I am afraid that the meds you are using right now have no effect on the possible cause of your fish's illness...When you are suck, do you just go to the pharmacy and buy meds randomly? The rapid cure will not treat internal parasites or worms which is what your fish currently has. The inappropriate meds will most likely kill your fish. If you care to save it, go back to my previous post. Do not buy meds if you have no idea what they are effective against. Poly guard, paraguard, etc will not help either in this situation.
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It will cure the fish if the issue is spironucleus/hexamita....which is one possible cause. For worms you need flUbendazole(with 'U' in the name). If these two dont work, treat with praziquantel. You need carbon and large water changes in between treatments.
the guy at the fish store told me to use that one rapid cure
But I will definitely make a trip again buy the ones you said
yes you can soak like that, just enough water to dissolve the salts and soak into the pellets or worms
I'd honestly try metro first...a full regiment of it...switch to prazi next...but I'm willing to bet the metro will handle your issue.
Epsom infused foods have the same effect as Metro, they cause the parasites to die. I have a sticky on the subject in this folder - just look up. lol I also second the use of NLS Hex-Shield pellets, I have had great success feeding them twice a day for 3-4 days. They contain Epsom salt, metronidazole, and a mega dose of garlic. Never a good idea to use a shotgun approach with meds.
He's still alive but hasn't ate yet, I tried the food soaked in salt and he didn't eat either I think he just isn't going to eat anymore unfortunately :/ I'm going to buy the nls hex shield anyways just in case others have it but rest eat well
While Spironucleus vortens has been proven to die at higher temps, higher temps will only kill the parasites that are free swimming, not those that are found inside the fish, in it's blood, organs, etc. If this is indeed a case of S. vortens, by now there will be free swimming parasites in the entire tank, and possibly within other fish, so the entire tank needs to be treated, not just the fish currently showing symptoms.
While I have no personal experience on how well the following will work in aquarium conditions, in vitro studies have shown that at pH levels above 8.5 S. vortens cannot survive. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10715818
I passed that info on to a fellow member of MFK a year or two back, but I don't recall how things turned out for his fish. In an aquarium setting, personally I would not bank on temps or pH controlling an outbreak. Once they have multiplied inside a fish, far better to get something directly into their bloodstream, such as epsom salt or metronidazole via the diet, or via the uptake from treated tank water.
I passed that info on to a fellow member of MFK a year or two back, but I don't recall how things turned out for his fish. In an aquarium setting, personally I would not bank on temps or pH controlling an outbreak. Once they have multiplied inside a fish, far better to get something directly into their bloodstream, such as epsom salt or metronidazole via the diet, or via the uptake from treated tank water.