Chlo Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 One of my platys has a very thin needle like red stick coming out of her anus, and after researching it seems like it could be camallanus worms. I noticed the possible worm a few weeks ago, but it was brown and I could barely see it so I didn't really worry. She and another platy flashed a little bit a week or two ago but they haven't done it anymore. I've also seen one cory flash a few times today, but I don't know if that's related. Does this sound like camallanus worms and what treatment should I use? I'm really worried because it seems like the worms are hard to get rid of Also I dont have a picture because the worm is very thin and hard to get a photo of pH 8 Nitrates 10-20 Hardness 17 GH Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 KH/Buffer 6 KH Water Temperature 76 F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 7/7/2021 at 1:01 AM, Chlo said: One of my platys has a very thin needle like red stick coming out of her anus, and after researching it seems like it could be camallanus worms. I noticed the possible worm a few weeks ago, but it was brown and I could barely see it so I didn't really worry. She and another platy flashed a little bit a week or two ago but they haven't done it anymore. I've also seen one cory flash a few times today, but I don't know if that's related. Does this sound like camallanus worms and what treatment should I use? I'm really worried because it seems like the worms are hard to get rid of Also I dont have a picture because the worm is very thin and hard to get a photo of pH 8 Nitrates 10-20 Hardness 17 GH Nitrite 0 Ammonia 0 KH/Buffer 6 KH Water Temperature 76 F If your fish looks like this... It may eventually look like this... And it can kill all your fish. You need to treat tis very seriously. I recommend Levamisole. Greg Sage over at Select Aquatics sells Levamisole for treating this very issue. Here's his add on his website: Get it ordered! Hope this story ends well . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlo Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) On 7/7/2021 at 3:42 AM, Fish Folk said: If your fish looks like this... It may eventually look like this... And it can kill all your fish. You need to treat tis very seriously. I recommend Levamisole. Greg Sage over at Select Aquatics sells Levamisole for treating this very issue. Here's his add on his website: Get it ordered! Hope this story ends well . . . Yeah she definitely looks like the first picture....😬 I'll buy some levamisole as soon as possible Also do I have to treat with levamisole a few weeks after the first treatment? Because I will be going away from home in less than two weeks Edited July 7, 2021 by Chlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH Morant Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Expel-P also contains levamisole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) Read this over from Greg Sage, and this as well. Edited July 7, 2021 by Fish Folk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlo Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) On 7/7/2021 at 11:14 AM, Fish Folk said: Read this over from Greg Sage, and this as well. I'm looking those over right now and I'm confused, does the kit only come with the measuring spoon if you get 52g of the powder? (sorry I know this is a silly question) Nevermind I'll just get the powder not the kit Edited July 7, 2021 by Chlo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 7/7/2021 at 2:21 PM, Chlo said: I'm looking those over right now and I'm confused, does the kit only come with the measuring spoon if you get 52g of the powder? (sorry I know this is a silly question) Nevermind I'll just get the powder not the kit E-mail Greg Sage. His replies are very special. Lots of care and detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlo Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) So I also have some platy fry in a breeder box in the tank, do I need to remove them during treatment? Are they affected too? Also, all 5 of my platies are female, and they all recently had a batch of fry each... So it's possible they may have more, and does that mean the fry will be infected and when the platies eat the fry they will get infected again? Edited July 8, 2021 by Chlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) I would treat all.your fish in the main tank with levamisole it's more than likely more of your fish will.have camallanus worms by the time you see visible worms your fish will be heavily infected.and can still die from the internal damage the parasite have caused Edited July 8, 2021 by Colu Spelling mistake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlo Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 7/8/2021 at 11:39 AM, Colu said: I would treat all.your fish in the main tank with levamisole it's more than likely more of your fish will.have camallanus worms by the time you see visible worms your fish will be heavily infected.and can still die from the internal damage the parasite have caused Ok, and also if any of them have more babies later, will they be infected too? Also do I need to treat my betta tanks too? Because I definitely shared tools and stuff between the tanks. They both look fine and healthy but apparently camallanus worms are extremely contagious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 He so more information on camallanus worms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlo Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Sooo I started levamisole treatment today, and one worm is already coming out of the platy, but none of the other platies have worms coming out (yet). Could this mean that the worms haven't spread to the other fish yet? Also, I moved the platy to a breeder box with a separator at the bottom for when the worm falls through, because knowing my platies they would all try to eat the worm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 The other platies might have a small number of camallanus worms it might take longer for you see them pass any Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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