Is this a parasite?

Ourfirsttank

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My daughter has a golddust Molly who has been doing great. recently though we started to notice little red things (can't think of how else to describe them) coming out of his vent. I have attached a picture of Speckles in hopes someone might know what it is and if he needs treatment. He is still eating but we haven't noticed him pooping as much as he used to. He is still very active and doesn't seem to be finbound or anything.

Help please?!?

TIA

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that's a great picture of camillanus

if you can't find Levamisole hcl check with veterinarians for Fenbenzadole or flubenzadole.

levamisole is available at feed stores and may also be called levasole(this may be in pill form and if so will need to be crushed and dissolved.)
 
I had an outbreak of camallanus with some wild caught Geo's and it really was a pain in the butt. I used the levamisole that I bought in powdered form. If you search on this site there are previous threads that were really helpful with proper dosing and such.
There's also a company Florida Guppies Plus that sells anti-worm flake food, which I have, but never used it. Main ingredient is albendazole.
 
Sad update. We lost our gold dust Mollie today. We found food with the levamasole in it but I think it was just too late. He died this morning. Now we are concerned the other fish may have picked up some of the eggs and may have worms too. I can only really see one possible infection but we are going to continue to feed the food for the rest of the 4 week period and see if it helps. I could not find any orhter source in Canada for the levemisole.
 
Sad update. We lost our gold dust Mollie today. We found food with the levamasole in it but I think it was just too late. He died this morning. Now we are concerned the other fish may have picked up some of the eggs and may have worms too. I can only really see one possible infection but we are going to continue to feed the food for the rest of the 4 week period and see if it helps. I could not find any orhter source in Canada for the levemisole.
Hmmm...Is it possible if you try to register in the forum of www.loaches.com? Ask for sources of levamisole there. There are many Canadians there including Martin Thoene and Mark in Vancouver.
 
Anti-Parasite Medicated Pond Fish Food

Feeding Directions:
Gently spread food over water surface. Feed exclusively for 3 consecutive days a week for 4 weeks. Do not use other foods during these 3-day periods. Feed 1 or 2 times daily as much as the fish will eat. May be used with external water treatments. For scavengers and small fish, crush pellets to desired size.
Ingredients: Soybean meal, sorghum distillers dried grain, sorghum distillers dried grain with solubles, ground grain sorghum, fish meal, fish oil, dicalcium phosphate, dl-methionine, ascorbic acid, ethoxyquin (a preservative), calcium carbonate, Vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, d-calcium pantothenate, niacin supplement, folic acid, riboflavin supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex, biotin, choline chloride, Vitamin D3 supplement, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, cobalt carbonate, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, ferrous sulfate, sodium selenite, Vitamin A supplement, mineral oil, and Vitamin B-12 supplement. Active Ingredients: Metronidazole 1.0%, praziquantel 0.5%, and levamisole 0.4%.

This is the food I have been giving them for the last two weeks. 3 Days on it and 4 days just regular flakes. We just finishe the second week. Does it look like the dose would be high enough? I have been crushing it and the fish go nuts over it. My only concern is that I have two pregnant Guppies and I couldn''t find anything about wether this food would cause harm to them. Our female mollie had babies and out of the 11 I found only 4 seem to be able to swim. Don't know if this is related or just a fluke of nature. But the fry situation is a whole other post.
 
Instead of flakes, resort to live foods or frozen foods so the fish can push the worms out of their body. Tempting them with foods should be your best bet. This will minimize the load of parasites in their bodies.
 
Would freeze dried bloodworms work? or shoud I give them peas? I am new to the fish world never miond dealing with parisites. LOL:help:
 
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