Comment by Robert Jango on January 14, 2013 at 8:08pm

I'd be interested in the results. I've got a Discus that's eaten almost nothing in months. She's probably got some kind of infection but I'm not sure. The funny thing is she breeds and does everything else normally.

Comment by CichlidPerson on January 17, 2013 at 8:05pm

never had the worms in my 2 yrs of fishkeeping. they just have to turn up now when i actually try to keep a nice tank

Comment by CichlidPerson on January 17, 2013 at 8:06pm

I HATE THE FRIKIN WORMS

Comment by Jessica on January 17, 2013 at 9:40pm

I just finished the first treatment. My last angel finally passed all the worm hanging out of him. Unfortunately I lost lots of my red phantom tetras :( I think my school is down to 5. From what I have read, small fish are more likely to die then larger ones because they have a harder time passing the dead worms. I will be doing the treatment again in 3 weeks. Hopefully after that I will be worm free. I will post my results.

Comment by Robert Jango on January 17, 2013 at 9:51pm

That's good news. My Discus passed a big thing of cloudy, white puss about a two weeks ago. Since then she's been slowly picking up her appetite. I'm guessing it was some kind of parasitic infection. Hopefully the re-introduction of food into her system doesn't reinvigorate the parasite. Fish have their own natural defenses but sometimes medicine is the only answer.

I picked up gill flukes from a local fish store about a year ago. I noticed all the fish in his store "flashing" their gills against rocks and stuff. Pretty soon I had it. The only way to get rid of it was through the use of Prazipro. (spelling?) 

Where did you get your Levamisole?

Comment by Jessica on January 17, 2013 at 10:08pm

I'm glad your Discus got better. I agree about their natural deffence system. Healthy fish and good water parameters are usually enough to ward off illness but sometime parasites find their way in, like the gill flukes.

I've came to the conclusion that these worms are the bed bugs of fish lol. You can clean as much as you want but it takes meds to get rid of them. Also more then one treatment to kill them at different life cyles.

I got the Levamisole from this website

http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/

It arrived quickly and came with instructions. It also has his contact info and I think you can contact him for further help.

Comment by Robert Jango on January 17, 2013 at 11:14pm

Thanks. I bookmarked it. Hopefully I'll never need him.

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