duckinator617
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Jul 12, 2010
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About a 2 weeks ago I was doing the usual check up of my fish in my 55 gallon freshwater planted tank, and while I was doing this I saw, what looked like, little spikes protruding out of my angle fish's anal area. I did some research on the computer and decided it was a type of internal parasite. After further research I thought it was a nematode. When I discovered this I immediately called up That Fish Place (I live 30 min. away) and received advice to use a medication called Prazi-Pro. They also told me to do a water change be for I dosed it. So after a 1/3 water change I correctly dosed my 55 gallon aquarium with Prazi-Pro. I had I high hopes for the Prazi-Pro, except that after 2 weeks it had no impact on the parasites. By this time I had already done 3 dosages and had lost a lemon tetra, 2 danios and a turquoise rainbow fish. Now, I decided to do some serious research online and came up with this article: Camallanus Worms: An Aquariasts Worst Nightmare. And surly enough I looked up picture for Camallanus, and there it was! Exactly as mine looked like. (1 week since infection) I decided to purchase a Turbo Twist 3x UV Sterilizer (Running on 55gph), and frankly, I cannot notice any impact on the camallanus since setup. Except I can definitely tell that my algae is going down. By this time I decided to use the Fenbendazole treatment that the author of the article that a previously talked about used. I called my local Veterinarian and as it turns out, they have someone that just got back from a convention that talked about aquatic parasites. So I talked to her, and she did a few calculations on body mass of the fish and how much fish are in the tank and can up with the dosage to put in 4.2cc dissolved Fenbendazole in water into my 55 gallons once a week, she also said that it would be a good idea to replace my gravel (which I was already planning to do) because thousands of worm's egg were living in it. I just put in the dosage 2 days ago and have not seen any improvement, instead I see one HUGE worm sticking out of my angel fish as healthy and as happy can be laying his d*** eggs in my water. The only improvement I see since the Fenbendazole treatment is that every one of my hydra infection has been completely wiped out. I guess I will wait and see if there is any improvement in the worms and post it here. I will also post some pics.