Red worms coming out of fish anus

[To3kn33]

Two days in.... All red worms have disappeared, doing a very large w/c in two days to allow all the worms to die then I will re dose the tank in 2.5 weeks to kill all the remaining worms! This has been the most effective
Med I have ever used!


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[mykidsmylife]

I'm so happy the treatment is working for you. But...BLECH..what a gross thing!!!

Lucky fish that you were paying attention and were able to get the right med for them. :clap: I've never seen this is fish and hope I never do...nastiness, but congrats on the so-far-successful treatment.

 

[To3kn33]

After a few hours it looked like one of my Angels had a feather duster coming out its behind.... It was just a massive amount of worms being passed out!


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[Jannika]

Great to hear it's working so quickly! Hopefully they didn't sustain much internal damage by the worms, which can puncture holes in their intestines. I don't know if your med suggests it, but it's worth mentioning that a round of antibacterial or antibiotics after this bout can be helpful.

I found a good magnified pic of the nasty bloodsucking parasite.

 

[Star_Rider]

I did a bit of reseach to confirm..Chanaverm..utilizes Levamisole..best used with no lights as levamisle s photreactive and is less efficient with light.

readminister in 2-3 weeks..as it does not kill eggs passed by Camallanus and you may experience reinfection as a result..
secondary infections are a distinct possibility, as mentioned..so keep an eye out for this.
Just an FYI, when it is suspected that there is a parasitic infestation..it is best to treat the main tank and not utilize hospital tanks unless you need to move a fish for another issue..but still treat the main tank.


hang in there

 

[To3kn33]

I haven't seen a single worm since I used it, going to use it again in a week and a half to get the rest of them. It said it would be affected by UV light but normal aquarium bulbs wouldn't affect it. The stuff is expensive though!!!


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[MisaHasTheEyes]

Anyone know if Prazi-Pro is effective on these worms? I just got some wild caught catfish and while they'll be in QT for a while, best to ask now!

 

[Chrisinator]

I just got goosebumps looking at that picture. Yikes! I had seen this a couple times with my fish and treated with Panacur.

 

[Star_Rider]

prazi pro has little to no effect on camillanus.
levamisole , levamisole hcl, panacur, flubendazole, fendbendazole (many of these are derivatives) all have been effective..

 

[To3kn33]

they have been given the meds twice now and not a worm in sight, got some spare incase this horrible thing ever happens again!!!