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doc_siddhu Frequent Visitor to IAH

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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject: Need help with FISH LICE( ARGULUS) |
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small 125 gallon pond.
are mostly attached to my 2 koi fish or are free swimming. other fish are mollies mostly and about 50 juvenile mollies. they seem to be fine
i cant find any specific medications for Argulus in hyderabad LFS.
i tried 4 different medications over a month. they always keep coming back.
looks like the medicines didnt work on the eggs or juvies.
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i thought tetracycline drugs will work on them. i added some to a few lice seperated in a glass and guess what happened. every fking one of the lice started laying eggs(almost immediately) in the glass. LOL
WHERE CAN I BUY POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE / ORGANOPHOSPHATES ? (I mean which kind of stores?) |
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Pruthvigd IAH New Member

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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Need help with FISH LICE( ARGULUS) |
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You can get Potassium permanganate in medical Stores |
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doc_siddhu Frequent Visitor to IAH

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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: Need help with FISH LICE( ARGULUS) |
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ive just seperated the 2 koi fish into my bath tub and im going to manually remove those suckers. |
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DJ_Rocky Committed Member of IAH

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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: Need help with FISH LICE( ARGULUS) |
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OCEAN FREE Anchor Worm & Fish Lice works very effectively for above problem. |
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Yogesh Moderator

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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: Re: Need help with FISH LICE( ARGULUS) |
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Not sure if PP will help for lice treatment.
Best medicine to get is Dimilin (you will get it at any Vet medicine store). |
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Severumkid Committed Member of IAH

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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: Need help with FISH LICE( ARGULUS) |
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What is the dosage of dimilin? Is it in solid or liquid state? Is there any other alternatives for the problem? Fishes from Chennai are coming with buy one get hundreds free offer now a days. 1 fish and hundreds of lice.  |
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Yogesh Moderator

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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Need help with FISH LICE( ARGULUS) |
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Severumkid wrote (View Post):
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What is the dosage of dimilin? Is it in solid or liquid state? Is there any other alternatives for the problem? Fishes from Chennai are coming with buy one get hundreds free offer now a days. 1 fish and hundreds of lice.
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This thread should help.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3442342 |
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doc_siddhu Frequent Visitor to IAH

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Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: Need help with FISH LICE( ARGULUS) |
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can dried tubifex worms be a source for the fish lice ?
their eggs etc in the tubifex ?
(i stopped feeding the tubifex now)
or i dint notice the lice when i bought the fish ??? (i did look for them though.they seemed fine.) |
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