Angela_96

I haven't got to get the worm med for my puffer yet, I had that spurt of illness last week.
I went to feed puffy and saw redish worms about 3 inches long in the bottom of the tank, are they from puffy?

pinkfloydpuffer

Ewwww!!!!!
That is freaky. They definitely could be. I'd remove them from the tank ASAP. Don't touch them of course, please! Bleh!!!!!!

Angela_96

I am going to make my husband do it.. W/ me pregnant and not knowing what kind of worms they are I am not taking any chance.

pinkfloydpuffer

That's a good idea. Unfortunately, there are a few nasty tapeworms and such that are transmittable to humans
So, make sure he doesn't touch them either.

Angela_96

YUCK!!! They are roundish, like small earthworms, with pointy heads.. all redish brown. very small around though.

pinkfloydpuffer

You'll want to remove and destroy all pieces of it, as the way they reproduce is by segments... so the puff eats a small segment, then the worm's life cycle starts over, until the puffer passes the worm. Then the puffer eats the worm.... etc etc etc
Sorry if I'm freaking you out, just trying to give you some info so you know what you're dealing with here.

When I dewormed my boys they'd have several small worms hanging out the anus (ain't that pretty? ) that were reddish brown and slightly smaller than bloodworms in diameter.

This is why we quarantine fish, lol.

Angela_96

YUCK... sorry I am grossed out about them right now.. I will def make sure they get cleaned out and puffy gets dewormed..
ewwwe!

pinkfloydpuffer

Haha, definitely understandable. They are quite disgusting.
I've seen pics of them, even really really close up with a microscope pics on a thread in another forum about a Fahaka Puffer with really nasty worms.... anyways, let me tell you they are disgusting and freaky. So, you have good cause to be grossed out.
Anyways, I'll shut up cause I"m probably making things worse. lol