Sam,
I hope you were able to get a look at the worm in the
pictures. This worm did not come from
the sick fish in QT. It came from one in
the main tank which had not eaten and then restarted eating.
I cannot find an image of a GI parasite like this on the internet, but I understand
there are thousands of species of these things.
Is there anyone we could consult now that I have the best image yet of
the head of this parasite? Let me know
if I can do anything. I treated the fish
for a week with Flubendazole as Charles suggested but it did not do anything
for the sickest one that you tube fed.
He acted like he might eat yesterday but didn’t.
I had one dosage of Levimasole left for the 10 gallon
tank. I gave it to the fish yesterday. It
is normal for the fish to react with lethargy from this for 36 hours or so. I am dosing both tanks with Prazi pro twice
weekly and plan to do so for a month.
I have had 2 fish stop eating and restart eating in the last
couple of days. One was in the QT tank
with the sickest fish and one was in the main tank and is the one from which
the pics were taken. Therefore I think
maybe Prazipro helps if they are not severely infected.
Unless you think we should sacrifice this fish for pathology
or have another idea, maybe as I said earlier I may not have dosed the
levimasole frequently enough given the shorter worm life cycle at the higher
discus tank temps. The fish could’ve
been reinfected by hatched worms. What
do you think?
Carey
