Stubborn Flashing - Gill Flukes?

[GotTanked]

Hello,
I have been battling disease in my display tank. The fish are flashing. The first time I noticed this, I did a bunch of research and decided to treat my tank with Praziquantel. I used Praz-Tastic, a pure Praziquantel powder. The flashing totally stopped. I had to go out of town so I treated the tank for the minimum time (10 days). A couple weeks later, the flashing resumed so I again treated the tank with Praziquantel. This time, flashing reduced but did not stop. I just finished the treatment (maximum time, 14 days) and my fish are still flashing.

Flashing is the only sign of distress they show.

Help! I don't know what to do. There is nothing visible on the body or in the gills. None have died yet (thankfully) but I want to get them healthy so I can add fish from my QT before they outgrow it.

Should I start looking for an alternate disease to treat? Or is there another medication that can beat this?

Tank is cycled, ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate 10.

 

[GotTanked]

Bump. My fish are in pain and I do not know how to help them. Please help me. It is hard to enjoy my aquarium when my fish are clearly not well.

 

[GuppyGirl1230]

Honestly, I have no idea. My fish occasionally flash, nothing is wrong, they just get bubbles from my powerhead on them and they flash to get them off. If you have treated 2 times, and they are still flashing, I have no idea of what could be wrong. Do a water change, see how that affects them?? I'm sorry I don't have more answers for you.

Maribeth

 

[GotTanked]

I don't think water changes are the problem, as I just finished changing the water every day for 2 weeks. The fish do not seem to act any different before or after the change. Thank you for replying though.

 

[GuppyGirl1230]

Well than I am truly stumped. What kind of fish, how many fish, what size tank, what is the decor??

 

[GuppyGirl1230]

Try this link for infohttp://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86451

 

[GuppyGirl1230]

This one too http://www.petstation.com/tropicalfishcare.html

 

[GuppyGirl1230]

And finally, this onehttp://www.fishdeals.com/fish_diseases/stressdisease.shtml

 

[eraagne]

Nevermind what I said would be very unlikely

 

[GotTanked]

Thank you for helping GuppyGirl. The tank is a 30 gallon, planted semi-densely with rocks and driftwood as well. There are 11 gold barbs in there, the only fish put in since I finished cycling (pure ammonia). They were fine for about 2 weeks and then the flashing just sort of crept up

That info was useful. I will try salt baths. I am interested to please hear more from other members, though.