[PCircle85]

I'm hearing conflicting things about Clout not containing metronidazole, if that's the key ingredient in curing bloat, how effective is it? And should Clout be a recommended medication for bloat?

 

[triscuit]

Some people use it, some don't.

Since "bloat" is simply a symptom of many underlying diseases, there is no one perfect cure. Personally I find Clout to be overly harsh, but the fish I've treated with it were pretty sick already. I do use metro a lot in my fish room, for bloat and wasting symptoms. But, metro has poor solubility in high pH water... which makes it a bit finicky.

 

[frank1rizzo]

I use clout as a "last resort" medicine.

 

[PCircle85]

In regards to Clout being harsh, I've heard that it can have ill effect on the bio-filtration, is that so?

 

[DJRansome]

A lot of medications say that and it has never happened to me. I always test however, and I always have multiple tanks with seasoned filters I can shift around should it occur.

I still would use metronidazole in lieu of Clout however.