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My baby hippo tank just started showing signs of a parasite infection, he has the long stringy stuff hanging from his, well, pooper. He's been in the tank for a week and a half and was doing fine. He is still swimming around and eating, but I don't want him to get worse or infect the other fish.

I was going to order the stuff made by Jungle, and I"m not sure how large the pellets are, and he is really small.

Any help is deeply appreciated, he is my wife's favorite little fish:fish:
 
Are there any other suggestions? I doubt I'll be able to catch him to QT him, I'm feeding him food soaked in garlic guard for now. Does the worm go back inside the fish? Now I don't see it, but I saw it a couple of days ago and thought it had gone away, and then it popped back out this morning.
 
If it's intestinal worms, they live in the gut. You'll need a dewormer of one sort or another to kill the worms from within.

Anti-Parasite pellets work well, if he'll eat pellets.

Jenn
 
JennM;722120 wrote: If it's intestinal worms, they live in the gut. You'll need a dewormer of one sort or another to kill the worms from within.

Anti-Parasite pellets work well, if he'll eat pellets.

Jenn
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What do you suggest? I'll see if he eats pellets here soon, I have some soaking in garlic guard at the moment. He's been eating flake and shrimp.

Edit: He'll eat the pellets if they are small enough. The pellets kind of clump together from getting wet in the garlic guard.
 
I have anti-parasite pellets that contain Metronidazole, Praziquantel (active ingredient in PraziPro) and Levamisole. If you can't get those, you can add Metronidazole/Focus to the food you're already using, that will help also.

Garlic is a good immune booster and appetite stimulant but it won't kill off internal (or external) parasites.

Jenn
 
JennM;722131 wrote: I have anti-parasite pellets that contain Metronidazole, Praziquantel (active ingredient in PraziPro) and Levamisole. If you can't get those, you can add Metronidazole/Focus to the food you're already using, that will help also.

Garlic is a good immune booster and appetite stimulant but it won't kill off internal (or external) parasites.

Jenn
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I'll see if I can find something today, if not I guess I'll have to make the trek to Canton
 
I have the Jungle pellets (mentioned above) and I also have Metronidazole & Focus. Best to get him started on it ASAP. If you need it mailed, I can Priority Mail to you - if I send it tomorrow you should have it on Tuesday. Just let me know if I can help.

Jenn
 
JennM;722165 wrote: I have the Jungle pellets (mentioned above) and I also have Metronidazole & Focus. Best to get him started on it ASAP. If you need it mailed, I can Priority Mail to you - if I send it tomorrow you should have it on Tuesday. Just let me know if I can help.

Jenn
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I just got some Metronidazole. I may run out there for the jungle pellets this coming week. Are they small pellets, or will I have to mash them up? Shoot me a PM on the price of the focus and jungle pellets.
Thanks Jenn,
DJ
 
JennM;722165 wrote: I have the Jungle pellets (mentioned above) and I also have Metronidazole & Focus. Best to get him started on it ASAP. If you need it mailed, I can Priority Mail to you - if I send it tomorrow you should have it on Tuesday. Just let me know if I can help.

Jenn
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Sent you a PM about shipping the jungle pellets. I mixed some metronidazole in with the frozen shrimp and he won't eat it. He ate it the first time, but got smart I guess
 
Internal parasites. Active ingredient in the anti-parasite pellets I have are, in order, Metronidazole, Praziquantel and Levamisol.

Jenn
 
I dont know that I follow. Metronidazole treats flagellated and ciliated protozoans (which is why it's effective against ich). If we're thinking some some of intestinal worm issue, I dont understand how this will help at all.

I think the marketiung for the "anti parasite pellet" is purposefully vague, but I also dont think we should just throw meds at an animal without figuring what it will affect.
 
My understanding is that metro is a wide range antibiotic. So it may not directly target, but it may increase the fishes immune system to fight off the said parasite. Like I said, that is just my understanding.
 
This is an old argument that keeps coming up. There are plenty of online references to using Metronidazole for internal parasites. Google 'em.

Yep it treats protozoans. It treats certain bacterial infections too. I had to take the stuff (yuck) for a bacterial infection once. Leave a nasty "metal" taste in one's mouth for days.

Jenn
 
It's a human med too. Doc prescribed it and I got it at CVS ;)
 
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