Concentration for Soaking Food in Meds?

[TPIRman]

I'm currently treating one of my fish for internal parasites. I have read in archived threads and in other places that it is best to administer meds by soaking food in the medication before feeding it to the fish. I'm especially trying to follow the advice from this article that was referenced in a past AC thread. It talks about using metronidazole to cure internal parasites.

I got some Internal Parasite Guard from Jungle at the LFS (which didn't have the crystalline, pure form of metronidazole made by Seachem). Metronidazole is one of the active ingredients in IPG, but it also contains salt and acriflavin. Because these other ingredients are in there, I'm at a loss as to what concentration the food-soaking solution should be. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
John

 

[aquariumfishguy]

Sorry, I'm not much help with the question your asking but I do know there is some foods you can get with medicine already in it. Actually, there are many food options/choices and none of the medicinal foods are expensive either, but they do cost more than regular foods.

HTH

 

[Leopardess]

Pepso food works great if the fish are small. Its "betta - sized" bites, I'd say. And is meant to be fed to cure the internal nasties. You can also use it 1 a week thereafter to help "ward off" further infections. It's not harmful so it's not a problem. My bettas LIKE to eat it

What I would do, in addition to treating the water with an internal parasite med is use garlic. It is not only an appetite enhancer but it can help rid a fish of internal parasites. I'd suggest soaking the food in the juice that comes in the jars of minced garlic. Or you can rub garlic on it if you don't have any jarred/minced kinds.

I've had good results using that Jungle Internal Parasite guard on rainbowfish, neons, and dwarf gouramis.