Treating plecos with levimasole

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Hmong_xiong
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Treating plecos with levimasole

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Well I bought a bunch of java moss from a local breeder not knowing that the plants carried something extra in the water. Now most of my expensive fish has internal parasites. I was reading online about the dosage. I want to make sure I got this right so I don't kill anything. Is it 5 grams of levamisole for every 100 gallons or is it 1 gram for every 100 gallons? I did a lot of research prior to posting this? Anything I need to know that could be helpful? Thanks!
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Re: Treating plecos with levimasole

Post by dw1305 »

Hi all,
I'd be surprised if your parasites came with the Java Moss, but you can treat internal nematodes like Camallanus in catfish with levamisole at 2mg/l.
<http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... levamisole>

Have a look at "Loaches on-line" from thread <http://www.loaches.com/Members/shari2/l ... chloride-1>.

cheers Darrel
Hmong_xiong
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Re: Treating plecos with levimasole

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Darrel,

Thank you! I treated them successfully today!! No deaths and prior to the fish I never had internal parasites before. I talk to a few people and they also had the same problem I had when buying plants from this breeder.
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