Fish lice meds

Dawgz

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Have you tested your water?
Yes
If yes, what is your ammonia?
0
If yes, what is your nitrite?
0
If yes, what is your nitrate?
5
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Do you do water changes?
Yes
What percentage of water do you change?
61-70%
How frequently do you change your water?
Every two weeks
If I do not change my water...
...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.
Just took a fresh import in and it has about 4-5 fish lice on him.

I could manually remove it but I feel like there might be smaller ones on him that I can't see. The big ones are also barely visible and camouflage well.

Does API general cure work in fish lice? When searching online the information on it's efficiency with fish lice is mixed.
 

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There’s a microbe lift lice and anchor worm that you can try. There’s also Dimlin if can find it anymore.
 
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Dawgz

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There’s a microbe lift lice and anchor worm that you can try. There’s also Dimlin if can find it anymore.

The fish is very sensitive to meds. Do you know if general cure would handle fish lice?

It's for a piranha and I know they tolerate general cure well.
 
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