Different types of internal parasite

[Sgooosh]

one of my fish is very thin and one is full of parasites
i am well aware of how to soak prazipro

can both types of parasite be treated with prazipro?
what types of parasites are there in guppies?

 

[Colin_T]

flat/ tape worms are treated with praziquantel or flubendazole
round/ thread worms are treated with levamisole or flubendazole
internal protozoan parasites are treated with metronidazole

 

[Sgooosh]

flat/ tape worms are treated with praziquantel or flubendazole
round/ thread worms are treated with levamisole or flubendazole
internal protozoan parasites are treated with metronidazole

what meds are flu.?
in the us
and can soak as food

what are symptoms

 

[Colin_T]

what do you mean "what meds are flu"

Flubendazole is flubendazole. It treats worms and is sold as flubendazole.

When deworming fish, just treat the whole tank because if 1 fish has worms, they all have worms.

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see following link for symptoms..
Basically if fish stops eating and does stringy white poop it is usually an internal bacterial infection and fish dies within 24-48 hours.

If fish doesn't eat as much and does stringy white poop, it has an internal protozoan infection and dies a week or two later. Metronidazole usually helps with this.

If fish is eating well but doing stringy white poop, it has worms. Flubendazole treats round and flat worms. Praziquantel only treats flat worms. Levamisole only treats round/ thread worms.
Thread/ round worms are the most common worm infection.

What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.

Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...

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[Byron]

There are also many internal protozoan infections that have absolutely no external symptoms, until the fish dies. Necropsy (an autopsy performed on animals) by a microbiologist would probably ascertain the actual protozoan, but this is well beyond most aquarists' options. I twice had internal protozoan introduced with new fish, and the marine biologist I consulted said there are many species and they are getting more common in aquarium fish [this was about 9 years ago now]. The fish showed absolutely no sign of the problem, they just kept dying, two or three every day of my existing fish and all the new fish within a week. Those were in the days when I did not quarantine because I had never had such issues; I learned the hard way.

Metronidazole was the antibiotic that stopped the deaths in both cases, though the internal protozoan was not discovered [didn't try, as no access to a marine microbiologist locally then]. The online biologist I consulted, after learning all the factors, recommended metronidazole as the likely best remedy, and she was right. She said that without an exam to determine the protozoan, this was a good "basic" antibiotic to use, but not indiscriminately since it is an antibiotic and these should always be used with caution [we all know why]. I soaked the fishes' food in metronidazole for 10 days, both times, and as I said it cured whatever they had.

 

[Sgooosh]

what do you mean "what meds are flu"

Flubendazole is flubendazole. It treats worms and is sold as flubendazole.

When deworming fish, just treat the whole tank because if 1 fish has worms, they all have worms.

------------------
see following link for symptoms..
Basically if fish stops eating and does stringy white poop it is usually an internal bacterial infection and fish dies within 24-48 hours.

If fish doesn't eat as much and does stringy white poop, it has an internal protozoan infection and dies a week or two later. Metronidazole usually helps with this.

If fish is eating well but doing stringy white poop, it has worms. Flubendazole treats round and flat worms. Praziquantel only treats flat worms. Levamisole only treats round/ thread worms.
Thread/ round worms are the most common worm infection.

What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.

Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...

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hi, can i soak the flubenzadole?
in fish food?
is it harmful to fish
can i have a link to a producct?

 

[Sgooosh]

what do you mean "what meds are flu"

Flubendazole is flubendazole. It treats worms and is sold as flubendazole.

When deworming fish, just treat the whole tank because if 1 fish has worms, they all have worms.

------------------
see following link for symptoms..
Basically if fish stops eating and does stringy white poop it is usually an internal bacterial infection and fish dies within 24-48 hours.

If fish doesn't eat as much and does stringy white poop, it has an internal protozoan infection and dies a week or two later. Metronidazole usually helps with this.

If fish is eating well but doing stringy white poop, it has worms. Flubendazole treats round and flat worms. Praziquantel only treats flat worms. Levamisole only treats round/ thread worms.
Thread/ round worms are the most common worm infection.

What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.

Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...

www.fishforums.net

hello, can the flubenzandole be soaked into a fishes food?
also can i soak API general cure in a fish's food, since it has metrozindale

 

[Colin_T]

You can put most fish medications on fish food but most fish medications are designed to be put in a certain amount of water because it is too hard to work out how much medication a neon tetra or guppy eats. If you give them too much medicated food they can die, and if you don't give them enough it won't work. This is why they get added to the water.

