Treatment of skinny disease (nematodes). Downloadable PDF

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Here's a PDF from the University of Florida aquaculture department. This is a method to treat intestinal nematodes which frequently plague loach species. I also personally recommend a very high protein diet during treatment. Feel free to post comments, questions, or ideas on this thread.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/FA/FA09100.pdf

Excerpt:

For intestinal nematode infections of ornamental
fish, several anthelminthics (dewormers) are
available. Two effective and commonly used
dewormers are fenbendazole and levamisole.
Fenbendazole can only be used as a feed additive at
the rate of 1.14 grams per pound of food fed for three
days, with a repeat treatment in two to three weeks.
Levamisole can be used both in the feed and as a bath
treatment. One effective oral dose is 1.8 grams of
levamisole per pound of food fed once a week for
three weeks. One effective bath treatment dose is 2
ppm (mg/liter) levamisole for 24 hours, with a
repeat treatment in two to three weeks. However, be
sure to consult with a fish health specialist before
commencing any treatment and always follow their
recommendations.
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Good article. I had always recommended both.:iagree:
 
I have pretty good luck with it
 
jmart.cooper;2902261; said:
Does this have good results? I wish I could get the sick ones cheap and try to patch them back up. I just dont have the money to buy ones that are sick and risk them dying.
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Recommend the LFS to treat the loaches and forward them the article but I doubt the LFS would lift a finger for a bottle of med.
 
Where do you guys get levamisole, i've looked everywhere, asked all lfs's and nobody can get it,can't even buy it online,i bought 14 baby loaches a year ago,some died immediately most are growing and look normal and 2 have not grown at all so i suspect parasites,anyone know where i can get levamisole???
 
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i tried google and other search engines,everytime i found someone that sold it the link was dead, don't know how you found that one but i'm grateful, thanks alot,can't wait to try it out and see what happens,Thanks
 
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Good luck. Hope it works out for you.
 
Anyone have any example pics of such "skinny" disease? I have a couple of 4"ish Clown Loaches that look much thinner than their cohorts. They get food all the same.. just don't have the same pot belly like their fellows do.
 
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