levamisole dosage

[grelot]

anybody know what is a correct dosage for treating with pure levamisole powder in the water??

thank you

[brewmaster15]

Quote:
For intestinal nematode infections of ornamental fish, several anthelminthics (dewormers) are available. Two effective and commonly used dewormers are fenbendazole and levamisole. Fenbendazole can only be used as a feed additive at the rate of 1.14 grams per pound of food fed for three days, with a repeat treatment in two to three weeks. Levamisole can be used both in the feed and as a bath treatment. One effective oral dose is 1.8 grams of levamisole per pound of food fed once a week for three weeks. One effective bath treatment dose is 2 ppm (mg/liter) levamisole for 24 hours, with a repeat treatment in two to three weeks. However, be sure to consult with a fish health specialist before commencing any treatment and always follow their recommendations.
http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/...matodes6.shtml (http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/disease_medications/internal/nematodes6.shtml)

[grelot]

thank you Al

I had seen that text before but I wanted to be certain that it was still was is up to date.
Some treatement like metro have changed their dosage through the years so I wanted to be sure that this dosage is still the way to use it.

Thank you

[grelot]

ok I finally found a place to buy pure levamisole.

The guy there asked me what I wanted to treat and I explained him and told him about the dosage that you mentionned.
He answered me that he had never been successfull against capillarias with such a low dosage so he suggested me to do 10mg per liters treatments and to repeat this 3 times separated by 10 days each time.

How does that sound to you??? this is a lot more than what is suggested here, anybody ever tried this dosage???

he also suggested flubendazole and febedazole, what do you think of those 2 drugs??? he said flubendazole could be used as a bath also.

need your advice as I dont know what to think of all this