sera guide - Healthy aquarium fish

9.3 sera med Professional Tremazol 9.4 sera med Professional Nematol This treatment reliably allows to remove parasitic threadworms in freshwater and saltwater fish. The threadworms or nematodes are characterized by a round cross section and a usually slender body. They can become a severe problem that is often not detected for a long time, especially in freshwater aquariums. Tropical nematode species with a direct development do not re- quire an intermediate host and can multiply at an explosive rate. Cichlids are particularly frequently affected. Adult nematodes live in the intestines of the fish while their larvae wander through different tissues. It is not possible to help the fish anymore if essen- tial organs have been irreversibly damaged. Preventive treatment with sera med Professional Nematol is possible – and also advisable due to the of- ten uncertain diagnose – in case you suspect nematodes in newly pur- chased fish. The active agent in sera med Professional Nematol paralyzes the nema- todes. The immobile worms are then excreted from the intestines of the fish and finally die at the aquarium bottom. They should be siphoned off as to reduce the further spreading of eggs and freshly hatched larvae, and as to avoid water pollution. You can conduct a second full dose treatment for two days after the scheduled 80% water change if some worms remain in or on the fish in case of very severe infections. However, this does not replace the treatment repetition after 3 weeks, as it is scheduled for egg-laying nema- todes such as hairworms! Please follow the application advice by all means, since the treatment is not tolerated by desired invertebrates (e.g. shrimps and crayfish). Treat all fish in a quarantine tank in that case, i.e. if you keep invertebrates worth protect- ing in the tank. It is advisable to leave the cured fish in the quarantine tank for a while, since the nematode stages that have possibly remained in the main tank (larvae and possibly eggs) only die by and by without fish hosts. By doing so, you will considerably reduce the risk of the fish being infected anew by possibly still living nematode stages in the main tank. troducing them into the main tank. This is to ensure that all tapeworm eggs have been ex- creted with the fish waste. Please note that the combined addition of dif- ferent treatments may lead to unpredictable side effects (although our tests do not indicate this so far), in case you wish to conduct a ther- apy with both sera med Professional Trema- zol and sera med Professional Argulol. The treatments should be carried out one after the other for safety reasons, while considering the scheduled water changes and monitoring the most important water parameters. 54 Professional