daniomom

Couple weeks after getting some new Glofish danios I noticed black skirt tetra belly was very bloated then would rock in the water, & swam more slowly than my other black skirt. Then 3 danios, & 1 glofish danio became bloated. I saw a short fat pink string coming out of one of the bloated danios. Freaked out thought it was c worms. I removed all of the bloated fish. Treated tank with Jungle Parasite Clear. I had ordered a bristlenose pleco & LFS said I had to pick him up today (He's adorable. We named him Hoover-like the vaccuum). I did a 50%water change & put him in tank today 3 days after treating tank (Yuck!).

Will the parasite treatment hurt my new pleco? If it is worms is 1 treatment enough? Should I try to find some Levimasole &/or use the Jungle parasite food also?

I noticed one of the glofish @ the LFS had long pink string coming out rear. Could I have mistaken poop for worms? The fish I removed bellies looked bloated (like pregnant).

agabr123

hi and welcome to fishlore

do you feed your fish bloodworms or colored flake food? my balloon mollie did the same thing a while back, and i realized that it was immediately after i fed frozen bloodworms

daniomom

I was feeding them freezedried tubifex worms once a week. I use Tetramin Tropical flakes daily. I will never use any food that has worms it it again. The LFS sold me some algae seaweed sheets to feed my pleco-

I did one jungle parasite treatment? Should I do more? Do you know where to get levimasole?

Fishies-for-me

Here is a pic of c'worms in a guppy....hope yours isn't c'worms but I cured mine with jungle labs anti-parasite food.

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daniomom

Yep, looks exactly like it. I e-mailed the guy who sells lavimasole on the following link http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/

He sent me this link to treat with Levimasole.
http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/Camallanu...Procedure.html

I started Jungle Food today. Did you have to bleach buckets & nets also?

daniomom

OK I have now done crazily extensive research about this Callamasus/Nematode Parasitic Worms. Here's the info. It's not good news to anyone who has an infestation of this horrid parasite.
How to Get Rid of Camallanus /Parasitic Nematode Worms
• Most fish infected go through quarantine tanks with no symptoms. Camallanus worms can take up 6-12 weeks to develop to a large enough size or become frequent enough for the average aquarist to notice. Free-living first-stage larvae may survive for more than three weeks in the tank without fish. They can live in the substrate/gravel. So entire tank must be treated not just individual fish exhibiting symptoms. It can also pass through eggs/babies of infected fish.


Fish Symptoms:
• Red or pink worm protruding from the anus. Several worms may protrude at the same time. They move quickly back into the body cavity when the host fish is active.
• They cause wasting away disease and white feces.
• Fish may become listless and bloated. Refuse to eat.

Treatment Suggestions:

Levimasole Treatment: available via -http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/ (basic killing dosage for Levamisole HCl is 13 PPM) per recommendations on this link)
• http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/Camallanu...Procedure.html
• Change the water in the tank to be treated, as close to all of it as you can. Don't try to scrub the tank clean.
• Watch the fish for the next 3 days and 2 nights. Net out any dead ones. Let them dry on a news paper or paper towel and into the trash. NOT THE SINK or COMMODE! Don't put them back into our water system.
• Keep feeding fish as usual.
• After 3 days, change the water again to remove the dead Nematodes and the Medication.
• Treat the tank in 3 weeks due to the fact that pregnant females may expel infected eggs. Change the water in 3 days.

Fenbendazole (Panacur) Treatment-http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/
• Treating all new fish in QT with a 2day dose of medicated food, you now can avoid infesting your tanks with camallanus worms. Best of all...Fenbendazole also kills larvae and eggs

Camallanus worms have developed immunities to common wormers on the market which have reduced effectiveness or do not work at all. Callamanus worms are reportedly immune to Prazi medication, Praziquantel powder, Droncit (Prazi), Prazipro, Trichlorfon, Metronidazole, etc.

Note: One site recommended to avoid feeding fish tubifex or worms because they can be contaminated with other worms/parasites.