Hi, I wonder if someone can give me some advice for my panduros. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that my male panduro was spitting out his food. I also later observed his feces were pale and stringy. From the information I pieced together on this forum, I concluded he had internal parasites and that I should treat with Metronidazole. Because I couldn’t catch him and on the advice of the guy at my LFS, I treated the whole 55 gallon tank. I used 1500 mg Metronidazole/day for 7 days with a 10% water change each treatment. The fish just got worse each day. Increasingly, it became difficult for him to breathe. I put in an airstone and helped support him at the surface with a plastic strainer as he became weaker. The guy at my LFS said I had a resistant strain of bug and to isolate the fish from the others, which I did. He finally died. I stopped treating the main tank with the Metronidazole 6 days ago, but this evening I noticed two of the panduros are spitting out their food and I can see that one has pale stringy feces. Any suggestions on how to treat this? Should I go to a higher dosage of Metronidazole or try something else?
I appreciate any suggestions.
I appreciate any suggestions.