Best anchor worm treatment

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Baileybass

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All of my mollys were at the surface in a large group . They were spasming out and scratching the rocks like crazy . I treated them with all in one marine land treatment for 5 days . They all seemed to be actin normal after and much less spasming and scratching . Couple days later I notice a bunch of fish have these long worms attached to them . Researched it and determined it's anchor worm . I pulled all the anchor worms off with tweezers and treated the tank with Minfinn treatment . Everything was fine for a week and a half . Today , they are all at the surface spasming out again . Any suggestions ?
 
i bombed it for 7 days straight with sodium chlor*ITE*.

Killed all my beneficial bacteria, along with the anchor worms; that's the price we pay though
 
best treatment for anchor worm is lufenuron. You would have to get a veterinarian to order it from a compounding pharmacy for you

tetra Parasite Guard would treat them too but have extra medicaitons in it that would not target the anchor worm. Anchor worm is a crustacean
 
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