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I have been treating for nematodes for a while, but they keep coming back.

Everyone suggests levamisole but I am not sure I can get it here in the US without a prescription. Maybe a farming supply store?

I have tried all sorts of Jungle products and Piperizine...In food and in the water.

Any advice? I have already lost 2 gold rams, one of my favorites--a keyhole, and an angel.

I have successfully treated for camallanus worms (a type of nematode) with levamisole - definitely try to get some!

I buy it at a feed store (I live in rural NH). They sell these big yellow tablets for sheep. I crush the tablets and dose by weight. I have treated the whole tank (a QT tank won't work since they have a substrate-dwelling phase) with no ill effects to plants, fish, or inverts. Seems like pretty safe stuff.

I am sure you could mail order some levamisole from a farm supply place if you cannot find it locally. I tried getting a vet to sell me some but they would not dispense livestock meds for use on fish.

I can look up the dosage (g/gal) for you if you manage to find some.

I have located some nearby at an Agway!

Very cool.

What dose do you recommend. It seems all over the place on the web....

Thanks again!

Jen beat me responding.
Thanks!
We have Panacure at the store, also.

mmmm....letssee.....
I used the sheep pills, so hopefully what you have has a similar concentration of active ingredient.

1) Dose 10mg/liter (0.038gram/gal) into the water column
This will not harm your filter
2) Leave in for 2 days.
3) Do a massive water change (50-70%) with a good gravel vacuuming to _ up any loose larvae/cysts)
4) Repeat twice more to make sure you get all the generations. This is why they tend to come back - generations still in the substrate stage of development are not affected by the drug, so you need to keep treating over the course of a week (or even two weeks sometimes) to get them all.

good luck! I now automatically treat new rams and angels....the parasite is so common these days.