Re: Flubendazole

[Charles n Sue Harrison <csharrison at inkmaker_net>]

Gary, where did you get the Flubendazole? are you sure it is Flubendazole?

Charles H

>From: MDelra at aol_com
>Subject: Re: eliminating Hydra, Heximita, Velvet, Ick and Glugea
>
>Hi All, I thought that I would chime in on the use of meds. It may be
>possible that Gary"s fish are suffering from gill parasites, or blood
>flagellets. Alot of your experiences seem to be with the hydra, and
>preventative treatments for newly arriving fish. Once the outward signs show
>up, there is not much that will work on gill parasites and blood flagellets.
>Once the gills have been damaged to the extent that the fish is hollowing or
>gets fin rot in the exremeties, the med will often exacerbate the problem by
>destroying gill tissue even faster. If Gary's fish had blood flagellets, he
>would have been better off letting live brine shrimp soak up the med after
>being rinsed in freshwater.  When I was in the commercial end of the
>business. I used to use a similair med called,flagyl. Metronidazole was the
>actual name. I always saved Lebaco's wild cardinals with the stuff. It almost
>always worked on Dolphin's stuff from Asia wich was always nasty by the time
>it got to Columbus,Ohio. Sometimes piperizine will clean out a fish. Another
>med used with food. Maybe Gary's fish that are doing well may have some of
>the early symptoms. So, I ask: What were the fish behaving like before you
>treated them and what are your other fish doing now? Mark Delraso
>
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