erarebirth
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I'm glad to hear you are having success in treating your fish. I started my battle with camallanus ... gosh... in April? I had a really hard time finding the proper medication for it, and once I did, I wasn't sure how reliable it was. I haven't seen any worms hanging out of my fish (the ones who survived) in a month or two now, but I continue to medicate them with the deworming agent once every couple weeks just as a prophylactic. I don't think I'll ever be comfortable re introducing these fish to my healthy tank. I've read online and also received advice from a gentleman who runs the quarantine department at the local shed aquarium that if you can catch your fish and see the worms hanging out, you can manually remove the worms with a tweezer. Also, everything I've read, and also the advice from the shed guy was to do the water change/vacuum a few hours after administering the medication. This is because the way the medication works is it paralyzes the worm (it doesn't kill it) so it allows the fish to pass the worm out if it's body. Then you can vacuum it up before the fish re-eat it and re-infect themselves.
Good luck! I feel this is a super nasty infection to have to deal with!!
Good luck! I feel this is a super nasty infection to have to deal with!!