Big L

[tanzy]

I wormed my fish with Levamisole last night. It all went really well, I soaked some of their granule food in the solution and they ate a little bit, then they started to spit it out, but being the gluten's they are, it got the better of them and they finally ate their food. I tipped the rest of the Big L into the tank.

I am unsure what to do now. Do I do a water change today or tomorrow and when do I repeat the dose, also do I need to run carbon through my filter to get rid of the meds after the full treatment is finished?


Thanks

Kell

[TW]

There are a couple of sitckys here, that helped me a lot.

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13278&highlight= and http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4547

After reading them & then getting extra advice, here's what I did:-

week 1: Big L - water change anytime after 24hrs. Lights out during treatment
week 2: Prazi - 48 hrs after dosing, cleaning filter
week 3: Prazi - 48 hrs after dosing, cleaning filter
week 4: Big L - water change anytime after 24hrs. Lights out during treatment

I can't remember if you have to have lights out during Prazi treatment, but I did turn them off. Someone else might know, or the sticky's might say whether that's necessary or not. Hope this helps.

[tanzy]

Thankyou so much for that TW. A bit of a bummer but because I left my lights on during the treatment, I did not realise that Levamisole was light sensitive.

Kind Regards

Kell

[AHC]

Hi Guys,

I think you may be possibly thinking of Metro to be the medication used with lights off? There are a few threads listed that Metro needs no lights. TW, can you please confirm where you heard that Big L is effected by lights? No other thread here says lights effect it and i did a google search and the only thing coming up with "Big L, lights off" is something about a rapper called Big L . If light effects Big L we may need to list it in the sticky. Cheers.

[Matt15]

BIG L is most certainly affected by lights and its highly recommended that you turn them off during use.

[Matt15]

Just to confirm this link was originally posted by Merrilyn and is a STICKY thread under ILLNESS & MEDICATIONS.
http://www.loaches.com/Members/shari2/levamisole-hydrochloride-1

[AHC]

Great, thanks for the quick confirmation Matt. I also was just reading through the article Merrilyn posted and the Levamisole Hydrochloride Chemical Composition section also states that its light sensitive. Good to confirm.

[tanzy]

Yes, I read all the postings on using Big L but silly me did not read that particular url. Even though I treated with the lights on, my discus poo is now solid (no little stringy bits) so hopefully it has done some good. I will defently be treating with the lights off for the second treatment. I just wish that it treated gill fluke because my fish are doing it hard (mostly one fish, Delyla).

Thanks to everyone for your help

Kell

[TW]

Thanks Matt for reply for me about the light & Big L issues.

Aaron81, in my earlier response, I posted the link to sticky that was originally posted by Merrilyn. The link I gave was http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13278&highlight= and the article link is inside the sticky opened by the link.

[AHC]

Thanks TW. Had remebered after i posted the reply about that article and re-read it to find the note. :oops:

[TW]

No worries. We're all just helping each other out :D

[Matt15]

:D

[AHC]

:cheers

[Tracey73]

I just completed my first Levimasole treatment and my discus did not pass any worms, is it still necessary to do a follow up treatment in a weeks time? :roll: