BGK bloated. camallanus issue SUGGESTIONS?

[Apteronotus albifrons]

Hello,
first of all ..I have been treating with levamisole hydrochloride on my 3 fish tanks (55, 29, 28 gals.) and everyone seems to be responding well to treatments. Its been about 2 months now and I believe I will be all done with treatments after 2 more. Anyway, my black ghost knife is not doing so hot. He does not have any of the medication in his tank (whereas my others are being treated currently) because I was afraid to treat him. He is breathing heavy and has not been crapping or eating. I used the epsom salt (about 1/2 teaspoon) for a day and he did have some mucousy crap. Now the salt is out of the water and hes still breathing heavy and swimming around slowly and sometimes vertically (which is odd for him) and barely is using his PVC pipe hideout. The waterchanges I do are ridiculously often, and I know the water chemistry is NOT the problem, nor is temperature, etc. normal stuff. I do believe the rotting dead worms may have caused a bacterial infection in his intestinal tract, which is a common occurrance after the nematode has been killed. I want this fish to live, he is 11'' long and my favorite! Any suggestions to help with his infection...would be greatly appreciated. thanks for taking the time to read my long message.
-Terri

 

[trevinoboy]

most of my knife fish that breathed heavy died a few day later, but there is a certain bacteria that is formed in the filter when it becomes really dirty, i recomend you to clean or change the filter

 

[Newt]

Did you use the levamisole to treat the BGK? You said you were afraid to treat it but levamisole is safe for all fish, it is almost impossible to overdose it. Prazi-Pro is safe to use too. If you haven't used levamisole on the BGK, then it may be the parasites killing it and not a bacterial infection.

If you did treat it then you may be right about the dead worms rotting and causing an internal infection. But, because the BGK is not eating, and therefore you can't use medicated food (the best med for this IMO), it could be hard to beat the infection.

You could try Maracyn Plus and if the fish starts eating then use Jungle Labs medicated food along with the Maracyn Plus.

Good luck!