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ryno368

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Looking for any feed back on a product called Para Guard which is a reef-safe, blue chemical and an alternative to formalin for the treatment of Black Ich.
Any feed back would be appreciated because i can't get the fish out of the tank. They are too fast and eating healthy.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Who told you that was reef safe???? I was told TO NOT use it in a reef, and I have found no info saying it was safe for reef use....
Beth has a list of reef safe treatments in this section......
 
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ryno368

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i had already tried the Para Guard in my display and all it did was aggitate the corals. they regressed inside for like an hour then came back out but i am not sure if i am using a strong enough dose of this stuff or it does not work. so i am going to up the dose to a 80 gallon treatment instead of a 70 gallon treatment for my 100g DT 20g Sump with all the rock and sand it is holding around 70-80g water
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Does it have Malachite Green in it?
I'm having a hard time searching for stuff myself because of the dang virus.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3259443
Does it have Malachite Green in it?
I'm having a hard time searching for stuff myself because of the dang virus.
YES...it has aldehydes, malachite green, and some sort of fish polymers...
 
spanko

spanko

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ParaGuard™ is the only fish and filter safe aldehyde based (10% by weight) parasite control product available. Unlike highly toxic and difficult to use formalin based medications, 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 on fish (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. For use in freshwater or marine.
IMO use it for a dip (one hour) or in a hospital tank. You must know or you need to know that you won't rid the tank of ICH unless you leave it fallow for 6 or so weeks.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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ParaGuard
Product Description
ParaGuard™ is the only fish and filter safe aldehyde based (10% by weight) parasite control product available. Unlike highly toxic and difficult to use formalin based medications, 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 on fish (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. For use in freshwater or marine.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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LOL...You beat me Henry...so I deleted mine.....BUT I Was told....to NOT add to reef, by quite a few "supposed" experts
I called a bunch of places when I couldnt find the info to be sure
 
spanko

spanko

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I don't see where anything said to add to reef. I agree with you. No medicine like products in the display.
 
cranberry

cranberry

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I wouldn't add malachite green to my tank. Maybe it's at such a low does you only see things like irritation in coral. BUT there's SO much more to your tank than just the coral. Think of all the beneficial critters that can be hit by this. Things you don't see and think about everyday, but is very important to our little environments. Some of those critters feed our corals and process detritus.... important features.
 
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ryno368

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ya i tried the Para Guard in the tank for 2 days and no effects at all so i have decided to move all my corals and inverts to my QT and do hyposalinity in the DT for 8 weeks to kill the cycle. not sure of the effects of hyposalinity on copepods and amphipods but i need to get rid of the parasite, any input on what can or will survive the hyposalinity would be appreciated (copepods and coralline?)
i have all the corals and some of the inverts extradited to the QT now
 
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ryno368

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my BTA, clove polyp, green buttons and brown buttons, firetorch , emerald crab serpent star and some nass snails are doing fine in the QT
the xenia frag, star polyps, short tentacle plate and my orange LPS are not looking so hot yet
 
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