Ivermectin for The Removal of Spionids

[Minifoot77]

Been researching alot of the numbers for doses on ivermectin I think I am going to try the 10ml per 100 gallons for a first dose I will start my own thread and see if I can document it there

 

[Dburr1014]

Been researching alot of the numbers for doses on ivermectin I think I am going to try the 10ml per 100 gallons for a first dose I will start my own thread and see if I can document it there

Please keep this updated.

 

[Minifoot77]

I been still waiting I have it but I wanna Plumb my new tank and dose the old one before I transfer the rocks and corals

 

[Dburr1014]

I been still waiting I have it but I wanna Plumb my new tank and dose the old one before I transfer the rocks and corals

I'm at that point myself.
New tank is plumbed, I'm going away Friday for a week. When I come back it's show time.
I think I'll do 2ml per 15 gallons.
I'll let you know how it goes.

Edit: BTW, I'm doing outside the tank in a vessel so I can have more controls in place.

 

[Minifoot77]

I'm at that point myself.
New tank is plumbed, I'm going away Friday for a week. When I come back it's show time.
I think I'll do 2ml per 15 gallons.
I'll let you know how it goes.

Edit: BTW, I'm doing outside the tank in a vessel so I can have more controls in place.

I wanted to do all the rock for 24 hours then gac for 24 hours and ill rinse it as I transfer the rock and I wont be using any of the original water hopefully I don't transfer to much agromectin to the new tank

 

[old salt reefer]

Well I did the ivermectin dip on a frag for spionid worms. I followed Reefahholic's directions with just a couple of changes. I used 20 drops of 1% ivermectin to 1 pint of water(he uses 8-9 drops). I used a 2.5 gallon tank with a Aquaclear 70 HOB filter with bag of rox 0.8 carbon for the after dip and left the frag in there for 18 hours before returning to main display tank( he does this for 24 hours). Everything else was done just like Reefahholic including using bleach to deactivate the ivermectin before pouring it down the drain.
This WORKED 100% in killing spionid worms. Frag ,TCK solarbeam tenuis, is just fine with no negative effects from treatment.

Update on my frag, worms still all dead, frag growing great.

 

[Dburr1014]

Interesting read, it is for freshwater but it tells a story on how it degrades in water.

Effects of the Veterinary Pharmaceutical Ivermectin in Indoor Aquatic Microcosms - Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

The effects of the parasiticide ivermectin were assessed in plankton-dominated indoor microcosms. Ivermectin was applied once at concentrations of 30, 100, 300, 1000, 3000, and 10,000 ng/l. The half-life (dissipation time 50%; DT50) of ivermectin in the water phase ranged from 1.1 to 8.3 days...

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