How To Treat For Internal Parasites In Your Fish Part 1! Medicate The Food! KGTropicals!

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[killswit]

finally a video that explains the process, and just how it's done thanks John.

[kimsotus]

Thank you for taking us through that entire routine. It helped build more confidence (and knowledge) for doing fish care.

[tommyknockerparanormalinc]

Thank you so much! I just pulled all my fish out of a pond outside that was too shallow for winter, and they are flashing and sitting on the bottom not swimming so I know they are all full of parasites. Frogs were in the pond.
This is sooo helpful!

[HalfManHalfCichlid]

As a biologist and 25 years with African cichlids, I am very interested in the results of your experiments.  Hexamita as we know is the major contributor towards Malawi bloat.  Sometimes the fish bloat, sometimes they become emaciated.  In my experience once in shows up, the parasites have already done irreversible damage to the internal organs of the fish.  Recovery is infrequent with medications and there is generally lasting fish issues such as emaciation, and general weakness.  This is why prevention has to be of upmost importance.  For me this means Epsom salts, no krill or bloodworms in the diet, using a metro infused fish food, and mixing vegetable pellets into their diets.

[redjack]

I use pellets soaked in Metro and it's been a very effective treatment as long as you catch problems early and your fish are eating. I know Seachem is probably a sponsor but that Metroplex is so expensive compared to pure metro powder, if you have to actually treat a tank the cost can really add up fast. I've also had to treat colonies so rather than just treat the food I needed to take action swiftly and just treat the tank. Thank you for doing these videos, they may save someone some heartache.

[candle_woodbetta]

John, Great job with these videos. I'm not a Technical guy so i respect simple and straight to the point. I've been learning a lot so when it comes time to buy I'm going to you first Keep up the fantastic work Thank you for sharing your knowledge it's appreciated

[josephzimmerman]

Anyone know the answers to these questions

How long do you feed the medicated food for?
How often do you use the Epsom Salt
How much epsom salt per gallon?
Has anyone done this with anything other than frozen blood worms?

[mikeem]

Can we please get an updated video I can’t find any of the products you used at any pet store around me, big box and local shops

[kyleharms]

Just lost a fish to a parasite today. Wish I would have found this vid sooner

[peterschulties]

Parasites drop eggs as part of their life cycle. Nobody ever addresses this. So pulling 1 sick fish out and treating it may not do any good for the rest of the tank. Plus if their is 1 sick fish how do you know for sure none of the tankmates are infected but not showing signs yet?

[annemieke]

My dwarf gourami died, he had a parasite called Hexamita. My fish actually had a swollen stomach. My Aguaculturist specialises in ornamental fish diseases. He opened up my fish and saw the parasites under a microscope.. I am lucky enough to have a specialist in the field in my neighbourhood..

[preedie]

I don't know if you are reading this @KGTropicals but ur simplistic explaining is whats got me stuck on to your channel. You are amazing at sharing knowledge. God bless u and the missus 🖤

[BenOchart]

This was great John! Looking forward to part 2.

[Bobbystilz]

Is Garlic Guard safe for Vampire Plecos?

[kerrypitt]

Thank you so much for this! I have watched Cory treat all of his incoming fish in quarantine which is what I am going to do. I went and purchased most of the meds I felt I would need, but deworming was iffy, so many different types. I appreciate your direction and information, thanks again!!

[rdvd]

John have you done an update for this video yet how did the fish turn out

[dinyking]

Thanks John on being precise with the treatment.

[allisonbehringer]

Great video... maybe my favorite! I've been waiting for someone to do a real step by step series on diagnosing and medicating - two challenging things to do with the gazillion articles out there, not to mention package directions that confuse the hell out of me! Thank you!

[irfanaziz]

Can i use pellets instead of bloodworm

[DC-jibc]

What is your HONEST opinion on Ron’s medicated fish food?

It list a long list of targeted sickness it will treat. Internal and external problems.

What’s your view on this?