Jack, I took the Equimax back so I'm not using that. Up until now I was doing the same method you mentioned above with separate wormers. The Equimax was going to be used only once to since I didn't have another source for Praziquantel but I now have one. I've only had to treat tapes a few times before and that was when a new dog was brought to the yard. And the same goes for fleas. The only time I have a problem is when a new dog comes to the yard. I use several methods to control fleas, ticks and flies. The flies are the hardest to control but I do keep them down pretty well.