Re: Anchor worms-Sensative fish

[steev ward <steevward@mac.com>]

Tony-
I've used Fluke Tabs on Polypterus several times and I think it worked well 
without hurting the fish. It is often used for anchorworm.
The free-swimming white strings might be something else (just a worm?). I've 
never seen the anchorworm larvae with just my eye, but maybe you've got good 
eyes. They would look a little like cyclops.
I feel that I should remove the adult anchorworms by hand before medicating, 
because  I think it helps head off further infection and the fish seem to take 
it pretty well when I do that.
I've got some anchorworm pictures here:
http://www.geocities.com/steevward/anchorworm.html

Other medications than Fluke Tabs (Ich-type medications and of course copper 
compounds) are supposed to be effective in killing off the larval stages but 
it's hard to tell if they really work because sometimes the anchorworms just 
die off all by themselves.

Steev

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