Intestinal parasite!!! Best meds?

Karackle · 04-15-2008, 09:45 AM

Well, I recently posted about fungus on the eyes of 2 of my fish, they have been QT'd and are doing well. I noticed that they had stringy white poop but thought it was from not eating very much while their fungus was being cured. This morning as I was leaving for work though I noticed one of my guppies has the same thing! I did a little research/searching and found out this is most likely a sign of intestinal parasites. My question is what have people found is the most effective way to treat this? I've read about using garlic? does anyone know about this? Or i hear jungle makes medicated food? and/or tablets? I've read about other meds as well. What would people recommend? So far everyone is still eating.

My tank parameters:
20g High, well planted
Penguin Biowheel filter
78-80*F
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 5-10
3 Neon tetras, 3 glo-light tetras, 3 zebra danios, 3 female bettas, 2 guppies, 3 mollies (2 are in QT for fungus), 1 blue dwarf gourami, 1 clown pleco.

Thanks in advance!

carriej · 04-15-2008, 04:36 PM

Don't have much time to post -- just thought I'd mention I have had lots of success with minced garlic (like actual garlic you can buy at a grocery store) just a little though, it don't take much, just as long as everyone gets some.

Tommy Gun · 04-15-2008, 07:51 PM

I second carriej's thoughts on garlic; it has quite a few benifits and I use a garlic soak at least once a week for both my FW and SW fishes. I am not really sure if I want to vouch for it as being the best 'cure' out there but would definitely say that it is a great preventative measure and to be honest, judging solely from what you have said so far - primarily the part where you aren't absolutely sure what the problem might be - I think garlic would be a good first step for you especially if you are using other medications for the fungus on those 2 fish. Otherwise, the key with internal problems would definitely be finding a way to get the fish to ingest the medicine versus treating the water since it would be hard to know how much medicine they would be 'drinking'.

Karackle · 04-15-2008, 11:37 PM

Great! Thanks for the responses! I haven't seen any signs of white poop again yet today so I think i'll start with the garlic and see what happens

I cook with it all the time so i have the fresh garlic and garlic press ready to go!

Thanks again

Wyapit · 05-02-2008, 02:27 PM

How much garlic should be used? I am having similar problems with my fish tank.