orac Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I am treating a female saulosi with Octozin (from Waterlife) at the moment. What are the best and cost effective treatments for bloat? I have heard of clout (never seen it) and metronidazole. Ad Konings back to nature book mentions a human medicine called Fragyl. Anyone got any experience with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orac Posted January 31, 2004 Author Share Posted January 31, 2004 Did some web searching. Everyone was talking about metronidazole. Sounds like Fragyl is a prescription medicine which rules it out as a source. There was one claim it is cheaper from a vet than the LFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chorrylan Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 hi, I thought Octozin contained metronidazol but there's no way to confirm this as they don't tell you the ingredients. Flagyl is a tradename for pharmaceutical grade metronidazol. Usually sold in tablet form by chemists or vets. Apparently it's commonly prescribed for human usage but I haven't found a vet in these parts who knows anything about fish diseases. If you do find a vet in the are with sufficient awareness of malawi bloat and fish diseases generally that they're willing to try/prescribe/sell flagyl I'd really like to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Hi guys, There is a very recent post on PCS forum with good info. about this. Sorry I don't know how to do the link, but the post was by Mazimbwe and refers to a "fish specialist". Hope this helps. merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentro Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 I have purchased flaggyl or metronidazole from All Creature Vets at Calwell. It is commonly used in treating discus for intestonial worms and is especially useful if they are off there food. For treating bloat I would stick to octozin as I have seen some good results from it's use if treated as per directions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orac Posted February 6, 2004 Author Share Posted February 6, 2004 Thanks for the replies. I'll have a look at All Creature Vets next time I am down south. Prevention is better than cure of course. I suspect the heat may have introduced a little stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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