RachelG
Aquarium Advice Activist
In my 20 gallon long, there are ghost shrimp, live plants, one zebra snail, and a single betta, who was supposed to be a placeholder until my platies are ready to go in there(to feed the biological filter, yadda yadda). The betta has had off and on bouts with fin rot since i got him several months ago, but seemed to be clearing up lately, and I thought he was finally recovered, so I put him in the twenty. Several days ago he started to get lethargic again. I've been treating with seachem paraguard since then. Last night, his fins were looking raggedy again, so his fin rot is still there. Now today, he clearly has worms sticking out of his butt. I think they mat be cammallanus. They are short, pointy and reddish-brown. I removed him from the tank and put him in a gallon cube for now. How should I go about treating the tank and the fish? Will shrimp and plants carry the parasite? I don't want to kill all of my java fens and anubias with medications. They were expensive and i don't think can afford to replace all of them! 
I have platies in a ten gallon tank that have been having irregular poop. Sometimes it is solid and brown or green in color, sometimes it is clear, sometimes thread-thin and whitish-clear, and green(only when I feed them peas). Should i be worried that they may have the parasites, too? Other than the poop, they seem perfectly healthy. There are shrimp and plants in this tank, too.
Both tanks have zero ammonia/nitrite, less than ten nitrate.
I read about levamisole, but it apparently is really difficult to find. I found some on ebay, but for 15 dollars per ten grams that is too expensive. At this point, it looks much better to just put the betta down. He doesn't seem too happy, anyway. Will cammallanus even survive without fish in the tank?
All of the disease/parasite problems I've been running into since I got into this hobby a few months ago are really discouraging me.
I have platies in a ten gallon tank that have been having irregular poop. Sometimes it is solid and brown or green in color, sometimes it is clear, sometimes thread-thin and whitish-clear, and green(only when I feed them peas). Should i be worried that they may have the parasites, too? Other than the poop, they seem perfectly healthy. There are shrimp and plants in this tank, too.
Both tanks have zero ammonia/nitrite, less than ten nitrate.
I read about levamisole, but it apparently is really difficult to find. I found some on ebay, but for 15 dollars per ten grams that is too expensive. At this point, it looks much better to just put the betta down. He doesn't seem too happy, anyway.
Will cammallanus even survive without fish in the tank?All of the disease/parasite problems I've been running into since I got into this hobby a few months ago are really discouraging me.
