[Jacob]

The actual cause of the problem I asked about in this thread was putting in the wrong water, r/o water that wasn’t acidic enough. Somehow misread or was careless with the ph tester.
Tetra Parasite Guard cleared the symptoms but until I changed the water to the right values the vaillantis still acted strange.
Now I have 4 paros (the deissneri sold by Wet Spot) and a school of small barbs in this tank, they seem fine except for the paros scratching.
They’re eating and they colored up from what they were when they were in a store in mildly acidic non blackwater conditions.
So everything is fine except the scratching. I want to wait since they’re new to the tank and maybe this is some kind of stress or problem that will solve itself. My experience tells me parasite guard could also be helpful, it hasn’t ever shown itself to be harmful to the vaillantis and has worked every time I used it. (for nebulous symptoms.)
Ingredients:
Praziquantel, Diflubenzuron, Metronidazole and Acriflavin.
I don’t know if I’m over reacting or if the scratching is something that can’t be ignored.
The vaillantis have proven to be not as sensitive as I predicted and maybe this is true for paros as well.
Despite the size of the tank and the presence of other fish the paros seem comfortable. May move them to a 5 gallon eventually, just to make it easier to watch them.