Wasting disease / Sunken Belly

[quikv6]

Hello all,

     I have a juvenile platy who is showing visible signs of wasting disease. She has a sunken belly, and rests on the bottom most of the time. She comes up for food, but she always spits it out. I have tried multiple foods (bloodworms, brine shrimp, daphnia, flake, etc), all soaked in Garlic Guard. All spit out, though there is eager interest in trying them.

As far as meds:

The platy has been treated a full course w/General Cure, and two full courses with Levamisole. There is also some salt (about 1 TBSP per 5 gallons) in the hospital tank.

I have not seen any improvement, or ability to swallow food. I am hanging onto hope, since there still appears to be a drive to eat. Any ideas?

All help is appreciated. Thank you.

 

 

 

Edited July 14, 2021 by quikv6

[Guppysnail]

You could try paracleanse as it is a different med that treats for different parasitic worms from my understanding.  What I hear is if paracleanse doesn’t work people switch to levamisole. 

[Colu]

I would do another course of general cure or paracleanse if it's wasting disease  your fish has as the recommended treatment is praziquantel and metronidazole active ingredient in general cure and paracleanse

[quikv6]

Thanks folks. I'll do another course of General Cure/Paracleanse.