worms in vent
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I have been so out of it lately.
Liz, here is a link to the thread about the tiny white worms. I have them still but they are clearly different. The red ones just lay on the bottom and barely move.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42271
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42271
I tracked down the medication that I need for the nematodes. It is $216.98 for the smallest package 
http://www.drugstore.com/pharmacy/prices/drugprice.asp?ndc=50458027036&trx=1Z5006
It is hard to spend that much on fish that were $2 and $3.
http://www.drugstore.com/pharmacy/prices/drugprice.asp?ndc=50458027036&trx=1Z5006
It is hard to spend that much on fish that were $2 and $3.
I had a run in with thies guys a while back, one of my wife's guppies had them.
Here's a post from one of the resident disease experts at Pleco Fanatics:
*Fixed*
Ok, Levimasole base needs a acidic PH, Levimasole Hydrochloride can be used at any PH, and is effective for 90 days.
See: http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=2597&sid=96b252c0ca1df1ec3b07dbd10a13e6d8
Edited to add: It can be found at most livestock feed stores, and can't be overdosed (when used within reason.)
Here's a post from one of the resident disease experts at Pleco Fanatics:
LadySparky said:
*Fixed*
Ok, Levimasole base needs a acidic PH, Levimasole Hydrochloride can be used at any PH, and is effective for 90 days.
See: http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=2597&sid=96b252c0ca1df1ec3b07dbd10a13e6d8
Edited to add: It can be found at most livestock feed stores, and can't be overdosed (when used within reason.)
CHOMPERS;574785; said:
Thank you for info..but after reading this it was not what my green terror female had..she had thread like worm hanging from her... and we used every kind of treatment for almost a year..she just passed last week even with it all..there were times she was better and then began to eat etc and then just slip back with this thread like thing again..good luck with your mollie.
just an update, I have found medicated food for my fish. My molly is doing well, but my gourami is in bad shape. I don't think she will make it much longer. She was suffering from the stress caused by the nematodes. She has secondary infections but I am not sure if they are bacterial or fungal. Also, she is barely eating and I don't think she will be able to ingest enough of the medication to be worth while. Being a gourami, her intestinal cavity is very small and this causes about 25% of the worms to be hanging outside of her. I am tempted to manually remove them but it is said that this can do more harm due to secondary bacterial infection in the damaged intestinal wall. The worms are anchored with hooks. When the worms die, they will jsut fall out. I found a feed store (hard to do in a big city) that might carry Levamisole Hydrochloride. If not, I found an online livestock vet that sells it for $13. That is a ton better than the $200 that the pharmacy wanted. And get this, both the vet and pharmacy get the same product from the same company that makes it on the same machines.
boiling is good. Salt works too.
Since my last post, I had manually removed many of the worms from my gourami. It was clear that if I didn't she would never make it. The day following the worm removal, she began to show improvement and started to take food. She no longer keeps her fins clamped down, and she is more like herself. I have ordered the medication and it is due any time now. (I expected it yesterday but hopefully it arrives today).
Here is what and where I bought: http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?PGGUID=30e078b2-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5
Also I recently lost a pink convict and swordtail. Both had nematodes but in smaller numbers. They both came from Pet Supermarket, the gourami came from Walmart, and the molly came from Petco. All four were housed in separate tanks and none were on the same filtration system. The only common denominator was the fish food and the central Florida fish wholesalers. Something tells me that it isn't the fish food.
Since my last post, I had manually removed many of the worms from my gourami. It was clear that if I didn't she would never make it. The day following the worm removal, she began to show improvement and started to take food. She no longer keeps her fins clamped down, and she is more like herself. I have ordered the medication and it is due any time now. (I expected it yesterday but hopefully it arrives today).
Here is what and where I bought: http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?PGGUID=30e078b2-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5
Also I recently lost a pink convict and swordtail. Both had nematodes but in smaller numbers. They both came from Pet Supermarket, the gourami came from Walmart, and the molly came from Petco. All four were housed in separate tanks and none were on the same filtration system. The only common denominator was the fish food and the central Florida fish wholesalers. Something tells me that it isn't the fish food.
my molly takes like 2 months to give birth. that is why I am setting up a fuge with feeder guppies in it to feed the rest of my fish.
