worms in vent

CHOMPERS · Nov 9, 2006

I have been waiting for my pregnant molly to have her second batch of babies for a long time. Her mate died well over a month ago and that got me thinking that this has to be the worlds longest molly pregnancy. Still she keeps getting bigger and bigger. Last night I noticed her vent was open and what looked like a worm was hanging out. I have noticed her vent open before and just figured it was time...just no babies. Today I looked at her again and she has a worm trailing out of her and a knot of worms plugging her vent. They are red or almost brick red, but there are not any red worms at the bottom of the tank. She is in a bare bottom ten gallon tank.

What (if any) is the treatment for internal parasites or worms. Anyone hear of this before. It is my first time with these.

I have an infestation of white thread like worms in the substrate that everyone has said are harmless. There are white worms in the nursery tank, but it is also plumbed in with the other tanks so I can not say that they came from her.

AquataHolic420 · Nov 9, 2006

ok sounds wierd, and my answer may even sound worse..

IT prolly will be cheaper to give her the Spacious septic system living quarters, and just buy a new pair... sorry to hear such bad news... and STOP LOOKIN AT FISH VENTS U PERVE! haha jk :ROFL:

davo · Nov 9, 2006

yea, that isnt an uncommon problem. try googling camallanus worms or Callanus nematodes? Piperazine i think can help. may be a start, im not sure on all the different worm parasites

AquataHolic420 · Nov 9, 2006

davo;572243; said:
yea, that isnt an uncommon problem. try googling camallanus worms or Callanus nematodes? Piperazine i think can help. may be a start, im not sure on all the different worm parasites

Def would be Cheaper/Faster to fix the problem with a new pet... Sry for your Troubles

missyme06 · Nov 10, 2006

i googled "fish parasite red worms cure" and this is what i got, i didn't find much else.

"Nematoda

Symptoms: Worms hanging from the anus.

Nematodes (threadworms) infect just about anywhere in the body but only shows itself when they hang out of the anus. A heavy infestation causes hollow bellies. Lighter infestations usually cause no problems with the fish.
Short of destroying the fish, which is easier, two treatments have been suggested. First treatment; soak the food in parachlorometaxylenol and give the fish a bath or treat the aquarium with 10 ml per liter. The bath should last for several days. Second treatment; find special food containing thiabendazole as a nematode (threadworm) cure and hope the fish will eat it."
(http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/information/Diseases.htm#Argulus)

CHOMPERS · Nov 11, 2006

Thanks for the replies. I have started treatment. I have also started a new one. I keep medications on hand for "just in case". I didn't have anything for internal parasites and was not sure if it was treatable. I had 'Quick Cure' for external parasites so I upped the dose. Over the course of hours I added four daily doses. My fish did not show signs of stress until the following morning; she had swim bladder problems. I did a water change.

I also manually removed some worms with forceps. The worms are still alive. I put them in tap water to kill them before sending them to the sewer plant. They didn't die. I added a 4x dose of the Quick Cure and after three hours, they are still going strong. :irked:

I bought some Parasite Clear for internal parasites. It says the treatment may be repeated up to two times with 48 hours between each treatment. This sounds like the camallanus worms treatment, but I wonder what happens on the third dose.

I'll keep ya posted as to what happens.

Tanks,
Ron

CHOMPERS · Nov 11, 2006

Oh, by the way, I just found out another one of my fish has the same worm infection. They are now both in the same tank sucking up the meds. The weird thing is that they were never in the same tank and they came from different stores. The other fish seem ok at this point.
Tanks again,
Ron

Red Devil · Nov 11, 2006

wow i am glad to hear you did not give up and ditch the fish.. you sound like you learned a hell of alot..and good luck to you..what did you mention about thread like worms..i would like to read up on that if you know where you saw it.. let us know about your progress.. thanks

CHOMPERS · Nov 11, 2006

I just wrote to Missy about these. Her friend that is a microbiologist confirmed that these are nematodes and they are hard to kill. I have a one pint isolation chamber that some of the worms are in. I wanted to kill them before putting them down the sink so I poured out the water and filled it with tap water. The chlorine didn't kill them. Then I added enough Quick Cure (for external parasites) to treat four gallons. They still lived (without their host). I am now treating with meds for internal parasites and I filled the container with some of the water from the hospital tank. They have been in it most of the day and they are still alive :nilly:

I am going to double up on the medications now and in the morning I am going to go find something for nematodes.

I would rather save my fish than buy new ones. Besides, the knowlege gained out weighs the cost of medications. :thumbsup:

feverfish · Nov 11, 2006

CHOMPERS;574780; said:
I just wrote to Missy about these. Her friend that is a microbiologist confirmed that these are nematodes and they are hard to kill. I have a one pint isolation chamber that some of the worms are in. I wanted to kill them before putting them down the sink so I poured out the water and filled it with tap water. The chlorine didn't kill them. Then I added enough Quick Cure (for external parasites) to treat four gallons. They still lived (without their host). I am now treating with meds for internal parasites and I filled the container with some of the water from the hospital tank. They have been in it most of the day and they are still alive I am going to double up on the medications now and in the morning I am going to go find something for nematodes.

I would rather save my fish than buy new ones. Besides, the knowlege gained out weighs the cost of medications.

try bleaching the toads that allways seems to work


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