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	Metro-Meds Excellent for treating, Hexamita, the first signs of dropsy and skinny goldfish.

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Metro-Meds 8oz.

$11.99

Metro-Meds 12oz.

$15.99

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Metro-Med is a krill based food that contains Metronidazole and an antibiotic used for treating Hexamita (hole in the head) in Goldfish. A very deadly and contagious disease, Plus, we found it very helpful in treating goldfish that would eat but would remain very thin. After a 2 week treatment many, very thin Goldfish started putting on weight. We also found it very effective in treating the first signs of dropsy.

Q:	Rick, I see you say that Metro-Med is effective against the "first signs of dropsy" what do you mean?
A:	Many of our Goldfish Collectors found that if you treat your Goldfish with Metro-Med as soon as you see any signs of partial dropsy (not fully pine coned) Metro-Med stopped the partial pine cone and the fish were fine in most cases.

Thank you, thank you so much! My beloved lionhead started to show signs of dropsy. At first she just looked fat and then she started to pinecone. What a painful awful thing for her. Then I send for your Metro-Med. I figured it was too late for she was even bleeding from some scales being so lifted. The Metro-Med came very quickly. By that time she was hardly eating. But....she ate just one bite the first day, then the second she started eating a little. She slowly deflated and by 10 days seemed perfectly healthy. She is VERY HAPPY and healthy. Thank you for your quick response! My friend is back. Thank you once again, Shawn Anderson, NV - Shawn Anderson

Hello again, my butterfly moor is back in his tank and doing great, after two weeks of Metro Meds. Metro Meds worked ! Thank you. Donna B. NY - Donna B

Thanks again Rick for everything ! One of my Butterfly Moors that I got last year from the auction, developed the first signs of dropsy. I ordered the Metro Meds, and have been giving it to him for a over a week now, he has improved and looks great, he's almost ready to go back into his regular tank soon. Thanks for all your great products. Donna - Donna Benvin

I love Metro Meds! They REALLY help cure Head in the Hole diease! If I see a red tiny spot around my goldfish head area I give metro meds to prevent the red spot turning into a hole. I wish I had metro meds when I lost my prize Ranchu! Svtjulian-Los Angeles - Julian

metro meds are the best medicated food , some of my fishes with dropsy has recovery in just 1 week thanks rick for your excellent Metro meds ! Adam - Adam

Several months ago, I lost a black oranda to dropsy. I was totally devastated as it was one of my favorites. I had tried everything including malachite green, salt baths, maracyn, maracyn II, and furanase. Nothing worked. More recently, my red/white oranda also developed full blown dropsy and I was sure that it was a goner. I ordered Metro-Med and I fed it to my sick oranda. Within less than a couple of days, all the signs of dropsy disappeared and my red/white oranda was back to normal. It was a truly miraculous recovery! I wish I had known about Metro-Meds to treat my black oranda. Thank you Goldfish Connection! Chi, SF, CA - Chi

Dear Rick / Goldfish Connection, I have a beautfiul red cap oranda, 11.75 inch big, head to tail, a real big boy ( Steppen on youtube.com - giant oranda ). He has stopped eating for three weeks before I put him on Metro-Med. For first feeding, I know I have to forced- feed him. He just spit out the foods, but I know he did digested something from it. I then dumped some Metro-Meds into his pond, although he was not eating. The next day, the foods were still there. On the third day, the foods were completely gone! And so I proceed to feed some more. As soon the foods were inside, he went after them...slowly.. That's incredible! Three weeks not eating and now he is... This is great stuff, you guys! Steppen l - Steppen

Last month, I ordered the Metro-Med and the Jump Start kit, because my almost 20 year old goldfish was showing the first signs of dropsy. I called, and the nice lady that answered the phone, kindly shipped it, not only the same day, but shipped it next day air - and on Saturday! (I'm sorry I didn't think to get her name) The food arrived on Saturday, and we fed "Mr. Fish" the first day. On the second day of feeding, he began to improve and was more lively, and by the end of the fourth day, the last of his scales flattened down. Then much to our surprise, he began to thin out some. He must have been retaining water also! Oh, dear! He is a 3/$1.00 comet goldfish I bought in 1987, and we thought his days were numbered. He has finished his 14 days of medications and we now have him on the Jump Start. He continues to be much more lively - like his old self. It's truly unbelievable. We (our whole family) are ever so grateful for the medication. My husband was so relieved to see that Mr. Fish was going to make it. We are still amazed to see how well he looks now. Marianne H. Pacifica, Ca - Marianne

Ric: I've lost a couple of fish to dropsy in the past and felt helpless as we watched them die. I decided to purchase the Metro-Meds after reading the reviews figuring that it couldn’t hurt to have on hand. I’ve had three of my petstore purchased fish come down with dropsy in the last two months and at the first sign of it we quarantine them in a .03% salt solution and fed them the Metro-Meds. I am happy to report that after the quarantine and Metro-Meds all three fish are still with us today and doing GREAT!!! Thank you very much for your information and products. Jorell D. Griffie Denver, CO - Jorell D. Griffie

Hello, Rick, I have been waiting for your website's Goldfish Showroom to open so that I may consider purchasing a couple of goldfish. Will you have fish available soon? I'd prefer not to purchase from a petshop like I did 9 1/2 years ago. I am very grateful to your website and its goldfish information. My $1.99 (each) Calico Fantail & Blue Oranda lived healthy 8 and 9 years due to the knowledge gained from your website. Thank you! Lydia - Lydia

I only used Metromed once to treat hole-in-the-head on my fish, but when I found 3 of my goldfish with slight pine coning from dropsy, and I ran low on Medigold, I gave them Metromed instead, after reading here that it treats the early stages of that illness. And wouldn't you know, all 3 of them did return back to their normal size after a few days! They are still on it for the reminder of the 14 days, but I can say I have never seen a fish go back to normal so fast! - Andrea

Dear Rick,
Since I am a volunteer fish caretaker at a local store, I have to treat a variety of fish and illnesses. Most recently I isolated a small gourami with the classic emaciated body/big headed look of hexamita. I brought him home and started him on Metro-med (broke up the pellets to a size small enough for him to eat), and within two DAYS he started filling out and resuming his normal activity. It's like a miracle. He's got another week left on the 14-day course, and he's not only regaining his health, he's growing!

Thanks for a great food,
Kathy Law - x

Rick, As you know I have had a lot of my fish for a couple of years. Many of them were not "spring chickens" when I bought them. I have a pond I put a lot of them in during the summer and it has no UV filter. I had noticed, while nothing really wrong, they just weren't as lively as before. I feed them the "Metro-Med" you suggested for two weeks. I am impressed at the renewed vitality!! They are swimming around like "young bucks" again!! I am convinced that older fancy goldfish don't always have strong immune systems and sometimes spend a lot of energy fighting off small bacterial infections. I have decided to treat them with "Metro-Med" at least every six months. Thanks for the tip and feel free to use my letter to share my results. - Bob Thorn Mecca, OH