Has anyone tried Seachem Paraguard with nerite/golden inca snails?

Fishayfishay91
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I just received my bottle of Seachem Paraguard in the mail and on the bottle it says "not recomended for inverts in freshwater or reef aquaria." I know that I have read online somewhere that it was ok to use it with snails. I do have a small fry tank but it isn't fully cycled (I do VERY frequent water changes). And also another concern is that they won't have enough food to eat in the fry tank. In the main display tank they have plenty of algae and left over food to eat but I have noticed that one of the fish is starting to show signs of ich and fin rot - hence the Paraguard. So my question is this, has anyone out there used Paraguard while leaving their snials in the tank without any problems?
 
shadowfish
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I used paraguard with my nerites and my pond snails,no deaths from any.
I dosed small and over time upped the dose to full,I asked seachem if its safe for scaleless fish and snails and they said its fine if you don't over dose.
 
Fishayfishay91
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Do you remember how long you treated the tank?
 
Lchi87
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I used Paraguard and it didn't hurt my nerite at all. Have you tried the heat method for treating ICH? Not sure how advanced your fin rot is but I was able to fix pretty bad fin rot with just keeping the water extra clean and bumping up the temperature. It's just personal preference, but I usually try to address ICH and fin rot without using medicine first since I've found them to be unnecessary if I catch the problem early enough!
 
Fishayfishay91
  • Thread Starter
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Yeah I have tried using the raised temp method and to make a long story short, it didn't work. Someone on here suggested paraguard and I've read plenty of testimonies saying it worked good for them so I figured I would give it a shot. I just want to make sure that it won't wipe out my cleaning crew.
 
shadowfish
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Do you remember how long you treated the tank?

I think it was two weeks but that was for some worm thingys on my eel.
 
Fishayfishay91
  • Thread Starter
  • #7
Ha that's the latin name for them right? "Worm thingys"? Lol love it.

Well I guess I'm gonna go for it. I'll start at a half dose for a couple days and see how it goes.
 

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