 

[Sgooosh]

You can put most fish medications on fish food but most fish medications are designed to be put in a certain amount of water because it is too hard to work out how much medication a neon tetra or guppy eats. If you give them too much medicated food they can die, and if you don't give them enough it won't work. This is why they get added to the water.

https://www.myaquariumclub.com/wasting-disease-and-flubendazole-718.html

is this a reliable source

 

[Byron]

https://www.myaquariumclub.com/wasting-disease-and-flubendazole-718.html

is this a reliable source

Colin will answer this but it does raise an issue I feel is important. And that is, how do we know that "x" medication is what is needed unless we can ascertain with a reasonable degree of certainty that the fish have this or that disease. In the example I cited of the two situations where I was advised by a marine biologist/microbiologist to use metronidazole, she had considered the evidence I gave her in answer to her questions, and concluded that metronidazole was probably the safest and most effective treatment, and in those two cases she obviously was correct.

Metronidazole does not have as much effect when added to the water as it does when ingested with food. Now, this fact does not apply to every antibiotic. Kanamycin for example is (according to my research) effective when added to the water because it more readily gets into the fish via osmosis, but this does not apply to metronidazole.

I've no idea where flubendazole comes into this, as I have never had reason to use it; at least, no one has ever suggested it, but then as I have noted elsewhere my experience with disease is extremely limited (fortunately) and the three times I had something "inexplicable" I was able to consult a knowledgeable individual. You mention internal parasites...how do yo know the fish have this, or what "parasites" they are? Colin has provided guidance in posts #2 and #4 for certain issues if those apply here.

 

[Sgooosh]

Colin will answer this but it does raise an issue I feel is important. And that is, how do we know that "x" medication is what is needed unless we can ascertain with a reasonable degree of certainty that the fish have this or that disease. In the example I cited of the two situations where I was advised by a marine biologist/microbiologist to use metronidazole, she had considered the evidence I gave her in answer to her questions, and concluded that metronidazole was probably the safest and most effective treatment, and in those two cases she obviously was correct.

Metronidazole does not have as much effect when added to the water as it does when ingested with food. Now, this fact does not apply to every antibiotic. Kanamycin for example is (according to my research) effective when added to the water because it more readily gets into the fish via osmosis, but this does not apply to metronidazole.

I've no idea where flubendazole comes into this, as I have never had reason to use it; at least, no one has ever suggested it, but then as I have noted elsewhere my experience with disease is extremely limited (fortunately) and the three times I had something "inexplicable" I was able to consult a knowledgeable individual. You mention internal parasites...how do yo know the fish have this, or what "parasites" they are? Colin has provided guidance in posts #2 and #4 for certain issues if those apply here.

but will metro treat parasite
still, how do i soak api general cure into food..

their belly is very very big and getting bigger
i suspect because they have been through stress (fin rot) and accidentally caught this parasite

 

[Sgooosh]

@Colin_T @Byron
i have just found another simpler option: medicated food

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which one should i get?

 

[Byron]

First, I have no idea what you mean by "parasite." I refer to internal protozoan because my two biologist friends use that name for what my fish had twice. I suppose these could be "parasites," really don't know if this has a specific meaning here or not.

Second, I have no idea what the fish have anyway. I'm leaving that in @Colin_T hands because he knows more about this and it is always best to stay with one "doctor." I only try to elucidate general things if this seems necessary, as in post #10.

Regarding your post #12, I won't guess to answer, simply because I do not have the microbiology training. This is why I go to professionals when I have a serious issue.

 

[Sgooosh]

First, I have no idea what you mean by "parasite." I refer to internal protozoan because my two biologist friends use that name for what my fish had twice. I suppose these could be "parasites," really don't know if this has a specific meaning here or not.

Second, I have no idea what the fish have anyway. I'm leaving that in @Colin_T hands because he knows more about this and it is always best to stay with one "doctor." I only try to elucidate general things if this seems necessary, as in post #10.

Regarding your post #12, I won't guess to answer, simply because I do not have the microbiology training. This is why I go to professionals when I have a serious issue.

oh, worms

 

[Byron]

oh, worms

That being the case, worms are not protozonal and metronidazole only effectively treats protozoan. At least, so far as I know. Colin will effectively deal with this.