Re: Altispinosas & Rams

[Ken Laidlaw <kl@jach.hawaii.edu>]

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Hi Kathy,
I have never fed tubifex because I was always warned of the disease risk.
My fish were infected by new introductions (a pair of A.cacatuoides).  I
guess better quarantine could have prevented this but they are easy to
overlook.

As for Piperazine, I tried this initially in the form of a human worm
medicine which is in the form of a berry flavoured dissolving powder.
I treated by soaking some frozen bloodworm in the powder every
day for 14 days.  I thought this had worked but the worms came back after
a month or so.  I guessed that the larval form (eggs or young in the
water/gravel) survived.  The levamisole really did the trick though.
I had no information on adding the powder directly to the water.

Good luck,
Ken.L

On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Kathryn Knudsen wrote:

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> On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Ken Laidlaw wrote:
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> > Dear Tracie,
> > Fibres sticking out of the fish, sounds like the nematode worm
> > "Cammallanus"  When the fish moves forward look closely and you may see
> > them moving back up into the fish.  I have succesfully treated this in the
> > past using a drug called Levamisole Hydrochloride recommended by a vet.
> > It is actually a cattle worming drug.  In the UK at least you can purchase
> > it without prescription from farmyard suppliers.
> >
> > Ken.L
> >
> >
>
> Ken and anyone else out there,
>
>
> This topic came up in Seattle about a year ago.  The rec. treatment then
> was piperzine  ( levamisole was on the list as well).
> I was told this is actually spread or can be caught from feeding live
> tubifex.  Do you know anything about this.
>
> I have heard over and over not to feed live tubifex to Apisto's, never
> have fed them at all, but curious what everyone else's experience is.
>
> I know David Soares does not like to feed them at all.
>
> Thanks
> Kathy
>
>
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