesome informative vid, keep up the hard work! 💯
Thanks you Sir!! Awesome info man 🤙🏼🤙🏼
Really like your approach to fish keeping ,by far the hardest fish to treat if at all is Cory's and kuli loaches, it would be interesting to her your ideas about them,
True, lpaches really sensotive to external parasites being scaleless. I find using heat best to treat them rather than meds
Hey Blake,
When using salt what about loaches and plecos?
Thanks Blake. Very useful info. quick question, does these products have an expiry period?
Yes they do, it varies but I also dont concern myself too much with it as its mostly for shelf life purposes
Hey Blake, your explanation is very clear. I love it. I am still new in aquarium hobby. One thing I still need to know, when medicating with this product, should I leave my sump filter on or need to be disconnected with the tank? Because I really concern with the good bacteria in my sump filter.
So far, I treat my fish with cattapa leaf
Alot of fish meds arnt available here in Canada
It makes things difficult for sure. Are these alternatives available?
@@BlakesAquatics I havent seen these blue planet here the only bland that we have are like tetras brand or melafix
Great info Blake. Can you throw some links up where we can get these in Oz pls? If I need to put in a tablet I throw it in the filter, depending on the one I have in the tank. The water circulation dissolves it faster and more evenly. (Mostly in the HoB or Eheim Pickup ones.)
All blue planet products can be found at www.aquariumuniverse.com.au/search?page=2&q=Blue+planet&type=product
Use my code blake10 for 10% off
Killverm and panacur i just get from ebay
@@BlakesAquatics Thanks mate. I use Panacur C. It also kills snails
Great video Blake
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks mate, appreciate it.
No problem 👍
Great info Thankyou
Great video Blake! It would help hobbyists more if you can come up with the dosage for all medicines per 10 litres. Calculation mistakes can be taken out😅
The dosage for 10L of the levamisole would come to 1.4mL for example. Not sure that is any more helpful 😅
Hey Blake, I love your videos and find them very informative. Silly question, but I was wondering is there a cheaper place to buy different size and length aquariums? I have Googled, but as I am in Australia, I thought I'd ask you what aquarium supply stores you recommend? Also, have you ever had to reseal any of your aquariums? Thanks 😁 Keep the videos coming.
Hey Donna yes i have resealed a bunch of tanks and have an in depth video on it.
Buying aquariums is a difficult one, especially online.
Dh aquarium is a big warehouse that sell lots of rimless stuff, they are on gumtree
awesome video i have alot of those products the one issue ive always had issues with is Hole in head with oscars any info would be greatly appreciated
I've been dealing with shrunken bellies and flashing in a platy tank for months, but knowing I'll need to dose the prazi likely 5-6 times and vacc daily has flipped the game for me. I was only doing water changes as required.
Good luck!
Sauna n a epsom salt bath works for me alway n my fish too 😊
What the rate for the Vetsense Kilverm? 7L or 10L per 1ml.
This was extremely helpful when trying to convert my American knowledge to the Australian market. Cheers Blake you legend.
Im not sure on the concentration of that brand to convert sorry
@@BlakesAquaticsit's the brand you mentioned in the video. You said 1mL per 7L but the caption says 1mL per 10L
@@MrSwon38 if i caption something with a * its a correction 👍
@@BlakesAquatics @8:50 there's no asterisk
@@MrSwon38 good pickup, yeah 1ml to 10L
Where do u buy them?
What medication should be used on a Betta with fin rot?
great video
Im going through what i think is internal parasites in an angel fish ive dosed levamisole already but the fish still isnt feeding well and looking a bit skinny. Im just in the process of ordering the fluke and tapeworm meds. I looked at the panacur it was $60 a litre so inflation must have biten since the last time you bought it.
great job
i'm not from australia
where can i get these?
at what kind of stores?
Aquarium coop
@@BlakesAquatics i meant where can i get the medicine that u talked about
thanks
As an anti-bacterial, have you ever used potassium permanganate?
I havent personally but I know a lot of discus people swear by it
Hi Blake. Is the levamasole 1ml per 7litres or 10? You said 7 but the text was 10 :)
1ml per 7L sorry
Be careful of Fenbendazole! Does not dissolve in water, so your fish have to be willing to digest soaked food
Awesome
after you gravel vac, do you add water back into the tank? Finding aquarium medicine especially those treating internal parasite is so hard in NZ.
To be honest i use that as my "waterchange". After 3 days i can just add in 25% and redose that way
Is it the selleys without the anti-mould chemical the right fish friendly aquarium type of sealant I can use on a small 30 L tank?
Selleys glass yep
@@BlakesAquatics
Thank you.
Hi Blake, do you know if we can use praziquantel and multicure simultaneously?
I have two electric blue acaras in a hospital/quarantine tank. Both being treated for what looks like internal parasite (sunken belly), but now one of them is looking like it has fin rot also... :(
I've got salt in the tank also, but wondering if I should add the multicure?
Hey mate its very stressful to do that. Id suggest starting with what is most serious. Fin rot and sunken bellies arent things that kill fish overnight so if it was me id do a big waterchange, start to treat the most serious thing, make sure thats sorted then move on to the next
@BlakesAquatics thanks mate. Really appreciate it. For the most part, iam following this vid of yours. Tried the levamisole first, now onto praziquantel... then I'll give them a little break and treat the fin rot if still needed. Cheers
@@ehsanhaidary9766 best of luck!
Hi Blake!!
A little off topic but I’m getting a fluval flex 123l for Xmas and was just wanting to get some stocking suggestions for it? I don’t want it fully planted but do want some plants in there, want the fish to be the mainstay of the tank.
Thanks in advance
Happy days! A small school of something would be really cool. Maybe a pair of apistogramma panduro and some pencilfish?
@@BlakesAquatics I have a Bolivian pair but am concerned that they aren’t really community friendly when breeding. Was potentially thinking of Pygmy corys for cuc as I’ve read they tend to leave fry alone? Apistogramma id love to try! Really like the idea of a decent sized school of nano fish too
@@MiniManAu pygmys might end up as snacks I think.
The good think is its a decent volume so plenty of options
@@BlakesAquatics I’ve heard good things about pygmys and Bolivian rams. I just need to find a decent schooling fish that “potentially” won’t eat Bolivian fry :) I don’t want to stress my pair out :)
@5:30 on screen parasites
Yeah I was just making fun of my own mispronunciation
Flukes are sooo annoying living in Canada
Yes! Prazi should treat them but it takes a good 5 or 6 courses