Can general cure cure this..?

[Henry the fish keeper]

Can general cure from api cure skinny disease? Cause if it can I need to buy it immediately cause 90% of my fish die because of it 😭

Edited March 21, 2022 by Henry Li

[WhitecloudDynasty]

On 3/20/2022 at 9:27 PM, Henry Li said:

Can general cure from api cure skinny disease? Cause if it can I need to buy it immediately cause 90% of my fish die because of it 😭

General care is just a dewormer, youll need an antibiotics 

[Henry the fish keeper]

Ok tysm for your help 🙂

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

Though fyi @Henry Li the General Cure package says it DOES treat wasting disease if that's what you mean.

@WhitecloudDynastyis probably only remembering that it has Praziquantel which is a dewormer/anti parasitic BUT it also contains Metronidazole which IS an antibiotic. 

[Henry the fish keeper]

Well maybe. Is skinny disease like or similar to wasting disease..? And if it is not then what is the best medication FOR skinny disease that I can get in petco or petsmart.

Edited March 21, 2022 by Henry Li

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

Henry, I pulled this from the Aquarium Co-op blog post:

 Disease or Skinny Disease

A typical example of wasting disease looks like this: you buy 20 fish and a month later, five of them look very skinny while the rest are acting fine. Eventually those five fish pass away, and then a couple of months later, you notice five more fish are getting thinner and are also starting to die one by one. This type of livebearer disease is usually caused by internal parasites, such as tapeworms or camallanus red worms. The parasites steal nutrients from the fish’s body, causing weight loss and organ damage in the long term.

Tapeworms infest a fish’s digestive system and can cause intestinal blockages. Some symptoms include stringy poop and weight loss, but the disease can be hard to accurately diagnose without examining the feces under a microscope. That’s why we recommend that every fish gets a preventative treatment of ParaCleanse, which contains an antiparasitic drug called metronidazole and a dewormer called praziquantel. Two to three weeks after the initial treatment, you should use another round of ParaCleanse to ensure that all newly hatched eggs are also eliminated.

Tapeworms can be difficult to identify unless you use a microscope to examine the fish's waste.

If ParaCleanse does not stop the wasting disease, you may need to try another kind of dewormer. Fritz Expel-P is very effective for treating roundworms, camallanus red worms, hookworms, and even planaria in your aquarium. While most internal parasites are invisible to the naked eye, camallanus worms are easier to spot since you can visually see small, red worms sticking out of the fish’s anus. Medications like Expel-P that contain the active ingredient of levamisole or flubendazole work by paralyzing the adult worms so that they can be expelled by the fish and removed using an aquarium siphon. Two to three weeks after the initial treatment, dose the tank again with the dewormer to deal with any remaining parasites.

Worms are particularly easy to spread because their eggs are passed through fish waste and livebearers are excellent scavengers that tend to consume infected feces. While worms also affect other species like angelfish, they usually don’t kill them because the parasites are so tiny in comparison to the large cichlids. However, when a guppy or other small livebearer gets infected, they are much smaller in size, and it only takes a few worms to wreak havoc on their health.

And yes, skinny/wasting disease is the same thing, I googled it. 🙃

*****SO YOU CAN BUY GENERAL CURE AS IT HAS THE SAME INGREDIENTS AS PARACLEANSE IF PETCO OR PETSMART DOESN'T HAVE IT*** YAY!

[Henry the fish keeper]

Tysm @xXInkedPhoenixX your advice is gonna safe a lot of my fishes lives.

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

I sure hope so buddy, I don't like it when fish friends die!! Good luck!

[Henry the fish keeper]

🥰

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

OH- And DON'T let the pet store employees talk you into anything else(they try). Just look for these 2 active ingredients metronidazole and praziquantel (or the alternatives as in Expel P -levamisole or flubendazole )

or just one of the 3 meds mentioned in this post. 😁

Edited March 21, 2022 by xXInkedPhoenixX

[Henry the fish keeper]

I just found out that api general cure have both Metronidazole AND Praziquantel if you do not believe me search it up for yourself.

Edited March 21, 2022 by Henry Li

[quikv6]

It does have both...but neither will be effective if it is wasting disease. You would need Levamisole (Expel-P), or other dewormers like Flubendazole or Fenbebdazole.

[WhitecloudDynasty]

My fault I thought I read skin disease, waste away you'll need a dewormer. Most in the market isn't strong enough to clean them out on the first try. Don't forget to follow up to catch the hatching eggs

[Henry the fish keeper]

Ok. And how many doses of general cure should I do.?

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

Follow the General Cure instructions and do another round 2 weeks later. However keep in mind if the illness persists you may need to try Expel P

[Henry the fish keeper]

On 3/24/2022 at 4:21 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said:

Follow the General Cure instructions and do another round 2 weeks later. However keep in mind if the illness persists you may need to try Expel P

I finished the second round of general cure and gonna do the second round 2 weeks later. Although, the disease died down for a while it came back. What should I do? 😭

Edited April 19, 2022 by Henry the fish keeper

[Colu]

On 4/19/2022 at 10:00 PM, Henry the fish keeper said:

I finished the second round of general cure and gonna do the second round 2 weeks later. Although, the disease died down for a while it came back. What should I do? 😭

You need to use a more powerful dewormer such as Fritz Expel p or a medication containing fenbendazole with Expel p you will need to do three courses of treatment over 3 weeks 

Edited April 20, 2022 by Colu

[Henry the fish keeper]

Something I forgot to mention is that after 4 days when i dumped the second bag of general cure it came back.

I will try dosing it again to see if there is any improvenments.

[Henry the fish keeper]

Finished the second dose yesterday and I found out why these fish are getting wasting disease. Today, I saw a weird red worm sticking out of one of the fishes anus. Looks like I have to order Expel-P.

[Henry the fish keeper]

Just curious but can a fish with wasting disease fight it off.