RE: It's a matter of Breeding

["Pollowy, Richard" <rpollowy@INTEGRACAP.com>]

Does anyone know how to obtain Levamisole Hydrochloride in the Toronto
area.  There don't seem to be any tropical fish vets out there and you
need a prescription to obtain some.  
Most annoying!

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ken Laidlaw [SMTP:K.Laidlaw@roe.ac.uk]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 15, 1998 3:14 AM
> To:	apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject:	Re: It's a matter of Breeding
> 
> 
> > Your diagnosis seems right. As Erik mentioned, piperazine (available
> > also for aquarium use from, if I am not wrong, Aquatronics) is one
> > choice.
> 
> For nematodes this was unaffective in my experience.  I'm 
> sure piperazine will kill them but I think my difficulty 
> was getting the correct doseage into the fish.
> 
> > Another simple approach is to use Fluke-Tabs, one tablet/10 gal only
> > once (repeted treatments or higher doses may not be well tolerated.
> 
> I also tried Fluke Tabs which I bought while on business in 
> the US.  They did not work and caused terrible trauma for 
> the few catfish (Peckoltia, Corydoras) that I had in the 
> tank.
> 
> In the end the Levamisole Hydrochloride worked a treat.
> 
> Regards,
> Ken.
> 
> 
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