Re: parasites

[steev ward <steevward@mac.com>]

Susan-
If no fish are present the flukes will die off fairly quickly, so why not just 
set the tank up with the plants but no fish for a week or so? You can keep the 
fish in a hospital tank and treat them more effectively (that's what hospital 
tanks are for). Just don't overdo the medication. Cardinals and rummynose
are pretty delicate. But if you use moderate medication and keep the hospital 
tank clean the flukes should go away.

There is rarely any need to bake the gravel. Even gill fluke eggs die when they 
are simply dried up (as Untergasser would say).

Steev

welenofsky@comcast.net wrote:

> Hi Steev:
>
> I was thinking of treating my rummy nose and cardinal tetras with a 
> copper-based parasite medication for the Dactylogyrus that might be present. 
> I'm going to move the tank. Maybe I will bake the substrate in the oven to 
> kill any eggs. Not sure what to do with the live plants; I definitely want to 
> keep them.
>
> Susan

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