Swmbos' got Camellanus..............

[oldbloke]

Hang on........better rephrase that.
One of swmbos' guppies has. Well, had. I had to do an autopsy.
They were at the stage where they were hanging out. Will everything else in the tank have them by now?
And does anybody have a link to a life cycle/info thing?

Cheers.

 

[MirandaB]

Try this one

Camallanus worms

 

[oldbloke]

Try this one

Camallanus worms

Just the ticket

 

[MirandaB]

Marvellous it's the best link I've found for it.

 

[sciencefiction]

The link mentions the life cycle being 1 month at 77F but I remember reading some species could take up to 3 months before worms start protruding from the fish. I hope you get it sorted.

 

[oldbloke]

The link mentions the life cycle being 1 month at 77F but I remember reading some species could take up to 3 months before worms start protruding from the fish. I hope you get it sorted.

Ouch!

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
I had them once, not a very nice experience for me or the fish. I treated the tank with Flubenol 15%, which had no effect (but killed all the snails and Planaria) and with Levamisole HCL (bought as "Harka Verm"), which worked straight away.

I followed the recommendations from the "Loaches Online" <Levamisole Hydrochloride — Loaches Online>.

cheers Darrel

 

[MirandaB]

That's a fantastic link Darrel,very informative and interesting reading
It says it's safe for inverts,does that include shrimp as well?

 

[BigTom]

That's a fantastic link Darrel,very informative and interesting reading
It says it's safe for inverts,does that include shrimp as well?

It doesn't kill shrimp outright (at least not my cherries and simoni), but they really don't like it. They act really drunk and lethargic and I had about 20 or 30 that jumped clean out the tank overnight when I dosed. I think I may have overdosed though after reading some conflicting dosage suggestions.

 

[MirandaB]

I hope I don't have to ever use it but in case I did I wanted to know the possible effects.
In my case it would definitely be easier to try and catch the shrimp than the fish if I ever did!

 

[oldbloke]

Just as a follow up......
It's been about 3 weeks now since I first spotted the worms in one fish in the tank. Said fish was sacrificed to aid medical science.
I have been treating with Sterazin, not that I had much faith in it, but I have seen no symptoms in any of the other fish.
Would I have been expected to have seen something by now?

Cheers.

Edit...........just re read the life cycle. A long way to go yet!

 

[oldbloke]

And I did come across this Camallanus Worms: An Aquariasts Worst Nightmare which claims success for Panacur.