[GSAS-Member] Re: Worms and white spider(update)

["Tony" <Loxxxo@comcast.net>]

Well,
I decided to strip down my tank after losing two of my Polyterus pollis I
moved all my Polyterus to two different Q tanks, I then begin to treat with
1/2 doses of fluke tabs..2 treatments, the first night I stayed up for
several hours to see the reaction and noticed they took it well, seen some
worms coming off of the bodies and seen a few "free" swimming... Next day
did a 1/3 of a water change on both Q tanks and notice none of the worms or
"white" looking specks that move, did another 1/2 dose...Meanwhile I'm
stripping my tank down, and breaking down my sump, I let it all dry directly
in the sun for 2 days...

Filled it back up and didn't seen any of these pests, basically I have to
cycle ALL over again but it's going to be worth it...
Steev by the way, remember when I was talking to you about the bloated
African I have? I have him in A 10 gall Q tank and I stopped feeding him for
3 days, did some research and decide on going the medication route with him,
drug of choice Spectrogram, he has know lost most of his bloat and has been
the slimmest and alert then I have ever seen him...I hope all this work
solves these problems...Anyway Steev thanks for looking at those samples for
me.

Tony
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "steev ward" <steevward@mac.com>
To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: Worms and white spider


> Tony-
>
> It's hard to say what's really going on but with any luck there's nothing
> actually wrong.
> All of the foods you mentioned as well as the waste products from the
> Polypterus make good food for copepods and oligochaete worms, and it's
likely
> that this is what you see. Yes, they will crawl around on the  Polypterus
> because Polypterus have pretty thick skin and lay around on the bottom
alot.
>
> However ther may be something else going on, maybe even something
unrelated.
> I'd like take a look at your various bugs some time. Write to me off list
and
> tell me how I can get some samples from you.
>
> Steev
>
>
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