fishfingers Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Hi all, Could I please have comments on dosing with metronidazole for traetment of hex. The three regimens I've found are as follows: 1. (via some website) Temp= 30C 30% water change prior to dosing 10 mg met/ L water Wait 8 hours Change 25% water and doase again with 10 mg met/ L water Repeat this cycle for three days. My question/comment: I take it that this cycle is repeated each day for three days, not every 8 hours for three days? 2. (via this forum's administrator) Raise tank temp by 3C. Treat tank at ratio of 10 mg/ L water. Treat for three days (does this mean wait three days or repeat every day for three days) 30% water change Carbon to remove drug return to normal temp. Repeat treatment in three days. My question/comment: probably interprets as wait three days, not treat every day for three days. 3. (via a vet's telephone consult) Treat tank at ratio of 25mg/L water. Repeat every 48 hours for a total of three treatments. My comments/questions: I called a vet, spoke with assistant, who organised the prescription and sent it out to me. Dose seems a little higher than all other literature. What would you guys/gals who have experience dose at? Cheers and thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 if the fish is eating administer it via food, its so much easier, less stressful on the fish and doesnt mess up the tank. if not, i havent used any of the above methods. i used a method which was commonly reccomended on a discus forum (thats what i was treating) and seemed to work for most people. i like to pick treatments which are commonly used, that way you can have a little more faith that its gonna go ok. im not sure if these may be of any help or not- http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/dis ... asis.shtml http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/dis ... mita.shtml http://forum.simplydiscus.com//showthread.php?t=23678 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfingers Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 Thanks for your help. It's much appreciated. Looks like 25 mg/L is a bit on the overkill side. Very useful links. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 im unsure if treating discus is any different to treating other fish. i assume, if anything the discus treatments would be lighter due to them being 'sensitive'? there are so many dosages for treatment it gets very confusing :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted February 22, 2007 Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 what fish are you treating? ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfingers Posted February 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2007 I would have been treating lots of discus if I had gotten onto this prior to xmas (see my earlier posts). Now I'm treating fewer discus, swordtails, neons, other community fish. White poos coming out of my swordtails now. One fish dies and seems to pass it onto one other fish and the cycle repeats itself with the fish isolating itself, wasting away.... I've already hit the tank with droncit. Now waiting 5 days before water change and second dose. Then I'll got to metro by the best dose I can figure out. Only dosed with droncit first becasue I got hold of that first....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brishe Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Hi, Just wondering if you have managed to rid your tank of Hex?? If so, what was your plan?? We are having a hell of a time trying to get rid of this disease. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfingers Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 I think I've finally cracked it. After much hassle trying to obtain droncit (praziquantel) worming tablets (eventually got them from one vet after referral from my vet) for dogs and obtaining a prescription for metronidazole from a third vet I spoke to over the phone I ground everything up and threw it in the tank. The stuff hardly disolved and turned everything cloudy -but it stopped the deaths. The metro was presribed way above any dosing regime I'd seen on the net, so went with the lower dose. I have plenty of metro left. But wait there's more.... The real saviour has been some parasite clear tank buddies from Jungle labs that I bought at a pet shop in Aussie a few weeks back. These contain praziquantal, metronidazole, diflubenzuron and acriflavine and dissolve easily AND WORK A TREAT. My discus were back eating properly after the second dose, and trust me I know all about dark sick thin discus. I have since got more of these from the US. It is absolutely ridiculous that these meds cannot be purchased in NZ becasue they're basically not worth licensing (costs too much). The AVCM act that came into effect in January last year has destroyed that market allowing for supply of fish meds. Every vet med has to be licensed for the particular animal being treated, otherwise go for presricption only or off label use (impossible to get). I could go on and on and on and actually see this situation as being an animal welfare or ethics issue. Specialist meds are freely available from Walmart in the US and pet shops in Aussie but not here........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 The drugs we used to be able to get in Aussie was better. Still need a very good lfs or a vet to get metro here. What was the name of the drug you last tried? Does it have a company name attached too? May have to look into that one, sounds good. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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