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emaciated fish help


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I have come home after being away, to find several of my discus and a clown loach look like skeletons while the others still seem to be healthy. On searching the web, it appears it maybe worms. The two pet stores here dont stock anything for worms, however one pet store said to get a dog worming tablet and crush it into 20 litres of water and put all the fish in it... next to impossible as i have a large tank with lots of fish who have probably become infested. Im more than happy to crush as many tablets it takes to complete the ratio tho. Any alternative ideas greatly appreciated.

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The pet store will be talking about Droncit(praziquantel)for tapeworms and flukes

Nematodes are alot more common and therefore levamisole(aviverm) would be a better worming option

but not sure really if these will help you at all.

This sort of thing seems to happen to discus all too regularly in a community tank

You always get 1 or 2 that don't eat quite as well as the rest and in the end stop eating

They then start to waste away and get the razor thin forehead

My view on this is its more than likely hex that is the problem and therefore the treatment would be metronidazole

But you need to get onto it early and some fish are just to far gone to be worth treating

Best of luck

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