me love fishy Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Hi can someone please tell me what the best treatment for internal parasites is. I used to use cure-ex but they don't sell it anymore, I heard from somewhere that formulin would work, anyone know a readily available treatment that will work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted June 19, 2007 Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Metronidazole or praziquantel both work well and are available cheaply from the vets. Last time I bought metronidazole it was like $1 for a 200mg pill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me love fishy Posted June 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2007 Thanks for that Hummingbird, I will go to animates in the weekend and see if I can get it from there as they have a vet, either that or go to our cats' vet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Depends on what your treating too, both the above wont touch the likes of camallanus (intestinal nematode) but will do tapeworm, hex and a few other things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 What make you think your fish got internal parasite??? ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Formalin wont work on internal parasites. It works on gill flukes and skin flukes but can cause a few problems as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me love fishy Posted June 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Thanks for the advice everyone. I will try prazi initially and see if it works. Discusguru I think one of my butterly rams has some internal parasites because he has a sunken belly, won't eat, his colouration is a lot darker than the other rams and he is not moving as fast as them, he is starting to get that lollypop look ie head too big for body as body is too skinny as well. I have been putting melafix in the water just to try and keep him in reasonable condition until I can get some worming treatment. My other fish appear to be fine though. We have been renovating so it could be the noise or paint fumes or plaster dust that might have stressed him out and caused him to get sick, that is my theory anyway. I was a bit bummed when I discovered they don't sell cure-ex anymore as I have used this before to successfully rid a bristlenose of worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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