Doseing Metronizadole To Angle Fish

[aibo210]

Hi

I have a angle fish with hole in the head and managed to get some med on prescription from a local vet whats the best way to dose an angle fish? the tablets are 200mg each so how much of the tablet shud I give to it and for how many days and do I bind with food? its not a large angle and would be akward to weigh!

What about doseing in the water collum? my tanks 125litre.

Many thanks guys

 

[Tolak]

Put the angel in a quar tank, I usually use a 10 gallon. Increase the temp over a day or so to 90-94F. Treat daily with 40 mg/gallon metronidazole, with 50% water changes daily. If the fish isn't eating, don't feed for the first 3 days. After 3 days, get some frozen brine shrimp. Take a portion about the size of a few match heads, and sprinkle on some metro. You have to eyeball this one, make the shrimp look kind of like a tiny powdered donut. Once it thaws, mix it in & feed. Sometimes they still don't eat for a few days, but once they start to mouth the food & spit it out, the meds seem to get in their system real good. Continue medicating the water & food for 7-10 days.

Metronidazole is sold as flagyl, het-a-mit, and a few other names I can't recall offhand, used to treat hexamita & hole in the head. They usually suggest 20mg/gallon, this often isn't enough. Metro deteriorates in 8 hours, so you could do twice daily water changes. I've done this on the weekends when I have time.

I've also added epsom salt while using metro, this helps with any constipation issues, cleans out the digestive tract. I start with 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons of water, increasing by 1 teaspoon daily for 2 more days to bring it up to 3 teaspoons per 10 gallons. You will have to adjust how much you use when doing water changes. You may want to give this a try.

 

[Colin_T]

Hole in the head or head and lateral line disease is often associated with poor environmental factors, dirty gravel, poorly maintained filter, lack of water changes. You might want to check the conditions in the main tank and do some big 75% daily water changes and complete gravel cleans. Do this each day for a week to help dilute any nutrients and reduce the number of harmful pathogens in the main tank.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine and has a similar temperature & PH to the tank.
The big water changes & gravel cleans on the main tank should be done in conjunction with treating the angelfish as advised by Tolak.

 

[Brette]

My ram's hole in the head was a mild case but i think i'm getting it under control. I did:

• the above metronizadole treatment
• keeping my water really clean
• i added a little non iodized salt
• fed a varried diet
• and ALSO I applied some antibacterial ointment to the holes (had to grab the fish to do this). I used neosporin but i'm sure any antibacterial ointment that is water resistant (as opposed to cream) would work.

I'm not sure which is helping but the little holes are getting smaller! I just hope he doesn't relapse.