RE: [GSAS-Member] Camallanus cotti

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

Hello All:

The Praziquantel doesn't seem to be working on the fish with the major worm
problem. I can still seem them hanging out of her. Also, the copper-based
Formalite I, which was added to the killie water, doesn't seem to be
affecting the worms either, but has killed all the snails. The fish aren't
eating at all now, even after several water changes, but at least they have
perked up, as they were hardly moving when the copper was in the water. 

I think the Prazi might work if I could get the fish to eat it, though, as
the other killies that ate the medicated food, were exhibiting signs of
having the worms internally, as their rectum area was protruding and
darkened, and I don't see that in those fish now. 

I tried shaking up some Prazi with some "Blender Beads" gravel (term for
ball in nail polish bottle), and it did swish it around good. But the Prazi
added to the water doesn't seem to kill the worms hanging out of the fish
that didn't ingest it.

I know the speaker on Tuesday is a pro at fish diseases, so he might be some
help.

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of steev ward
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:17 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Camallanus cotti

I thought that  Discomed was no longer available since Aquatronics closed.
It
does have Levamisole in it. I'm not surprised that the expired stuff still
works, but that's nice to know. It's a shame that there is so much expired
stuff
out there. In many cases you can judge it by the dust on the package.

Levamisol also has Neomycin in it (if I remember correctly) which ages
poorly.
Still, I would be inclined to buy some Discomed if I found some, since
they're
not making it anymore. It might be nice to have on hand even if it was past
the
recommended use date.

I haven't tried Praziquantel on Camallanus but I will if I ever find any
more
fish that have it. I used Praziquantel on some Corydoras metae that had a
similar worm infection but it didn't seem to help.

I'll be interested to hear how Susan does with her new Levamisole bolus.
Steev


Kate Breimayer wrote:

> I bought discomed for this condition, it was expired as of May 2000 and
> I got it a week ago. Go figure. Tried it on some angels with obvious
> camallanus and they appear to have expelled the worms despite the
> expired meds being moist, discolored, stuck to the capsule and basically
> being in a condition that kind of ..........

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