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  1. #1
    Just an Egg
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    What are those "beans"?

    This is what freind of mine found in the poo of his discus.

    http://pkmd.pl/pl/forum/viewtopic.ph...58f16c39632295

    Last photo is in mag 400x.
    Are those "beans" some kind of parasite?
    None of them was mooving.
    Barbara
    Member of the Polish Discus Club http://www.pkmd.pl/

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    Eternal Moderator Merrilyn's Avatar
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    Hi Barbara, I'm not sure but they look like some kind of nematode to me.

    Wait till ILLUSN has a look. I'm sure he will have a better idea.
    Thirty-five years keeping and breeding discus, and I'm still learning :P

    Merrilyn has passed, but will not be forgotten - Goodbye dear friend

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    San Merah Discus
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    They look like Round worms to me.
    Cheers
    MAC

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    aggreed round worms (nematodes) but the lenght worries me usually you'll see capilira worms but i dont see eggs and the length looks too short (mos nematodes would take up at least a low power field of view in lenght).

    in any event levimenisole would be the first treatment to try.

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    San Merah Discus
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    Levamisole, yep, definitely.

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