I used Seachem Paraguard to treat scutariella on yellow shrimp in my 10 gallon. I know that this product has not been tested (per Seachem website) with invertebrates but I had tremendous success! Background on the tank: 10 gallon, inhabited for six months, 12 espei rasbora, 7 asian moth catfish, 1 ghost shrimp, 5 amano shrimp and 25-30 yellow neocaridina shrimp of various ages and stages (juveniles, adults, berried females and some teensy newborns). I removed the carbon from the filter and dosed everyday for two weeks. Water changes stayed current (1-2 x per week of 15-20%). Not all of the yellow shrimp had scutariella, I counted roughly 6 but those six visibly had signs on their rostrums and heads. Within the first couple of days of treatment, I saw immediate improvement. After a week, I only had three shrimps that showed scutariella and I pulled those out and did a salt dip (1 tb. salt to 1 c. tank water - soak for 30-60 seconds, the parasite falls off immediately). I continued to medicate the tank for a few more days to ensure that I did not see anymore signs of illness. The combination of Paraguard and salt dips worked wonderfully! I have a heavily planted tank and it would be difficult to use the salt dip for everyone. I did not lose any shrimp or fish and I see many juveniles and newborns) and nobody showed any signs of stress. I have over half of a bottle left which I will keep on hand for other issues that may arise. A wonderful product! It is a blue/green color but does not turn the tank water any colors and is quickly dispersed. Also, if you are treating shrimp for scutellaria, be sure to remove molts as the parasite stays in the molt. The medication is only active for 24 hours, so I suggest doing water changes before adding medication to ensure that it remains in the water for therapeutic purposes. I kept an easy routine of dosing in the morning, on water change days I changed the water and then added medication.
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ParaGuard
Eradicates ectoparasites and fungal, bacterial, and viral lesions
ParaGuard contains no formaldehyde or methanol and will not alter pH. ParaGuard employs a proprietary, synergistic blend of aldehydes, malachite green, and fish protective polymers that effectively and efficiently eradicates many ectoparasites (e.g. ich, etc.) and external fungal/bacterial/viral lesions (e.g., fin rot). It is particularly useful in hospital and receiving tanks for new fish and whenever new fish are introduced to a community tank.
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I made it worst when I tried reducing salt levels which were likely ...
I have to say Seachem products for me have been very reliable, I've used their ferts line such as Flourish, Iron, and Potassium and their Seachem Matrix product. I really wish I had purchased this sooner to use on my infected neon tetras which broke out in what appears to be fresh water ich to me. I originally thought it was a fungal infection so I tried Jungle Fungus Clear first with aquarium salt. I made it worst when I tried reducing salt levels which were likely controlling the ich amount because once removed the fish got more caked up. I knew then Jungle Fungus clear was definitely not helping after 4 days of treatment. I decided to up the heat to 82 degrees to help speed up the ich life cycle hoping that the salt would kill them while aerating the water with two bubble stones. Sadly it did not. I believe a combination of wrong medication, fluctuating temps, and 25% water changes stressed my poor Neons beyond to the point of no return and the 3 succumbed to their infections and died. Thankfully by the 2nd day of treatment I decided to pickup paraguard but would have to wait a few days before it would arrive. Once paraguard arrived, I did a 75% WC to remove as much Jungle Fungus clear as I could as I was unsure if it would be a bad mix with paraguard. 5 days of actual treatment and my neons have practically no more spots on them and they look and behave a lot better.I am still pretty new to the hobby so I'm learning a lot on the way. Losing fish sucks and it's very saddening to watch. This is the treatment plan I followed and it worked very well, no more melafix/pimafix/jungle fungus clear for me:(10 gal tank w/ heater and two bubble stones no filter)Day 1: 5mlDay 2: 5mlDay 3: 5mlDay 4: 5mlDay 5: No dose, I think it would have been fine to dose but I wanted to give the fish a break.Day 6: 5mlKeep in mind since this dosage I did only 2, 25% water changes to help get rid of the floating crap and stuff that collected at the bottom since I have no filter. Also I made sure to dose the % loss from WC. I also did not reintroduce any aquarium salt which before treatment I had 10 teaspoons in the tank. So there's still at the least 50% aquarium salt still left in the tank, about 5 teaspoons. I also decided to put my Betta in with this medication to help him heal from a fungal infection. Here are some before/After pics of my Neons and my current Betta:
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I have to say Seachem products for me have been very reliable, I've used their ferts line such as Flourish, Iron, and Potassium and their Seachem Matrix product. I really wish I had purchased this sooner to use on my infected neon tetras which broke out in what appears to be fresh water ich to me. I originally thought it was a fungal infection so I tried Jungle Fungus Clear first with aquarium salt. I made it worst when I tried reducing salt levels which were likely controlling the ich amount because once removed the fish got more caked up. I knew then Jungle Fungus clear was definitely not helping after 4 days of treatment. I decided to up the heat to 82 degrees to help speed up the ich life cycle hoping that the salt would kill them while aerating the water with two bubble stones. Sadly it did not. I believe a combination of wrong medication, fluctuating temps, and 25% water changes stressed my poor Neons beyond to the point of no return and the 3 succumbed to their infections and died. Thankfully by the 2nd day of treatment I decided to pickup paraguard but would have to wait a few days before it would arrive. Once paraguard arrived, I did a 75% WC to remove as much Jungle Fungus clear as I could as I was unsure if it would be a bad mix with paraguard. 5 days of actual treatment and my neons have practically no more spots on them and they look and behave a lot better.
I made it worst when I tried reducing salt levels which were likely ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2016
I am still pretty new to the hobby so I'm learning a lot on the way. Losing fish sucks and it's very saddening to watch. This is the treatment plan I followed and it worked very well, no more melafix/pimafix/jungle fungus clear for me:
(10 gal tank w/ heater and two bubble stones no filter)
Day 1: 5ml
Day 2: 5ml
Day 3: 5ml
Day 4: 5ml
Day 5: No dose, I think it would have been fine to dose but I wanted to give the fish a break.
Day 6: 5ml
Keep in mind since this dosage I did only 2, 25% water changes to help get rid of the floating crap and stuff that collected at the bottom since I have no filter. Also I made sure to dose the % loss from WC. I also did not reintroduce any aquarium salt which before treatment I had 10 teaspoons in the tank. So there's still at the least 50% aquarium salt still left in the tank, about 5 teaspoons. I also decided to put my Betta in with this medication to help him heal from a fungal infection. Here are some before/After pics of my Neons and my current Betta:
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