Possible Ick?

I felt pretty sad taking him out of the 55g, he made a bunch of bubble nests over night allover my tank(big mirror door next to tank). Now he is just alone in the 10g bored and I kicked out the betta that was in there and is now depressed in his 1.5g lol. These meds don't really say how long I should treat, all it says is wait 48 hours for a maximum of 2 doses with a 25% water change. Dunno if I'm suppose to use all 8 fizz tabs or just 2 fizz tabs.
 
Lots of fish meds are sometimes ambiguous or confusing to lots of people and many of their manufacturer websites are often lacking in clear instructions as well. Who knows why???

Check out DrsFosterSmith.com aka http://www.FosterAndSmithAquatics.com when this happens, as F&S usually has clear directions on their product pages.

http://www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=4756

Here's what they say on the More Information tab:

Directions for Use: Remove carbon from filter during use.

Add one tablet to each 10 US gallons of aquarium water.
Treatment may be repeated (up to two treatments). Wait 48 hours between treatments and change 25% of the water before each new treatment. For anchor worms, repeat treatment up to three times, using once a week, for three weeks. For fish lice, treat once a week for three to five weeks. DO NOT OVERDOSE. Change 25% of the water before each new treatment. Active Ingredients: Praziquantel; N-[[(N-Chlorophenyl)amino]carbon 1]-2,6-difluorobenzamide; Metronidazole; Acriflavine.
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Considering the above, remove carbon from your filter(s), use 1 tablet in 10G of water as an initial dose. Wait 48 hours. Do a 25% PWC. Do another 1 tablet dose per 10G, if needed. Wait 48 hours. Do another 25% PWC. Do another 1 tablet dose per 10G, if needed. That should be the full treatment... unless you have one of the parasites listed in the 2nd half of their directions and then you would follow up with the weekly dosing as directed.

On a side note, if the 10G was being used for other fish, make sure you do at least a 25% PWC on it PRIOR to starting the treatment. When I do have to treat the water column for a sick fish, I do a series of 25% PWC's, one every couple of hours, prior to using the medication, just to make sure the water is extra clean since that also helps fish and the vacuuming of the gravel will remove a lot of nasties that may be living in the gravel.
 
Thank you for clearing up the instructions for me. I started treatment some hours ago so I didn't have the luxury of doing water changes. I'll keep it in mind though to be very thorough in cleaning the gravel the next water change for the next treatment. I'll be sure to update the thread by the time the treatment is done which should be...a week from now =P or a week from 5pm...est...
 
I would monitor your parameters daily to keep an eye out for detectable levels of ammonia and/or nitrite. If you can, get Prime, by Seachem, to help detoxify any traces of those toxic by-products. (I didn't look back to the previous posts to see if you already use it)

You can add Prime to the tank water in between water changes, every day, in fact, to help with water quality if you find any traces of ammonia and/or nitrite. You can even dose 5 times the normal dose in an emergency if you get a spike in ammonia or nitrite.

Using Prime everyday, if needed, I would add an airstone to help keep the water oxygenated well. Overdosing a bit on Prime reduces the O2 a bit so the extra oxygenation would be good.

I've used Jungle labs Parasite Clear and the Anti-Parasite food very successfully together, and used Prime generously during the treatment.

Keep us posted. Hope things get better for you soon.
 
Update: So tomorrow at 5pm est will be day 4 of being medicated for my gourami. He still has a slightly bloated belly, but I'm not sure if this is how he normally would look or it really is bloated. He still won't eat despite him biting the food. He nibbles at it and spits it out and will continue doing this till he gets bored. I fed him his favorite, bloodworms, and it was the same results. I haven't seen any white poo since day 1 of treatment. I would show a picture but I need to go to sleep since I start school tomorrow so I'm hoping for some answers by the time I come back =P. I don't know if I should treat a third dosage or move him back to the main tank. Nothing external shows and the last time he "flashed" and darted around was yesterday. He hasn't done it today. Maybe I should use ick attack or general/quick cure additionally after tomorrows water change and decision?

Paraguard has Praziquantel, diflubenzuron, metronidazole, and acriflavine I'm not sure if those ingredients cover are the stuff he needs cured. Thanks for the help.
 
I decided to continue treatment. He had white poo attached to him. It was long with a very thin clear stringy part and had two big white blobs/chunks that were milky colored.
 
Plague said:
Update: So tomorrow at 5pm est will be day 4 of being medicated for my gourami. He still has a slightly bloated belly, but I'm not sure if this is how he normally would look or it really is bloated. He still won't eat despite him biting the food. He nibbles at it and spits it out and will continue doing this till he gets bored. I fed him his favorite, bloodworms, and it was the same results. I haven't seen any white poo since day 1 of treatment. I would show a picture but I need to go to sleep since I start school tomorrow so I'm hoping for some answers by the time I come back =P. I don't know if I should treat a third dosage or move him back to the main tank. Nothing external shows and the last time he "flashed" and darted around was yesterday. He hasn't done it today. Maybe I should use ick attack or general/quick cure additionally after tomorrows water change and decision?

Paraguard has Praziquantel, diflubenzuron, metronidazole, and acriflavine I'm not sure if those ingredients cover are the stuff he needs cured. Thanks for the help.
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If the diagnosis was correct then those four meds should certainly do the job. I thought you were using Jungle's Parasite Clear Tank Buddies. When did you change to Paraguard and is this SeaChem's ParaGuard? According to SeaChem's site, their product DOES NOT have the four meds you listed above. Those are the ingredients for Jungle's Parasite Clear Tank Buddies.

DO NOT use other meds at this time.

Do the full dose of this medication, presuming it's the Jungle Parasite Clear Tank Buddies. If you went with SeaChem's Paraguard, let us know.

What food are you trying to feed him? Regular food or medicated food?
 
It's tetra's paraguard. Apparently jungle got bought out by Tetra and Tetra is making paraguard which is the exact same thing is tank buddies para clear. It is even fizz tabs. I'm not feeding my gourami anything because he won't eat food. He nibbles at it and then spits it out over and over.

Edit: read your post wrong, I'm feeding him regular flake food then tried freeze dried blood worms.

Double Edit: The whole story of jungle being bought out was told to me by Petsmart. Either way Paraguard has the exact same instructions and pictures as paraclear tank buddies.
 
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It's not Paraguard, it's Parasite Guard. I was wondering how they were using the same name as SeaChem's product.

Jungle got bought out by Spectrum Brands, the same conglomerate that bought out Tetra, Marineland and several others companies... then filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy but emerged from Chapter 11 in 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_Brands
In the aquarium business, Spectrum owns Tetra, Whisper, Marineland, Perfecto, Jungle, Instant Ocean, Visi-Therm, and other product lines.
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