I originally made a post in the health and disease section about this but got nothing other than "post a pic" which isn't possible because I don't own a camera. Keep in mind this is a copy and paste.
As of right now my fish doesn't have the typical signs of hexamita, she eats like a pig, no stringy white poop and behaves normal but the HITH is just getting worse. I'm on my third day of soaking food in epsom salt and I just bought some Metro earlier. I also did a 25% WC yesterday. According to the directions one bottle (3.4 oz.) treats 100 gallons. I have no problem doing the daily WC but a bottle a day for 5-7 days? Christ that's going to cost an arm and a leg.
Directions: (Bath) As a bath treatment use Metro+ for metronidazole-susceptible microbial diseases of marine and freshwater aquarium and pond fishes (e.g. hold-in-the-head and lateral-line erosion), use 1 capful per 10 gallons of water. Partial or complete water changes must be made prior to the beginning of treatment and every 24 hours thereafter, followed by re-treatment. Repeat the treatment ever 24 hours for 5 to 7 days or until mortalities cease or healing of lesions occurs. If improvement is not noted within three days, discontinue treatment and consider other therapy. (Oral) For systemic (internal) infections can be fed mixed with fish food. Contact Hikari, or refer to the product data sheet, for complete instructions on preparing, storing and using feed medicated with Metro+.
As of right now my fish doesn't have the typical signs of hexamita, she eats like a pig, no stringy white poop and behaves normal but the HITH is just getting worse. I'm on my third day of soaking food in epsom salt and I just bought some Metro earlier. I also did a 25% WC yesterday. According to the directions one bottle (3.4 oz.) treats 100 gallons. I have no problem doing the daily WC but a bottle a day for 5-7 days? Christ that's going to cost an arm and a leg.
Directions: (Bath) As a bath treatment use Metro+ for metronidazole-susceptible microbial diseases of marine and freshwater aquarium and pond fishes (e.g. hold-in-the-head and lateral-line erosion), use 1 capful per 10 gallons of water. Partial or complete water changes must be made prior to the beginning of treatment and every 24 hours thereafter, followed by re-treatment. Repeat the treatment ever 24 hours for 5 to 7 days or until mortalities cease or healing of lesions occurs. If improvement is not noted within three days, discontinue treatment and consider other therapy. (Oral) For systemic (internal) infections can be fed mixed with fish food. Contact Hikari, or refer to the product data sheet, for complete instructions on preparing, storing and using feed medicated with Metro+.
