deworm or not deworm?

[Teitelbaum]

Hello: New to discus..... Been keeping Cichlids and Angels for 15 years. I've never dewormed my cichlids and angels. Do discus need regular deworming? Why and how often? Thanks
Earl

[Carol_Roberts]

Wilds need to be dewormed. Some domestics have worms - some don't. I don't think discus need to be wormed on a regular basis.

[barron]

I feel that deworming should be done, only when needed .
Not as a plan to keep dirty water, poor feeding habits and stressing your fish by adding tank mates and changing the
enviroment constantly, like some do. Keep it clean and plain.

Barron

[discus_nw]

I've heard from people that feed live cbw's, that they prophylactically treat for worms every six months, which puzzels me because they all claim cbw's don't transmit worms to discus. ???

[barron]

I agree, c.b.w. need to be very clean and stored properly. This is were things go wrong and fish get worms.

Barron

[Carol_Roberts]

Black worms do need to be cleaned and stored properly.

No one has proven to me that they infect discus with worms. I've fed them everyday for a year and do not regularly treat for worms. In fact the few discus I have treated did not pass worms.