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I have come to the conclusion that my mbu puffer has internal parasites after seeing white stringy pearly poop. I went ahead and purchased Metronidazole and Levamisole Hydrochloride. I was wondering how often I should be soaking his food in it? Is it an everyday thing until his poop clears up?

I also do want to mention that he had ich a few months ago and his skin never fully recovered. I attached some pictures if anyone knows what the cause is. as you can see from his lip he has quite a personality and I want to do whatever I can in my power to try and save him











Temp 82
PH 7.0
Nitrate 5

Try Melafix for his skin.
Soak the food at least 1 hour. You may want to add a garlic clove to enhance taste. Feed only this food for 3-5 days.
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OK I will definitely add a garlic clove to his medicated food, and I'll let it soak for an hour. Also thought it would be worth mentioning that here and there his body is 90 degrees facing the floor. Other than that I wouldn't have guessed he had IPS if I didn't see his poop. After all this is done I will continue with the melafix

It might help more to answer ALL the questions above, in red.