Need to restock my medicine cabinet - feedback?

[Sinister-Kisses]

After receiving a badly beaten fish in a shipment a couple weeks ago who developed fungus on his torn dorsal fin, I had to dive into my stash of on-hand medications for the first time in ages. Basically everything I have, is now expired - some like 2 years ago, some like 6 months ago. I rarely actually need medications for my fish, but not having them when I do need them is a pain, because the ONLY thing I can get easily in town is salt (which I do always have on hand regardless, and is usually my first go-to item when something is off anyway).

Trouble is, I'm in Canada, so our idiot government has now banned basically EVERY useful medication out there. There's a chance I might be able to order some items from the US and have them shipped here - there's always a chance they could be checked at the border crossing and confiscated, but there's a chance they'll actually make it through too. But I have to be prepared to totally lose money spent if they happen to get swiped at the border.

So I'm shopping around on Amazon Canada and Amazon US to see what I have access to here, and hopefully access to from the US. Given I haven't needed to use meds very often in a very long time, trying to sort out what I should have vs. something similar so I don't need both, etc., is a bit overwhelming. Hoping to get some help on "must have" items to have in place that should assist with most general, likely to occur issues in my tanks.

From Amazon Canada, so I definitely would receive (no chance it would be confiscated), items that I've had in the past or seem potentially useful are:

Methylene Blue
Malachite Green
Fritz Maracyn Oxy
Fritz Expel-P
Fritz ParaCleanse
Seachem Polyguard

From Amazon US, which I may or may not actually receive:

Hikari PraziPro
Seachem Kanaplex
Seachem Metroplex
API General Cure

 

[kno4te]

I’d suggest the kanaplex, metro, expel-p and prazipro. That should cover you really well.

 

[Sinister-Kisses]

Pretty much what I was thinking, but - three out of four of those, are ones coming from the US. So they MIGHT not actually arrive.

Given I can get Fritz Paracleanse in Canada, which from the website is a combination of metro and prazi anyway, would ordering the Paracleanse INSTEAD of Metroplex and PraziPro do the same thing?

 

[kno4te]

Metro and prazipro are different and for different sickness. But salt baths could substitute for the prazipro.

 

[Sinister-Kisses]

Yes, I know they are, but sometimes a dose of both is warranted and the better route. But I suppose it's probably better to TRY to get Metroplex and PraziPro from the US, and just use Paracleanse as a plan b if the box doesn't make it across the border.

 

[phreeflow]

Given your situation, I’d get from Canada:
malachite green
Paracleanse
Expel P

From US:
Kanaplex…if they allow it.

Should cover most things