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Author:  Don the fish feeder [ Nov 4th, '07, 10:09 ]
Post subject:  Worm medications
http://www.loaches.com/disease-treatmen ... chloride-1

link above is to a med I use on my ornamentals.
I buy it as nilvern, a pig and poultry wormer.
It doesn't kill all worm types but in combo with praziquatrel seems to take down most of them.
Anyway cheap and ya a pretty friendly chemical (the levamisole not da prazi)
Author:  janethesselberth [ Nov 4th, '07, 21:12 ]
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Don,
Remember that many of us eat our fish and veg, and wouldn't want strange chemicals in the system. We mainly treat with salt.
Author:  Tony From West Oz [ Nov 4th, '07, 23:11 ]
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Besides, Worms make good fish food, ALIVE.
I wouldn't give any worms killed by a vermicide to my fish.

I would be wary of eating any fish which had eaten vermicide affected worms.
Author:  Don the fish feeder [ Nov 5th, '07, 12:38 ]
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I understand this but there are worms that salt is not going to kill.
I am not talking about killing earthworms!
Parasites eh....
anyway if all seems bad and ya do a gill snip/poo check and under the scope it ya id worms or a necropsy pulls up adults......
well as far as I could see the levamisole-hydrochloride was the safest drug I could think of.
It is a super specific drug, and safe for humans, bacteria, snails, plants and animals. Parasitic worms seem to be the only things affected.
As far as I could think it seemed cheapest safest most effective solution.
how safe I don't know
:)
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