Can we get it here, for the treatment of fish with HITH disease?

I heard you can get it from the Docs - cos Metro's used to treat Giardia

Is a prescription only medication

You need to get your vet to prescribe.

Good luck

comes in 400mg tabs or 500mg in 100ml NaCl.

This would dose a 40l tank once.

Once again

Good luck.

Navarre

Is a prescription only medication

You need to get your vet to prescribe.

How does one go about this? I am picking the vet has never heard of Hexamitiasis and is not used to diagnosing/treating fish.......

go to the vet at animate. you will have to pay a consult and they will sell you the tab. they might want you to bring the fish in lol.

It is also possible to get it through a doctor, dentist or pharmacist, if you happen to have a tame one or have a need to visit one anyway.

Do you have any authoritative-looking fish books that you can take with you that mention the disease and met. as a treatment?

IIRC it is also called Flagyl, just in case that name crops up in conversation.

Pretend you went bush a few weeks ago and have chronic stomach aches and visiting the toilet every half an hour, since drinking water from one of the streams.

Maybe they will prescribe some for your imaginary Giardia.LOL :lol: :lol:

dont do that they will want a spec first and then maybe an exam.

be up front with pharmacy or vet or Dr

should be no prob its just teh doses needed are high is all.

HTH

Navarre

I tried my vet a couple of weeks ago. The vet nurse rung Brooklands and got told there was no cure and they would put it down. They also rung our LFS which is funny because there has been times when I have had more fish than them but they also said no cure. So no one would help me. My oscar has it badly up to the not eating stage now. I even explained it to the vet nurse. They have just decided to ignore me after they rung the specialists, I don't even know whether they ever asked the vet. So am just waiting for her to pass on now sadly.

I tried my vet a couple of weeks ago. The vet nurse rung Brooklands and got told there was no cure and they would put it down. They also rung our LFS which is funny because there has been times when I have had more fish than them but they also said no cure. So no one would help me. My oscar has it badly up to the not eating stage now. I even explained it to the vet nurse. They have just decided to ignore me after they rung the specialists, I don't even know whether they ever asked the vet. So am just waiting for her to pass on now sadly.

There is a difference between treatment and cure

Sheesh, thats like an insurer ringing the car dealer to ask if they should write off a car... :lol:

I'm taking teh cat to the vet tonight so I'll try then.

comes in 400mg tabs or 500mg in 100ml NaCl.

This would dose a 40l tank once.

Vet was only too happy to prescribe it, said its pretty harmless, and that I would know more than him so he trusted me. Got 5 400mg tablets, do I just dissolve them and add to the water?

you can dissolve and add to the water, or if your fish is still eating you can mix up in their food and administer it that way

Pretend you went bush a few weeks ago and have chronic stomach aches and visiting the toilet every half an hour, since drinking water from one of the streams.

Maybe they will prescribe some for your imaginary Giardia.LOL :lol: :lol:

By the way, I was joking!!!!!

Check out this site. Has all medication required for fish

http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/

Metro should be easy to get if you have a friendly vet, hopefully you can ring and talk to them and only pay a dispensing fee, if your unlucky then you need to pay a consult and maybe take in the fish..

Most important thing about treating with metro is it only lasts 8 hours in water so you need to dose it daily with water changes 1 400mg tab per 40L of water.

Tropheus good link, how do you go getting prescription drugs sent into NZ though?

How many times should I dose it? I only got 5 400mg tablets.

...Most important thing about treating with metro is it only lasts 8 hours in water so you need to dose it daily with water changes 1 400mg tab per 40L of water...

Daily is what you need to do I think its for 2-3 treatments and then again a week later to break the cycle as the metro will only kill the worms and not the eggs.. Unless you're treating a tiny tank you probably don't have enough to do much..

Also remember that metro isn't the be all and end all of treating worms it is only effective on certain types of them so might not do anything at all.

Its only a 60L tank, so I've got enough for 3 threatments, and I'm sure they would be happy to give me more.

Id drop the water level to 40L if I could then you have 5 treatments.. With the daily water changes while you are treating then it will be enough to keep the water quality up, if your worried cut back on food etc while you only have 40L in the tank.

I recently treated a 120 x 45 x 45cm tank and only had 9cm of water in the bottom (modified the filter intake and stuck the heater to the bottom) just to save on drugs..

Its only a 60L tank, so I've got enough for 3 threatments, and I'm sure they would be happy to give me more.

400mg/40ltrs water is the dose rate. Recomended do redose daily after a big waterchange for a period of 7 days. You'll have to increase the temp to 32-33 deg with an airstone for airations.

A mortar and pastel is the easiest way to grind the med into powder. Add a few drop of water and grind to paste. Fill it up and grind to stir and tip into tank.

It is also a good time to feed the fish at the same time.

hth,

ron

correct me if i am wrong, i normally soaked the fish food(mainly tetra colour bits and freeze dried bloodworm) with the disolved metro before i dump the solvent into the tank

i tell my vet that i want to treat my whole 200l tank which is like 5 tablets a time, two times a day for one week so i normally get about 70tablets lol