At work I often have to dissolve chemicals in water and it is common practice to first boil the water. Boiling water allows for better dissolving and then just let it cool to a disired temperature. It might work and would be much safer than acetone, which is known to damage livers.
How long do Flukes live outside the aquarium?
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its ok, I have a controlled issue sometimes my fish scratch, other times they dont. I have mostly cichlids in my tank. I have never really seen any adverse affects from them scratching, but when my pictus cat scratches every now and then it worries me. I was looking for a low toxicity solution because of the pimelodus pictus sensitivity to certain medications. this sounds like the right medication for me as long as it does not damage mollusks. I guess I could move them to another tank, but I also worried that they might carry some of the parasites (if any really are in the tank at all) and then bring them back when I move them back.
I haven't noticed any dip in Melanoides populations, but with large glamorous snails, I'd remove them and keep them in quarantine for the while. Keep them isolated long enough to be sure not to reintroduce any fluke larvae. (Would that be a possibility with the egglaying gill flukes?)
Sounds like a good idea I was thinking of transferring them to thier own home anyway. I got a 10 gallon im not using.
