URGENT!!! What should I treat internal parasites with?

[✨Eurobeat✨]

I recently bought 3 guppies, one of them looked a bit skinnier and paler but I didn't think much of it at the time, treated the tank with levamisole anyway because camallanus sucks and often doesn't show symptoms until too late, and is immune to many other meds.

Anyway after the first dosing of levamisole, I checked the tank and noticed the skinny guppy had white stringy poop and clamped pectoral fins against it's body. Not quite sure what kind of internal parasite it has but pretty sure it has one, I'm going to continue levamisole, but since but since different parasites are susceptible to different meds, and iirc levamisole only works on some of them, what could I treat in between levamisole doses(Since you're supposed to treat, then wait between treating again for levamisole)?

Basically what med is recommended for internal parasites.

Preferably snail safe but I can move the snails if necessary, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate very low, ph 6.3, tank size 10 gallons, only other fish is an apisto which I (foolishly) decided to quarantine in the same tank I was quarantining them in and I will be very upset if the apisto catches this disease and dies.

 

[FishNturt808]

I’ve used metroplex with focus, and garlic guard. But that only works if the fish are still eating. Other than that any of the in-water treatments I’ve tried have never been successful

 

[Caesar]

Mix 1 table spoon of pure epsom salt in 500 millilitres of water. Soak fish food with this dilution and it helps clear out internal parasites without harming the fish.

 

[MonsieurLaGrenuoille]

I've little to do with fish deseases but I would not say that this issue must be an internal parasite, it sounds terrible and very dangereous! Perhaps and possibly it is another problem and not that dangereous.

 

[Colin_T]

What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.

Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...

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[✨Eurobeat✨]

Ok so what med should I buy?

 

[Colin_T]

pictures of the fish?

clamped fins are usually caused by poor water quality or something in the water irritating the fish.

if the fish are eating well, they could have tapeworm or thread worms. The levamisole should have dealt with the thread worms but does nothing to tapeworm.

if the fish is only eating a bit, then it might have an internal protozoan infection and Metronidazole is the medication of choice for this.

if the fish has stopped eating and is doing a stringy white poop, it has an internal bacterial infection and there is no real cure.

 

[✨Eurobeat✨]

pictures of the fish?

clamped fins are usually caused by poor water quality or something in the water irritating the fish.

if the fish are eating well, they could have tapeworm or thread worms. The levamisole should have dealt with the thread worms but does nothing to tapeworm.

if the fish is only eating a bit, then it might have an internal protozoan infection and Metronidazole is the medication of choice for this.

if the fish has stopped eating and is doing a stringy white poop, it has an internal bacterial infection and there is no real cure.

The first one died I'm not sure how much it was eating. One of the other guppies(Which was eating fine yesterday) also died. Does Metronidazole treat tapeworm too?

 

[✨Eurobeat✨]

pictures of the fish?

clamped fins are usually caused by poor water quality or something in the water irritating the fish.

if the fish are eating well, they could have tapeworm or thread worms. The levamisole should have dealt with the thread worms but does nothing to tapeworm.

if the fish is only eating a bit, then it might have an internal protozoan infection and Metronidazole is the medication of choice for this.

if the fish has stopped eating and is doing a stringy white poop, it has an internal bacterial infection and there is no real cure.

Cam I treat with MetroPlex and PraziPro at once?

 

[Colin_T]

Does Metronidazole treat tapeworm too?

no

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Cam I treat with MetroPlex and PraziPro at once?

it's not normally recommended to use more than 1 medication at a time.

API General Cure is a fish medication that contains metronidazole and praziquantel