Tropical Fish Medication and Directions

Below are medication usage guides for common aquarium fish treatments used at Discus Madness. Click any image to enlarge it.

Erythromycin

Used to treat bacterial infections including fin rot, dropsy, ulcers, eye infections, and gill infections.

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Fenbendazole

Broad-spectrum antiparasitic used for worms, flukes, protozoans, and internal parasites.

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Ivermectin

Effective antiparasitic used against flukes, worms, skin parasites, mites, and lice.

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Metronidazole

Used for protozoan and anaerobic bacterial infections including Hexamita and hole-in-the-head disease.

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Oxytetracycline

Broad-spectrum antibiotic used for bacterial infections including fin rot, columnaris, and gill infections.

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Potassium Permanganate

Oxidizing bath treatment used for fungal infections, bacterial infections, and external parasites.

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Praziquantel

Anti-parasitic medication used for flukes, tapeworms, gill flukes, and skin flukes.

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Methylene Blue

Safe antiseptic and antiparasitic treatment used for fungal infections, external parasites, gill flukes, and bacterial infections.

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