Tapeworm experience by Brewmaster15

I have tried both acetone and ro water and I like the RO the best. It seems that when I break Berry Illmans prazi down with acetone it re solidifies when I dump it in the tank and clumps up on the bottom. I mixed some prazi up with RO water in the blender... I had a little float on the top but in time all went into solution. This never happened with Droncit from the vet. Maybe its just some other type of filler or binder... Both ways still worked.


Mike

[Joao]

Hi,

Just wonder, my retailer doesn,t carry Prazi. but he has something like Discus cure , and Discus worm, is that ok for tapeworms or other intestinal problems? Because I have some of my fish excrementig white feces,they look a litle bit slimy , and some like transparent, but I'm not shure from wich fish, so I'm going to treat all the fish , and some of my fish didn't grow much in two months, they allmost the same size, and I do 10 % wc every day, one of the small fish does not have a round body, as a pointy face, maybe because is a two inche fish (blood pigeon)

Thanks,

[brewmaster15]

hi,
For prazi... try Barry...
http://forum.simplydiscus.com//index...;threadid=7750

email him at billman@citynet.net

you also can try to deworm with panacur... get it from your vet...

http://forum.simplydiscus.com//index...;threadid=1138

hth,
al

[Joao]

Hi,

Well, I bought "DISCO-WORM" wich is for flukes ( I don't know what is?), capillaria (same?), gill worms, tapeworms and copepods (?).
I put one capsule in two onces beefhart mixed, but they don't eat beefheart, maybe because was my first time giving it. So I put two capsules in the water , I'm following the instructions, another two capsules in two days and another in the 5th day, and says to repeat the treatment in 30 days.
It has been w/ podwer for one day and a half, and the biggest fish is expeling some worms all white, I don't see any segments, so is this HEX. or is TAPEWORMS, but he has one stuck in his organ, and was more out a cuople hours ago, now it has gone more inside. I'm feeding the fish, as usual, and doing a 10% WC. with regular salt. I'm sorry, the worm has segments, I just saw the fish under the light and could see better.
So is everthing I'm doing correct???????

I'd like some help on this matter, THANKS.

My fish is like the one on the picture from Brewmaster records.

Joao ???

[brewmaster15]

Hi,

Sounds like you are doing everything fine. It takes time for them to pass worms.(doesn't sound like hex to me)
Took hours for the fish in this post to pass its worms.


Stay the course and you should be fine.



hth,
al

[Joao]

Thanks
Brewmaster

[Joao]

The worm is going back inside the fish, was 1/2" out now after 3hours is almost inside , is this normal???????/ ???

Joao

[brewmaster15]

Hmmm, Are there other fish in that tank? If it was a tapeworm they break at the segments. If not, any kind of worms can be dinner for other fish in the tank.

-al

[Joao]

Thanks Brew.

Yes , they are 7 in 65 gal.

Butt I'm out of home for 10 hours, what should I do?

What about the worm that was out , and now is going inside again????????

Joao

[brewmaster15]

I'm out of home for 10 hours, what should I do?

What about the worm that was out , and now is going inside again????????

I think the worm that you are referring to got nibbled by the others in the tank. The medicine in that discoworm is levamisole ..I think? If those worms are being passed because of it.... They are dead, and won't harm the discus if they are eaten.

hth,
al

[Joao]

Al, it says here 400 mg capsules of Di n Butyl Stannate.
Sounds diferent from what you said.
I putting aquarium salt as well ,and feeding the fish normally, is that ok.

Thanks Al

Joao

[brewmaster15]

right med name, wrong medicine :-[

be patient, and finish the treatemnt per the instructions and take it from there.

It sounds like all is working as it should.

-al

[Joao]

THANKS Al,

Goodnight.

See you

Joao

[brewmaster15]

Hi Joao,
How are things today?

-al

[Joao]

As I thought,

The smallest one is passing worms, that's why he(she????) was not groing, and the big one the same, today I put to more capsules as instructions, and I can see the resultes right away, some worms comming out.

Now, I learned that the fish that were looking great, had problems too. So we MUST quarentine the new fishes, even if they look great.
They are very shy, maybe because my sun is allways around , with lots a movements, so they keep going to the corner when they scare, plus w/ this treatment, and the maintenance, they tend to run away, but I understand that.

I hope they clean, and get in regular basis, I need one more treatment, two days more, it says in the (Discoworm) that I should do another treatment in 30 days, I don't know, but since I got the medicine I"ll do it.

Thank's Al, you been a great help to me , and to rest of the club as I can see, you must been w/ Discus for a long time hem, Thank you in portuguese we say( OBRIGADO ) my friend ( MEU AMIGO) that's it for the lesson today....... take care.

Joao