HelplessNewbie Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Is this goat fenbendazole liquid safe for fish? The powder ones are 222mg/g. This one is 125mg/ml. If okay for fish, am I right that should I use slightly less than double liquid vs the usual dosage for powder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 @Colu I’m just thinking why the hell you’d put goat médecine in an aquarium when there’s some perfectly good fish meds around. 😶 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 You can use the dog dewormer Panacur c this is @Odd Duckrecommends treating with fenbendazole @HelplessNewbie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelplessNewbie Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 9:49 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: @Colu I’m just thinking why the hell you’d put goat médecine in an aquarium when there’s some perfectly good fish meds around. 😶 I calculated the powder Panacur-X or similar dog dewormers cost $1.75 per 1g application (222 mg/g concentration), while this liquid goat dewormer (also fenben) costs $0.58 per application (2ml at 125mg/ml concentration). The powder is 3x cost of the liquid, for the same efficacy. That is, if the liquid is safe for fish. Also, I want to consider using liquid since the powder requires further grinding and a lot of shaking in a small amount of water prior to use, else the powder just stays like a weird foam on the water surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 4:03 PM, HelplessNewbie said: I calculated the powder Panacur-X or similar dog dewormers cost $1.75 per 1g application (222 mg/g concentration), while this liquid goat dewormer (also fenben) costs $0.58 per application (2ml at 125mg/ml concentration). The powder is 3x cost of the liquid, for the same efficacy. That is, if the liquid is safe for fish. Also, I want to consider using liquid since the powder requires further grinding and a lot of shaking in a small amount of water prior to use, else the powder just stays like a weird foam on the water surface. From what I can see the only ingredient is fenbendazole so that should be fine to use just remember it's extremely toxic to shrimp and snails 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelplessNewbie Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 11:56 AM, Colu said: From what I can see the only ingredient is fenbendazole so that should be fine to use just remember it's extremely toxic to shrimp and snails Thank you for confirming! Will use in quarantine for fish only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted November 6, 2023 Administrators Share Posted November 6, 2023 I have used it, but I never got to finish testing, which is quite involved. I was trying to find a great dosage that would work, and not kill snails/shrimp. However I didn't get far enough to really be able to recommend anything to the public. But I was having some success with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 They used to have this available. It seems like it's much less available these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelplessNewbie Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 11/6/2023 at 4:35 PM, Cory said: I have used it, but I never got to finish testing, which is quite involved. I was trying to find a great dosage that would work, and not kill snails/shrimp. However I didn't get far enough to really be able to recommend anything to the public. But I was having some success with it. Thank you, Cory. Good to know you have tried it! I don't have an abundance of inverts, so I am not going to chance it with them in our display tanks. I have some ricefish and pygmy cory I will proactively treat with the goat fenben while in qt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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