I have a 30 gal tank that I am planning on shutting down due to chronic parasite problem (Recently found out the name of this worm is Callauns worms, which I acquired from a fish auction in an area that has recently had a major outbreak of the parasite and is for the moment no longer selling fish.) I have been trying unsuccessfully to cure it for quite some time. (On the bright side, I was planning on buying a new bigger tank anyways.... sort of bitter sweet really, because I won;t have any of my original fish, some of which were almost 2 years old.)
I want to keep as much of the stuff as I can but I have come to realize that most will have to be thrown out (As I'm sure bleaching live plants and drift wood won't be good for either the plants or the drift wood)
Anyways, I would like to try and keep what I can, and the only way to possibly be able to keep my cherry shrimp and my snail collection (4 large mystery snails and an assortment of assassin snails) that i can see is by putting them in a small tank with a rather high salinity. I would leave them in this tank for around a month or two, (Though the incubation period for these parasites can apparently be up to 6 months) (Even though I am a student of Biology I am astounded at the hardiness of some species!)
I don't know if adding salt would actually help or if keeping them isolated for 2 months would be good enough to ensure no more worms. (Because the last thing I want is this same problem in a new tank!)
So if anyone has any opinion on what I could do I would appreciate it.
(I've looked into L. HCl to treat my tank but the only site that sells it in the correct dosage costs too much for me to justify buying it (Because it doesn't kill the eggs as I understand, so I would need multiple treatments)
I want to keep as much of the stuff as I can but I have come to realize that most will have to be thrown out (As I'm sure bleaching live plants and drift wood won't be good for either the plants or the drift wood)
Anyways, I would like to try and keep what I can, and the only way to possibly be able to keep my cherry shrimp and my snail collection (4 large mystery snails and an assortment of assassin snails) that i can see is by putting them in a small tank with a rather high salinity. I would leave them in this tank for around a month or two, (Though the incubation period for these parasites can apparently be up to 6 months) (Even though I am a student of Biology I am astounded at the hardiness of some species!)
I don't know if adding salt would actually help or if keeping them isolated for 2 months would be good enough to ensure no more worms. (Because the last thing I want is this same problem in a new tank!)
So if anyone has any opinion on what I could do I would appreciate it.
(I've looked into L. HCl to treat my tank but the only site that sells it in the correct dosage costs too much for me to justify buying it (Because it doesn't kill the eggs as I understand, so I would need multiple treatments)
