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Question - One of my guppies (i think its a snakeskin?) has this small red tube coming out of the bottom of his body, near the gonopodium (spelling?) and goes back in. It resembles sort of what an intestine would look like if it came out and made a small loop and went back in the same spot. Im not sure if this is a good explination, but its red, small tube looking, and loops and goes back into the same spot on the body.

He is not swimming like he is dying, but he is just kind of moving around in the same area mabye like he is sort of weighted down. I have noticed a few of the danios being interested in this red thing.

Also, he has a real nice tail that fans out but the very very tips of it appear to be getting brown. He is normally a yellowish/goldish color.

Any help here??? Please?
 
correction,

This tube does not go back into the body, its hanging down now, and its roughly the size of a bloodworm (roundness) mabye a little larger
 
It sounds like you guppy my have an internal parasite. Check out the Fish Health forum for more information.
 
wow, and now hes floating.........:confused:


RIP my prized guppy.......

:irked:
 
Where there is one, there are more. :( They are nematodes and near impossible to get rid of. You need Levamisil Hydrocloride. The bad news is you can't get it at any pet store (not where I live). I had to order it as hog wormer. It was about $20 after shipping and will treat 400 gallons. http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?PGGUID=30e078b2-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5 Your whole tank is infected and will need to be treated. If nets or gravel vacs, etc. were used for that tank and any other tanks, they could be infected too.

Nematodes exist in two stages and need two hosts. The first stage they are larva produced in the intestine of the host fish. Thousands are produced daily and are released into the aquarium. The larva stage requires copepods as a host which are common in aquariums. Copepods are tiny white crustacians that exist in the substrate and in the filter material. If a fish eats an infected copepod (whether intentionally or accidentally), it will become the host for the adult nematodes. Additionally, if an infected feeder is eaten by another fish, that fish will also be guaranteed a gut load of nematodes. I have been unable to determine if shrimp or snails participate in the cycle.

After treatment, expect to have weird occurences and die offs. If the nematodes get into the internal organs and tissues, their death can cause problems down the road. The decaying worms can cause secondary bacterial infections which can lead to deformities and death. It has been a month since I did my last treatment and I am now having fish deform into an S shape and then slowly die. Others just wither away or die suddenly. Unfortunately, you should expect roughly 1/3 of the treated fish not to survive long term. :(
 
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Where there is one, there are more. :( They are nematodes and near impossible to get rid of. You need Levamisil Hydrocloride. The bad news is you can't get it at any pet store (not where I live). I had to order it as hog wormer. It was about $20 after shipping and will treat 400 gallons. http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?PGGUID=30e078b2-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5 Your whole tank is infected and will need to be treated. If nets or gravel vacs, etc. were used for that tank and any other tanks, they could be infected too.

Nematodes exist in two stages and need two hosts. The first stage they are larva produced in the intestine of the host fish. Thousands are produced daily and are released into the aquarium. The larva stage requires copepods as a host which are common in aquariums. Copepods are tiny white crustacians that exist in the substrate and in the filter material. If a fish eats an infected copepod (whether intentionally or accidentally), it will become the host for the adult nematodes. Additionally, if an infected feeder is eaten by another fish, that fish will also be guaranteed a gut load of nematodes. I have been unable to determine if shrimp or snails participate in the cycle.

After treatment, expect to have weird occurences and die offs. If the nematodes get into the internal organs and tissues, their death can cause problems down the road. The decaying worms can cause secondary bacterial infections which can lead to deformities and death. It has been a month since I did my last treatment and I am now having fish deform into an S shape and then slowly die. Others just wither away or die suddenly. Unfortunately, you should expect roughly 1/3 of the treated fish not to survive long term. :(
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Although, I've found though that Jungle Labs Parasite Clear actually has worked for me, I also do a 2nd prophilatic (sp?) dosage within a couple of weeks. This method works well if the fish is too sick to eat medicated food. The tablets now have Levamisil as well as Metrodiazole in them and have successfully worked in ridding my Angels of IP.
Well, HTH :)
 
Ok, i did see a picture of a vent with worms, but they looked extremely tiny. This thing was larger, large like when the guppies have really big feces sometimes...i know you have had to have seen this before.

It was also fairly long, the small worms i saw in this picture were not big, but this thing was probably 3cm? Mabye half as long as the end of your pinkie to the first joint.

Thanks for the advice, I just want to be sure im treating the correct thing before i buy meds. :(
 
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