Re: worms

["Yvan Alleau" <yalleau@OCE.ORST.EDU>]

doesn't those worm require an host to propagate?
Often the snails present in you tanks are doing a great job to spread the
disease. Than, putting your fish in a tank containing only water and
treating them with medication should give read of the worms. The
"intermediate stage" of the worms present in snails in your planted tank
would then die after 2 or 3 weeks since no host are present anymore for them
to go in and reproduce again.
But, i'm not a veterinarian either so, that may not be applicable in that
case.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "steev ward" <steevward@mac.com>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: worms


> Bonny;
>      Cammallanus worms were a hot topic a while back. I noted
> this page:
> http://www.thekrib.com/Diseases/nematodes.html#11
> The general opinion seemed to be that Levamisole was the best
> treatment.
> Piperazine SEEMED to work in some cases from what I've seen,
> though  others have been less enthusiastic about it's
> effectiveness (I think you need to keep the treatment up for a
> considerable period of time and possibly retreat after a month
> or so).
>      I recently tried Fluke Tabs® on a case with disappointing
> results.
>      The idea that the worms REQUIRE an intermediate host or
> that the likely source of infection would be a crustacean does
> not seem to hold true for infections in the aquarium and
> transmission from fish to fish through ingestion seems to be
> the most common mode (but only in my opinion).
>
>
>
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