Re: RE: Worms...

[Ken Laidlaw <K.Laidlaw@roe.ac.uk>]

> 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? 
> 
Do not rip them out.  These are almost certainly Cammalanus 
sp. which bury there spiked heads into the intestinal wall.
I have managed to completely erradicate them using a drug 
called Levamisole hydrochloride (levaside TM) which is a 
livestock wormer.

I'll dig out the doseage later and post.

I'll just say first that this is a real pest to dwarfs and 
killies.  I introduced it into a 55gallon holding/grow out 
tank at one time via a pair of A.cacatuoides and almost as 
soon as I noticed it nearly all the other fish were 
infected.  I tried piperazine (human worming powder) which 
I soaked bloodworm in and it seemed to lessen for a while 
but soon came back worse.

In the end I lost many fish including most (~15) of my 
A.nijsseni fry which were just sexing out.  If you can't 
see it yet on your other fish you must remove them now 
before it is too late.  When you use a treatment method 
though treat all fish that have been in contact with the 
infected fish.

Ken.