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After two doses: the smallest loach died; one of the big ones that was losing weight is getting better: he is eating like crazy, swimming with the other two, and he now has a normal rounded belly. Must have been worms.

Wow, what a nice thread! Making my way through Ulysses, just passed the dreaded Chapter 8. The biggest problem for me is that if you get distracted, you are lost, go two paragraphs back. But if you manage to stay really present, it is pretty neat.

Note for historical purposes: added NT Labs treatment on March, 28th; the smallest loach still looks like death, but I caught him aggressively attacking a snail that I forgot to remove before treatment. The snail is still alive although the manual says the medication will kill snails.

Ok, I ordered the NT Labs one and I will start with it. I found your reply in another thread where you recommended flubendazole. Sounds promising. Dehinel (dog wormer) contains praziquantel 50mg, febantel 150 mg, and pyrantel embonate 144 mg per pill. The manual says it's efficient against...

Hi, thanks for replying! Dehinel plus is the praziquantel-based dog dewormer I can easily find here: https://medicines.health.europa.eu/veterinary/en/600000041300 (contains praziquantel + 2 dewormers I don't know) I also looked for flubendazole based medications and found this from NT Labs...

Hello Fishlore, I feel pretty incompetent and need some community help. In a nutshell (detailed sad saga below): over the past few months, a few fish died with similar symptoms that look like a worm infection. Now I see the symptoms in my favorite clown loaches and I want to save them...

That's hilarious, I understood how they eat: when I feed them, the smallest one would venture out. Then he would grab the biggest tangle of bloodworms and dart back to the driftwood carrying his prey. And there the remaining three would go for the tangle of worms their little brother just...

Thanks! They came out at evening feeding time yesterday, so I think there is some progress already and I'm now sure they are not starving in the driftwood. Blacking out the sides of the tank is a great idea, will do that. They are probably not ok with how much of movement they suddenly see...

Thanks for sharing! Love the photo, they are posing like a rock band. I'll try to give them bug bites The biggest one in my group also changes color: sometimes its more orange and brown than black and white. I agree, it must be related to the hierarchy. I once saw it fighting with one of the...

Hi all! I read a few similar threads here and I guess I mostly need reassurance. A few days ago, I moved my fish from a small tank I got them in to a 90 gal (350L) tank (cycled, planted, no nitrites, very little nitrates). There are now 4 corys, 5 neon tetras, and 4 clown loaches (2-2,5...

An update: while I was treating ich, my 90 gal magically finished cycling. So now everyone has been evicted from the small tank and moved to the large one. Neon tetras and corys look good, loaches are permanently hiding which makes me worried, but this belongs to a separate post. I will...

Thanks for the advice! I think it was always there in the small tank, because I made no additions that could transfer ich. Yes, the size is very, very wrong, hence the 90g. Thanks! I do consider moving them early once I get rid of ich. Clearly they are even less okay in that 5g than I...

Hi all! About a month ago I adopted a tiny crowded tank (20L/5Gal) from a guy who was moving overseas. He had zero experience with fishkeeping, so did I. The tank contains 5 neon tetras, 4 corys, and 4 clown loaches (which I mistook for tiger barbs - huge facepalm). I educated myself a lot...