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RE: Worms...
Thanks for the info Eric.
I was wondering if pulling out the intestinal worms might cause internal
bleeding. Do you know if these worms might attach themselves and be
"ripped" out by my tweezer method? Would this harm the fish beyond
their natural ability to recover if they are kept in a tank with a light
antibiotic bath?
P.S. Who on earth is Kathy?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Olson [SMTP:eriko@wrq.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 1:55 PM
> To: apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> Subject: Worms...
>
> > : The aformentioned Bolivian Rams (Microgeophagus Altispinosa) seem
> to
> > : have a case of worm/nematodes. Symptoms: tiny red pin shaped
> "spikes"
> > : hanging out their anus and have clamped fins. I've tried Hexamite
> > : unsuccessfully and a deworming medication with pellets and frozen
> brine
> > : shrimps. I actually removed several with a tiny pair of tweezers.
> All
> > : remedies aside, they still have these damn worms sticking out
> their
> > : butts!!!! WHAT CAN I DO?
>
> Camalanus, right? We lost some A. macmasterii to this, when they were
> traded to us infected. We treated the tank with Piperazine, which you
> can
> get at the grocery store in the "cat" section" (we didn't know that
> at
> the time, and spent 2-3x as much at the fish store), tetra medicated
> food
> (I think the one that's imbedded with Flagyl, Kathy would know for
> sure).
> Didn't help the fish, but I think that's because they were too far
> gone to
> begin with. But the pests did not spread to other fish in the tank.
> I
> know others on this list have some better cure ideas and more
> experience
> with nematodes... let's hear em! (so I can collect them and put em up
> on
> the Krib, natch.)
>
> Incidentally, the person who traded us the fish realized that she had
> been
> using old fish water to seed her live food pond, and then bringing the
> live food back to the tank, thus helping the cycle of the parasites.
> Be
> careful out there!
>
> > May be Lernaea, or Anchor Worm.
>
> Hmm, that doesn't sound right to me. I didn't think anchor worms
> don't
> protrude out the anus.
>
> - Erik
>
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> Erik Olson
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