Does anyone have experience treating fish for anchor worms that are housed with eels and rays. I have been physically removing the worms but they are reappearing within in a few days. I have salted up and fell ike there is no other option but to treat the tank. I considered treating with Clout but heard it shouldnt be used with scaless fish. Any suggestions?
Anchor Worm Treatment safe for Rays and eels
- Thread starter gavigan1
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You might want to look into this.......D
You might want to look into this.......D
UPDATE : I treated with CLOUT 1/4 strength. It had no adverse effects on any of my fish. The treatment seemed to resolve my anchor worm issue.
gavigan1;2090992; said:
Could you explain your treatment method?
(1/4)? amount of water in tank?
I once treated 90 gallon with 1 clout pill, and my rect's died
thanks
flagtail;2091282; said:
1 Cloat pill in a 90gal will do nothing. Your ray was alreay on the way out.
Fish Room Plus;2091346; said:
If eating and acting normal is on way out....then your right!
They didn't eat day of treatment, nor after....
Thanks for your 2 cents.
I treated 1/4 strength of recommended dose per gallon. Recommended dose 1 tablet for every 10 gallons of water( becareful to consider water displacement due to substrate , rocks etc.) I have a 265 gallon tank plus 20 gallon sump. I wanted to play it safe so added 5 tablets, increased aeration, monitored closely. I changed 1/3 water in 36 hours. I also physically removed all obvious anchor worms prior to treatment. In actuality I probally administer 1 tablet to every 50 gallons of water. Im not sure if the dose was strong enough to remove all parasites at various stages. But on 2 prior occassions I had removed all anchor worms and had reoccurence within a matter of days. Each time worst. Prior to the clout treatment 75% of my fish were affected and fish showing signs of weakness, otherwise I probally would have not resorted to the clout. Time will but so far so good. If they reappear I will let you know.
flagtail;2091946; said:If eating and acting normal is on way out....then your right!
They didn't eat day of treatment, nor after....
Thanks for your 2 cents.
Your ray would be dead even if you didnt add the pill