parasites

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Hi Steev:

I was thinking of treating my rummy nose and cardinal tetras with a 
copper-based parasite medication for the Dactylogyrus that might be present. 
I'm going to move the tank. Maybe I will bake the substrate in the oven to kill 
any eggs. Not sure what to do with the live plants; I definitely want to keep 
them.

Susan


> 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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