Fish lice... I think
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I wish I would have posted on here earlier.. I tried API general cure it says it will kill fish lice but the ingredients don't have what is needed to cure this, but i didn't know that, that's why I was hoping someone would know what it is, so i can get the right stuff and stop guessing... thanks again
Neither metro nor prazi will deal with fish lice. You need a much stronger med to tackle this. Organophosphates such as trichlorfon are toxic to the parasites. Ring the nearby LFS for pure dimilin.
Personally, way back, I had goldfish with fish lice. I manually removed the parasites with tweezers.
no i was saying the api didn't work and had to get something else.. i know it doesn't work... actually might have made it worse... so I'm starting my new meds today as soon as they come in... they are from jungle labs.. and a couple people have told me they work wonders so i'm going to treat for 4 to 5 weeks to much sure they are all gone... thanks man
on my way and treated with jungle parasite clear tank buddies this morning around 1 and it's 9 now and they are already looking a little better... says to treat for 3 to 5 weeks... so 5 weeks it is... got to be sure but this stuff already look like it's going to do the trick...
thanks lupin... i treated with the jungle labs parasite clear tank buddies... still got to treat for 3 weeks... but put this stuff in last thursday and the last one fell off last night... the fish look a lot better and i don't see any lice on any of the fish anymore... the skin still is a little off color due to the huge amount he had on him... but the looks a lot better not to see things crawling on him... great stuff
Siphon the substrate thoroughly for eggs though.