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Old 05-19-2008, 07:33 AM
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Treating IP is a tricky bit of business, you have to suppress the parasite without doing damage to the intestinal flora. Levamisole is nice because it doesn't kill anything, it just paralyzes the intestinal tract so the parasite thinks it is in a dead host and lets go, but it's tough to get. Metronidazole is more dangerous but you can get it from Seachem in a powder that's easy to use.

I don't know what's in the Jungle stuff but I would advise caution either way. Don't do this just because of the sunken belly. Wait to see if you can get the fish to put some weight back on without it.
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