Worms?

[flukes]

Ok well i first noticed my PB with white stringy poo but know ive noticed it on the other two. To explain it more the feces come out in about 4-5 strings at once, when i first got them it would be one solid piece. There are also transparent parts along the feces. It seems to linger a lot more than the solid feces, as in it hard for them to push it out.

Does this sound like worms??

And what meds are needed.? Worm-Rid??

Cheers
Scott

[jluna]

i'm interested too - i've just noticed some stringy white poo...whats the best medication here in aus? thanks,

justin

[kevkoi]

Metronidazole if you can get it, octozin if you can still get it if you believe it's hexamita. Worm rid (praziquantel based meds) if you believe it is tape worm.

[Annie]

Just as an FYI, Many time than not, stringy poo is not always worms. But in most cases it is a good indicator that something is wrong. But as I have said, just not always.

[jamesmc]

Hi,

It's sounds like internal parasitic/dinoflagellete infection. This is quite common in discus especially if they have been fed contaminated food.

As Kev said, Metronidazole (flagyl) is the go with this. It's an antibiotic commonly used to treat humans. Thus, a doctor or nurse may be able to get some for you. (My mate who's a nurse gets me some from time to time). It can be put straight into the water, crushed up and in a small quaratine tank. Or you may be able to put it in the food. It's a fairly safe drug.

Just to be on the safe side, AFTER this treatment, (ie when you have new fresh water in the QT tank), medicate with Prazi, just in case it's worms.

I have a special interest in fish disease, especially flukes. So I fyou need any advice, i'll try and help out.

Remeber if you feed blood worms, in my opinion you should be only using Hikari.

James

[flukes]

I thought frozen it didn't matter? I do feed bloodworms and they are not Hikari. I need to do some googling and see what symptoms , match what it could be.

[jamesmc]

Yes, it does matter. Freezing will not kill certain pathogens, and it's very common for Discus to succumb to illness, quite often after eating bloodworms. Many discus owners have made this mistake. If you do decide to feed feed bloodworms etc in the future, make sure they come from a reliable source, and in my view, only feed those with sterilisation procedures, like Hikari. I've never had a problem with this brand. The good use is, is that Flagyl will, in most cases, cure the illness.

Good luck,

James

[chrissyoscar]

So octozin is good for Hexamita. That's great as I have heaps of it and from what I've been reading Hexamita is common and leathal if not treated.
The octozin is 12mths old any idea how long it keeps.

Thanks.. Oscar

Metronidazole if you can get it, octozin if you can still get it if you believe it's hexamita

[flukes]

Couple of questions, will Metronidazole (flagyl) effect biological filtration and also the ammo balls have carbon in them yeah? Id have to remove them before treating iam guessing. And one other thing can i treat in a tank with cory's and bn's.

Cheers
scott

[jamesmc]

Flagyl won't effect biological filter.

Remove everything other than the filter media before medicating. Do 1 huge water change before medicating as well. I'm unsure what the active ingredient with Octozin is. No papers, as far as i'm aware have ever been released. So I can't comment on this med.
Stick to flagyl as the first line of defence with regards to white poo.

james