skinny clown loach

[iamsquatty]

i've recently noticed one of my clown loaches looking terribly skinny. he still eats, not as much as usual, but he looks emaciated. i tried to look up information online about it and came across a few sites that mentioned 'skinny disease', some type of internal parasite. i couldnt find any definitive information about how to treat it, though.

all i've read is to treat the loach with maracyn for 10 days and feed him bloodworms, which i feed them on a regular basis anyway. also to put the infected loach in a hospital tank while being treated. would this be the correct way to go about making him better?
he just looks like he is starved. please reply and let me know so i can help to save this little guy. thanks.

--jess--

[iamsquatty]

anyone? im going to be able to go to the pet store today to get something to treat it with, i just need to know if that maracyin is what i need to use...

thanks.

[Emma Turner]

Hi Jess,

You'll need to try and source some Levamisole hydrochloride to treat your loaches for Chronic Wasting Syndrome (a.k.a. skinny disease). There is lots of info available on the loach forums if you do a 'search' for this, and Shari has recently put together an excellent article on this subject, although I am not sure it is available to view as yet.

Good luck,

Emma

[iamsquatty]

that sounds like something you would have to get from a doctor or something....is there not anything i can buy in a store to treat him for it?

[distrbd]

that sounds like something you would have to get from a doctor or something....is there not anything i can buy in a store to treat him for it?

I would try "ANTI-PARASITE" medicated fish food by " Jungle".
Active ingredients:metroniadazole 1.0% ,paraziquantel 0.5% ,levamisole 0.4%.
It was bought at Bigal and seem to be working on my 2 clown loaches which were suffering form skinny disease.