Garlic prawns as wormer? Will it work?

[albatrozz]

Just wanna know if u can use prawns marinated in garlic as a wormer. ive had a read around and ppl say that garlic is a good wormer?? I rlly need to worm my discus they are losing weight and turning black. :cry:

[ILLUSN]

most marinated foods container sugar as a sweetner and binding agent, that will loead to bacterial blooms in your tank.

the active ingrediant is not too stable from what i've read, so fresh garlic would be best followed by a comercail product stabilised for aquatic use.

[the german]

they are marinated in oil i guess,so no.
garlic alone wont cur your fish it just help them to avoid them.
you should give them a levamisol or metro treatment

[Greggy]

And don't forget a Prazi (Praziquantel) treatment for tape worms! Levamisole and Praziquantel are both quite safe to use with Discus. I've used both and never lost a single fish, not even a 'lowly' tetra.

Regards,

Greggy

[albatrozz]

i'll be going to the LFS tomorrow. but the thing is i have 2 discus that i suspect have worms, the rest are fine with dark poo and bright colours, but theyre all in the same tank. Would prazi have any effect on the other 'healthy' discus?

[the german]

the other ones have i as well they are just not as affected.
treat them all