Camallanus Worm - Levamisol diary

try to keep the pH around 7..levamisole Hcl loses part of it's effectiveness in acidic water..my understanding is it loses it at around 6.6 pH.

it is a very effective treatment for camillanus and capillaria worms.

it will make the fish uncomfortable..many will hide or become lethargic.

the treatment runs 24-48 hrs..then followed by at least 25% water change and acitvated carbon.

I do a larger water change usually 40%.

keep an eye on the bloating..usually it is a sign that the worms are in the digestive tract..levamisole will kill the worms..I lost one of my angels as it did not successfully expell the worms and got an infection..by the time it did expell the worms..there was a bacterial infection.

but 1 out of 10 ..it was my only loss.

good luck..
 
24 hours

The time's up! I made 50% water change vacumming around the plants. So far, all fishes are alive (the male Angel is still lying on the plant)

I only saw 1 worm in the female Angel and it looks dry. Her tummy is less bloated.

The PH dropped again to 6.8 with the CO2. I put again the carbon in the filter to get rid of the rest of the medication.

I'll do the treatment again in 2 weeks. I hope the female can get rid of the worms soon, she seems pretty active.

I'll try to take pictures tomorrow.
 
2 days after treatment

It has been 2 days since I treated the tank with 100% levamisole. So far, All fishes are alive. The dark male angel was still lying on the plants so I put a divider and it seems to work wonders. He's moving, swimming and eating again! (My female angel is a little aggressive with him). Today I notice a long white-transparent (worm??) coming from his anus. I hope that means he's getting rid of the camallanus.

The female tummy if almost flat again. I'm still seeing some worms, but she's pretty active and eating well. She was really bloated before so I assume she is getting rid of the worms too. The rest of the fishes are fine.

I'm feeding 2-3 times a day with frozen brine shrimp and color bit pellets (the angels seems to prefer the pellets, they only eat one bite of frozen food)

By the way, the plants are a little bit down mainly because I stopped the fertilization. I'll restart tomorrow with the ferts.
 
Camillanus are nasty lil critters..

hard to get ahead of but when you do you'll probably be in the clear.
 
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