The fact is that I did not witness the actual exit of said worm. It was just in there crawling around and a bunch of skinny, gray bass were huddled in the corner with their eyes falling out and losing their balance. He had dosed with prazi that morning. For all I know (and by this time, suspect) this worm is an aquatic flatworm that doesn't like the taste of praziquantel. The very fact that it is still alive and that I have discovered another smaller one in a different tank tells me that it does not require a host to survive and reproduce. As such, the possibility of this being a true tapeworm becomes slimmer. It should have died outside the digestive tract, not produced viable offspring.
