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I have heard that some people have had success treating
NTD with broad spectrum antibiotics, espescially Tetracycline, combined with a broad spectrum parasite control medication.
Perhaps you could give that a run.

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Always pays to check the provenance of your fishes.

I'm fortunate in that my LFS (small independent dedicated pet store) was set up by someone who was a fish enthusiast, and spent time looking around for wholesalers with a decent provenance. I've used the same store since I was a teenager - 30 years' worth of custom during which I've had hardly any diseased fishes from him, and a lot of fishes that lived to a ripe old age. But for the recent débacle with water treatment chemicals I'd still have my Lemons (one or two nudging 8 years old when they died and still kicking like juveniles), my Cardinals (most of which were over 6 years old) and my star breeding female Panda Corys.

Once I'm able to build up my Cardinal shoal again (I'm going to try and make the shoal 8 individuals) and add a couple more Otocinclus to the setup, I think I'll leave it at that for a while, even though I managed to have more in there successfully for 10 years. Partly because my LFS hasn't been able to get Lemons for 2 years now. However, if he DOES get Lemons, I might avail myself of some!


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