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Gajowa
Thu Dec 02, 2010, 03:10 PM
This is what freind of mine found in the poo of his discus.

http://pkmd.pl/pl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5823&sid=da72e3fd4d9dd3d6c458f16c39632295

Last photo is in mag 400x.
Are those "beans" some kind of parasite?
None of them was mooving.

Merrilyn
Sat Dec 04, 2010, 07:23 AM
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.

mistakes r crucial
Sat Dec 18, 2010, 06:27 AM
They look like Round worms to me.
Cheers
MAC

ILLUSN
Sat Dec 18, 2010, 08:33 AM
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.

mistakes r crucial
Sat Dec 18, 2010, 08:48 AM
Levamisole, yep, definitely.