Allie

JB is acting odd today. Like he isn't all here. ODD! He is the only one who really hasn't passed much worms. I am a bit worried b/c he is an older fish & he has been exposed to this since March when I got him. He does look better but something is off today.
Felix and Sunny have a huge amount of adult worms coming of them. Prince looks awesome this morning.
On the Prazi bottle it says: Retreat no more than 3-5 days after the first. I treated them a second time 4 days after the first one. Then another 4 days later I am treating them for the 3rd time...but this time I am letting it sit for the whole 5 days this time. If I have to retreat so be it. As long as I see improvement while the worms are still hanging around...they will be treated. I just hope a third time is a charm.

Allie

There are NO worms hanging out of anyone this morning. Hopefully this is the last time they will have to be treated.
Jellybean is still acting weird. I am going to do a water change today on his tank to see if that perkens him up.

Allie

You should see the worms coming out of Felix, Prince and Sunny It must be the last of them trying to escape from the Prazi Pro. The boys are doing fine.

I read that the treatment could take months. Depending on how healthy the fish is to begin with, the treatment may kill them. There has got to be 5-7 worms sticking out of Felix, he is swimming around like nothing is happening.
JB is hiding and not being active at all. He must has something going on. His fins are rotting on the ends a bit. Treating him with a fungus cure. If he doesn't perken up, after the treatment, should I treat him again for c.worms?
At least the other 3 are doing well.
My male keyhole has been looking odd so I am retreating him again as a precaution. I hope I am doing the right thing. I don't want to over treat them...especially if I see no signs of worms. I really don't know what else to do poor the little guy.

Allie

I came to a conclusion.
Male fish seem to be easily infect by callamanus worms. My male Keyhole and angel, all my male betta are still showing sign of still having them. All tanks being treated again.
I read that it take a c.worm from larvae to adult 6-8 wks. So I have only been treating 2 weeks so far. I may have to treat for another 4-6 weeks. Prazi pro seem to kill the ADULT c. worms, not the larvae. So if your fish is healthy/tough enough to handle the long treatment...you can kill the c.worms.
When the adult worms are dying they come out the fish's anus. 2-6 at a time, stiff looking & red. 1-2 days later, they become brown, thin and limp. Then disappear. The fish's anus is swollen up to 3 days after the worms are gone.
Hope fully in a month I will still have all my boys.
Felix a few days ago.

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Allie

The good part is all my betta boys look good apart from the worms.
Good thing this parasite isn't common.

Allie

This is getting ridiculous!!
Last night our Datnoid Scooby got ICH suddenly. We moved him to a sick tank, he started gasping for air...he was gone this morning.

I am soooo confused?!? This fish showed NO signs of illness what so ever until the ich? Is it related to the C.worms? He was expose to the keyholes the whole time we have had them.
How, what why? What are we going to do with the 120g a SW or what?
My bf is upset about his Scooby so am I. We've had him for a year now, and he is gone.
This is almost enough to make us stop keeping personal tank and just have our breedery/store.

Allie

BIG VENT!!
The more I read about c. worms the more I am getting discouraged.
Most people take the lazy route and euthanize all the fish in the infected tanks. I can't do it!!! We've only been treating for 2 weeks and they've been exposed for 6 months. It's going to take awhile to completely get rid of these persistent buggers. These fish are my pets especially my betta and angelfish <whom I've grown out for 1.5 yrs now. My Plecos I have had for 2 yrs almost.
Prince and JB are the ONLY ones who had the worms who show no signs of a swollen anal area. The rest are still wormy. Eww!
Felix and Sunny have worms but they look as tho they are dying or drying up.
This is really hard on the heart. I hope we don't lose any more fish babies.
I know the African cichlids are fine, they weren't exposed. There was no reason that they'd be near the other fish.

None of the plecos or otos are showing signs of infection (yet). The blue panaque, clown and snowball were all with the keyhole for a long time. They seem fine.
My question is this the fish plague on some level?
I am so upset today, that it'd be easy to just give up and start all over. BUT when it comes to my pets I don't give up unless I have no choice. Right now everyone is showing improvements on other levels. The betta except Felix are having a good growth rate on their fins.
*if I had of properly disinfected that 5g I treated the keyholes in back in March, my betta boys and girl RIP Holly would haven't been exposed either*

Allie

JB is looking awful again...he can't sit down at the bottom. He just floats around. I think he is going be another victim of these blasted parasites.
I beginning to think that Prazi Pro may be a waste of money. The other 3 betta still have worms sticking out of their anus. We have no other cures available here levmisol we can get from the US. I really don't know what else to do...some fish seem OK then die...some are sick for months then die. Are the fish I have now which been exposed to the parasite just dead fish swimming?
I wonder if the PP is just prolonging the fish lives and not killing the worms
4th treatment today....need another bottle of PP.
Everywhere I read it says to euthanize all fish in contact with c.worms.
I can't do it...I'd rather give them the best life I can until they die.
I am having a very frustrated day.

COBettaCouple

Allie. Wish we knew a way to help more, but you're doing the best for them and we appreciate the care you're giving them all.

Dark_Rider2k3

That is terrible

I really hope something good happens out of all of this... You've been fighting this for a long time and it's been rough..

I'm sorry to hear about all of this

Allie

Thanks, it's a mess here...sick tanks everywhere.

Allie

I appreciate hearing that. Sometimes efforts feel futile

Allie

JB passed on 8:30pm lat night. Now Prince who looked fine is acting odd.

FishnFry

Oh so sorry to hear about JB, Allie. And I was just asking about them on your other thread only to find out your latest loss.

Sorry to hear it.


RIP JB.

Allie

Thanks C...it's so frustrating.
One positive side to all of this...we can start fresh with a new species. Experience more fish.

Allie

Just read an article which basically say Prazi Pro is useless on c.worms. Thank goodness for FishNfry living down the road she is giving me some medicated food with levmisol in it.

Allie

Fish now showing signs of being infected are
1 & 2-Breeding pair of bristle nose plecos Huge ich spots.
3. Clown pleco...she is really swollen ALL over
4. Keyhole male, eye look at tad bugged out.

I hope the food can help these 4 out.
Treated with Jungle Labs medicated food. It say it treats Camallanus worms right on the package. http://kensfish.com/medications/juna...astitefood.JPG
It's a 4 week treatment so I guess time will only tell.

Allie

Latest c.worms picks , yucky....
Poor boys.

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