Parasite treatments

[black_sun]

Are there any parasite treatments that DON'T have any form of copper in them? I need to potentially treat a tank, but it's an invert tank and the copper in the medications I'm finding would kill them all. And if they're aren't, are there any other methods to kill off a parasitic worm?

 

[DavidZ]

Look at Jungle parasite foods.

 

[Lupin]

What parasite for instance do you have currently?

 

[msjinkzd]

I agree, is it an external parasite or internal? What are the symptoms? Anyway to isolate hte inverts for treatment?

 

[mostlycichlids]

If it is internal parasites you can use medicated food dipped in multivitamins.

 

[black_sun]

What parasite for instance do you have currently?

I actually don't know. I had a crayfish that had a breach in it's carapace (at all layers) which most likely became the entry point for the parasite. That aside, I noticed a large worm entrenched in the wound and subsequently euthanized that crayfish because of the parasite and the amount of damage. However, I am afraid that they're might be other infected fish or crayfish and that maybe the tank might have been infected (I've since cleaned the tank out a 100% and moved all inhabitants to quarantine tanks), and I need something that can treat them (and with the copper issue, I need something without it).

I, unfortunately, didn't think to save the crayfish for dissection to locate the parasite but from sketches and verbal description most people I've talked to seem to think it some kind of Fluke worm. Blewck.

 

[Lupin]

I moved your thread here to gather more information from invertebrates enthusiasts. Good luck.

 

[black_sun]

Thanks, Lupin!