How To Treat – Metro can be found as a stand-alone drug (e.g. We realized that we haven’t been around much on the YouTube scene, but it’s been crazy around here, and we want to thank all our customers for making it that way.All the new zoos that are now purchasing discus from us. Once metronidazole comes in contact with water, it’s alive or active for eight hours exactly. API GENERAL CURE Freshwater and Saltwater Fish Powder Medication 10-Count Box. Human Metronidazole powders and tablets are not so water soluble and without using proper excipients and/or solvents, it is very unlikely that the drug will be effective, unless it is used in a medicated food. Metronidazole (MNZ) is a very popular and effective antiprotozoal medication in aquarium and ornamental fish industry which is used to treat a vast variety and range of both internal and external protozoan infections and parasites (not worms) in discus and other tropical fish. Thanks again for your reply.If you can find someone that sells Sera medicaitons, they have a range that might be of assitance to you: We’re hoping that this video helps you guys out. We just put them on a paper towel, and thaw them out, and then sprinkle the metronidozole on top, and you’ll see how it’s done. It’s not going to destroy your biological, so I don’t need any text messages or emails or anything like that, it’s going to go specifically after , and that’s what we want to wipe out. Now what we’re going to do is we’re going to put them on a paper towel. Flagyl is mostly used to treat different kinds of flagellates and Internal protozoan parasites such as hexamita, external protozoan infections like Spironucleus which causes hole in the head & head and lateral line disease , Anaerobic bacterial infections, digestive and intestinal disorders, and etc.Before I go over Flagyl dosage, administration, and frequency, I would have to say that It really depends on circumstances and can vary case by case. Metronidazole is used to treat bacterial infections of the vagina, stomach or intestines, liver, skin, joints, brain, heart, and respiratory tract.. Metrogel (topical metronidazole) is also used to treat rosacea, a skin condition. I'm not certain that they ship to Australia but it wouldn't hurt to check.Well I decided to go to a vet this afternoon to try my luck there. 10 day treatment, that’s it. I appreciate the education. Now, if your fish stop eating altogether, and they’re just thinning out, and you can usually tell. By the way, there is no consensus among researchers, breeders, hobbyists, ornamental fish distributors, and etc and that is why there are so many different doses and administration routes for Metronidazole. When you boost the temperature to 86 or 88 in the fish tank, what ends up happening is you speed up their metabolic rate. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.I am getting another tank, a 180 lt tank (hopefully this is not the start of Lol!! This basically now becomes a medicated food that you can give your fish. A short length of airline tubing can be added to tip to increase reach on very large fish. Because is very, very bitter, and if you put too much of it, there’s a chance they may not want to eat it.Just so you know, that’s actually more than enough. I’m going to take some of these wild pellets from Tropical. Seachem Metroplex) will not get absorbed by the fish’s gastrointestinal tract, thus making both excellent antibiotics to soak in food to treat internal infections ( more info ). Take that information and let it sink in, because I’m seeing a lot of guys making up three, four or five pounds of fish food and adding the metronidazole right in. Metronidazole is an antibiotic that fights bacteria. All right, it sounds funny, but I don’t want the DEA over here. When using 100% metronidazole powder, I dose 500 mg for every 20-40 gallons (80-160 liters).I typically start on the low end (500 mg per 40 gals), and then ramp it up to 500 mg per 20 gals by the 3rd or 4th dose. Now, this is provided that they are eating. So, why do fish get Hexamita, or internal parasites?Basically because their immune system weakens, just like we catch colds, it’s very common. Thread starter #1 BeanFish Well Known. Lots of bacterial infections but not parasites. One will be into the beef heart, the other one will be into the dry food if you want to.