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:evil: DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT :evil:
No sure where they came from (I have a few wild fish) but as with any internal parasite, by the time you see them, it's usually too late! They have already taken my beautiful breeding pair of albino ancistrus! The little dirtbags! Back in my discus days, I dealt with lots of internal parasites (especially when I wanted to cross in some wild blood). But not these things. The are livebearing, and can multiply in the confines of an aquarium as they don't need an intermediate host! The book i looked them up in calls for the same treatment compound as fluke tabs so I have begun treatment on the tanks in question. In my experience with parasitic worms....they are usually farther along and in greater numbers that you think so I will probably treat all my tanks. Oh well. It's been close to 3 years since i've had any problems. guess I was due.....
Rich
No sure where they came from (I have a few wild fish) but as with any internal parasite, by the time you see them, it's usually too late! They have already taken my beautiful breeding pair of albino ancistrus! The little dirtbags! Back in my discus days, I dealt with lots of internal parasites (especially when I wanted to cross in some wild blood). But not these things. The are livebearing, and can multiply in the confines of an aquarium as they don't need an intermediate host! The book i looked them up in calls for the same treatment compound as fluke tabs so I have begun treatment on the tanks in question. In my experience with parasitic worms....they are usually farther along and in greater numbers that you think so I will probably treat all my tanks. Oh well. It's been close to 3 years since i've had any problems. guess I was due.....
Rich