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I have tried treating for suspected parasites with a little DE mixed in with food. (After talking to several "experts") I have another question. I have very large tropical fish known as FLOWERHORNS. They live for as many as ten years and some have a value of many thousands of dollars. In the past, when one of them acts like they may be sick either by not eating normally or by stringy poo, etc. I use some epson salt in the water. It both kills bacteria and aids in digestion. (It's great for constipation.) I've even used it in a pipette mixed with food to force feed a fish that is very bad off. (Again, mixed in with mashed canned peas) Has anyone here used epsom salt as a bath? Allowed the pet tortoise to drink epsom salted water? This is NOT something that I need to do or plan to do. I'm just curious. I like to use more natural, less stressful and frankly less costly treatments.