Accidentally eaten medicine

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Hi. My flowerhorn accidentally ate undissolved metronidazole. Will he be okay? I was using it to treat hex.
 
Should be fine.
 
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Metronidazol can have a negative effect on the fishs gut flora. Just to be sure I would give less food for the next days and nothing that is difficult to digest (oily food, to much protein etc).
 
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How much did you dose? Can it be that you killed all the benefical bacteria in the filter?
In this case I would do a bigger water change immediately.
 
Thats is a high dosis. I would do a big water change and not feed the fish for 3 days and then start slowly increasing the food again. So that the filter bacteria can recover. Keep an eye on amonia and nitrite for next 10-14 days if possible.
 
Milingu said:
Thats is a high dosis. I would do a big water change and not feed the fish for 3 days and then start slowly increasing the food again. So that the filter bacteria can recover. Keep an eye on amonia and nitrite for next 10-14 days if possible.
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Oh. I've been reading a lot how to heal my flowerhorn and it says the same dose that I put. But, I will do it. Thank you for the advice.
 
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