Originally Posted by
brewmaster15
Cleaning the tank with bleach or pp will remove parasites..10% bleach would work...pp at greater than 6 pp (With no fish) would work as well. But neither method addresses the encysted forms In the fish Itself. With internal parasites like this... sterilizing the tank is not really going to help much.
Honestly I think that it would be overkill to bleach or high pp a tank because fish in it may have Hexamita. Metronidazole used properly combined with a healthy immune system (from an excellent water quality,food, care ) are probably all you need.
Lastly,Its been my experience that most people that think they have fish with hexamita don't even know that for sure. Its a guess based on general symptoms....symptoms like loss of appetite,stringy whitish feces, hanging in the corner,facing the back of the tank,darkened and hiding...these symptoms may mean Hexamita but they also are symptoms of many other issues and illnesses. Often times a best guess is all we have to go on....but a best guess isnt a diagnosis.
Hth,
al