Treatment for fluke transferred from another thread:

Hi Paul,
Try Seponver Plus @ 4.4ml per 1000L pond water.
Once only.
I get mine at the local Co-op and it is the same as Supaverm which the Brits use.
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Have you been using it for a long time with no side effects?
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Jaco




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Subject: Re: Skin Fluke Thu 17 Apr 2008 - 16:26

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Been using it now for 7 years, never had a problem.
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Pieter J de Villiers




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Location : Krugersdorp, Gauteng,South Africa

Subject: Re: Skin Fluke Fri 18 Apr 2008 - 8:54

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Hi,

I even used SeponverPlus with salt and had no problems at all.
People having problems with “medicine” regarding Koi are those that fail to stick to the right dosage. It is easy to blame the treatment!

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Treatment

When treating Skin flukes it is normally only necessary to apply treatment once. There are numerous proprietary medications which are designed to treat flukes. All with varying results. An alternative to these is to use malachite green and formalin at a dose rate depending on the strength of the solution, be sure that water temperature is above 11*C , between 11*C and 7*C considering the use of Potassium Permanganate

Doses: Once only
Skin flukes:
*Salt 5kg/1000lt together with 1g/1000lt Malachite green or
* Malachite green and Formalin as mentioned above.
* Seponver Plus 4,4ml/ 1000lt water
* Potassium Permanganate 2,5 g /1000lt water ( mix Pot.P in a (plastic ) bucket with Hot water first)

Gill flukes:
*Potassium Permanganate 1,5g/1000lt water ( mix in Hot water ) use (plastic ) bucket repeat every 5-7days over period of three weeks.
* Seponver Plus 4,4 ml/1000lt repeat after 5 days – 2,2ml/1000lt

You can use salt 1kg /1000lt with Seponver Plus
WARNING Never use salt and formalin or Potassium Permanganate and formalin together


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Pieter J de Villiers

I have enquired from various people about the use of Seponver Plus, and I received very positive feedback as a treatment for Skin and Gill Fluke.

Seponver Plus is a mix of Closantel 25mg/ml & Mebendazole 37,5mg/ml

Apart from using it as a fluke treatment, it is also very effective treatment for internal parasites.

Mebendazole(without the Closantel) can also be used for fluke and internal parasites at 1mg / l for 24 hours or as a bath: 100 mg / l for 2 hours.

Supaverm: (same as Supaverm Plus but with less Closantel and more Mebendazole)
The ultimate and most widely used medication for flukes. "Supaverm" is the trade name of a nematode and cestode treatment from Janssen Animal Health. The active ingredients are Closantel (5mg/ml) and Mebendazole (75mg/ml). Will not harm the biological filter. Very safe for use on koi fish. When used in pond water at 0.3% salt solution, Supaverm will kill 100% of flukes within 24 hours. Important Note: Supaverm will kill goldfish and several other species of fish. Not recommended for use on any fish other than koi (or long-fin koi) .